Christian nationalism poses a threat to human rights in Ghana: A model of Ghana's proposed national cathedral Flickr/Wikimedia Commons Ghana is a religious country. According to the 2021 census, about 71% of the population is Christian and 18% Muslim. Followers of indigenous or animistic religious beliefs make up another 5%, and 6% are members of …
Covax misses its 2021 delivery target – what’s gone wrong in the fight against vaccine nationalism?: The latest supply forecast for Covax – the programme for sharing COVID-19 vaccines around the world – suggests that accelerating vaccination in low-income countries looks unlikely. Covax estimates it will have distributed 1.425 billion vaccine doses by the end …
South Africa in the news: Vaccine nationalism is ‘natural experiment’ that will kill many people, warns virus expert: Outgoing head of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dr Peter Piot, says the approach will destabilise the world …: “South Africa” – BingNews Olympics-Soccer-COVID-hit South Africa’s coach says players’ health paramount: With two days …
Kenneth Kaunda: the last giant of African nationalism and benign autocrat left a mixed legacy: Former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda at the inauguration of former South African president Thabo Mbeki in 2004. EFE-EPA Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, who has died in hospital in the capital, Lusaka, at the age of 97, was …
Kenya and Tanzania: how sport affects nationalism, and attitudes towards refugees: Tanzania's Mbwana Samatta (right) celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations match with Kenya in Cairo. Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images Using sports to understand social and political phenomena has become a common avenue for research. Scholars analyse …
South Africa in the news: Forget misplaced nationalism, Lions need unity to topple Springboks: Nationalism must dissolve, into nothingness. On Thursday when Warren Gatland announces the names of 36 British & Irish Lions to represent the four home nations, that four must become one. That is …: “South Africa” – BingNews Suspect arrested after ‘traumatised’ …
Vaccine nationalism will block our path out of the pandemic – so how do we resist our tribal instinct?: Most nations are currently focusing their efforts to defeat the pandemic within their own borders, under pressure to help their citizens first. But this is a global problem and governments need to work together to eradicate …
Britain’s right-wing tabloids have turned to ‘green nationalism’ to sell climate action: Lenscap Photography / shutterstock Britain’s right-wing tabloids have historically not been champions of action on climate change and other environmental issues. In fact they have prominently opposed such action, regularly providing space for climate scepticism and running frontpage stories that challenged the existence …
COVID vaccine nationalism: history shows when countries act selfishly, everyone loses: According to one recent estimate, more than half of all vaccines against COVID-19 have been reserved for one-seventh of the world’s population. At the time of writing, the UK alone has reportedly secured enough vaccines to give each of its citizens five doses. If …
South Africa in the news: WHO warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’ as EU drops Irish border move in plan to control vaccine exports: The move, in breach of part of the Brexit deal, could have seen checks at the border of Ireland, which is in the EU, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.: …
South Africa in the news: We are deeply concerned about ‘vaccine nationalism’ – Cyril Ramaphosa: Virtual State of the World Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Dialogues I wish to thank the World Economic Forum for the kind invitation to deliver these …: “South Africa” – BingNews FTSE 100 …
All bets are off as Magufuli’s resource nationalism moves up a gear in Tanzania: Tanzanian President John Magufuli has threatened to close all mines and give them to Tanzanians. EPA/Daniel Irungu The Tanzanian government has asked Acacia Mining, a subsidiary of the world’s largest gold mining company Barrick Gold, to pay approximately USD$ 190 billion …
Music and Ideas: Republic or Death! Music and Nationalism – a Music interest event taking place on 2016-06-23 17:15:00 in United Kingdom Music and Ideas: Republic or Death! Music and Nationalism 5:15pm | 23 June 2016 | Recital Hall Journalist Alex Marshall draws upon his research on national anthems to discuss the vitality and controversy …