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Category: Africa

Africa/Africa/Global Issue/Middle East

Algerians Don’t Appreciate the Audacity

Posted on April 2023 by Layla Hedroug

For decades, Algerians have proudly chanted the slogan “One, Two, Three – Viva l’Algerie!” in the face of adversity. Yet even this slogan, which has...

Africa/Africa/Comments

Energy Apartheid: Planned Power Cuts Shine a Light on Electricity Inequality

Posted on April 2023 by Mumtaz Mohamood

Scheduled power cuts, commonly known as load-shedding , have threatened the political and economic stability of South Africa since 2008. The state-owned power u...

Africa

Are Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) beneficial to Africa? – A reflection on the EU–SADC EPA

Posted on March 2023 by Jodi Littlefield

In August of 2022, an arbitration council voted in favor of the European Union (EU) over the Southern African Development Community (SADC), with regards to the ...

Africa/Africa/Comments/Science and Technology

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Approaches to Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

Posted on March 2023 by Ethan Chiu / 1 Comment

Introduction The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a massive hydroelectric dam under construction on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. Upon completion, t...

Africa/Africa/Global Issue/Middle East

The Ongoing Fight for Abortion Rights in Morocco

Posted on January 2023 by Layla Hedroug

Moroccan protestors gathered outside of parliament in Rabat with hundreds of signs that read “We are all Meriem.” Meriem was the latest victim of Morocco’s stri...

Africa/Africa

An Immediate “Humanitarian Truce” Temporarily Ends Hostilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict

Posted on April 2022 by Jeremy Williams

***CONTENT WARNING: This Article Discusses Sexual Assault and Rape*** In a surprise announcement this past Thursday, the Ethiopian government led by Prime Minis...

Africa/Africa

No Such Thing as Free Internet

Posted on April 2022 by Adia Keene

In October of 2021, Google announced that it would invest $1 billion into African internet infrastructure over five years[1]. On March 18th of this year, the fi...

Africa/Africa/Comments

Ironies in Economic Growth: Sub-Saharan African Economies Rebound After COVID-19 Hit

Posted on May 2021 by Roaa Shaheen

Signage hangs at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. In its first World Economic Outlook r...

Africa/Africa/Comments

Neocolonialism in Action: Vaccine Acquisition and Hesitancy in the West and Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on March 2021 by Roaa Shaheen

Amidst the cries for proper prevention protocols and the cycle of false alarms and viral resurgence, a new player has emerged in the global struggle against COV...

Africa/Essays/Winter Issue

Constraints on an “African Solution:” How Regional Interests Interplay with the African Standby Force

Posted on February 2020 by Connor Akiyama

Winter Issue 2019 Written By: Connor Akiyama, Tufts University Introduction In recent years, the African Union (AU) has made great strides to improve political ...

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