Enforcing competition would ease food price hikes in east and southern Africa: A woman selling produce at the Manzini Wholesale Produce and Craft Market in Swaziland. Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in east and southern Africa are getting a raw deal. To succeed they need fair and …
History of divisive ethnic identities shows it’s time Nigeria admits its role in enforcing them: Artificial identities created by colonialists must be deconstructed to attain unity. Jorge Fernández/GettyImages The Nigerian state, as with other African countries, is trapped in a crisis of belonging. This is expressed through identity battles which sometimes harm people of “other” …
Libya: why enforcing an arms embargo is so hard: A group of countries involved in the ongoing civil war in Libya agreed at a meeting in Berlin on January 19 to uphold a UN arms embargo and stop international meddling in the country’s conflict. Germany wants to find a way to end the ongoing conflict …