Health workers consistently move from poorer countries to richer ones, a pattern that tracks closely along lines drawn by colonial history.
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A new book explores the country’s history, from world famous rock art to colonial genocide and the struggle for freedom.
Archaeology offers a useful way to counter some biases.
The American operation in Venezuela was completely unprecedented. The outcome promises to be risky for Donald Trump, a Latin American expert explains.
When a language isn’t in the data, its speakers aren’t in the product – and AI cannot be safe, useful, or fair for them.
For democracy to survive in Nigeria, it must advance development for the people.
Should the world’s less developed nations be part of the “degrowth” movement? The debate involves considerations of economic dependency, neocolonialism and ecological debt.
Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the defining geopolitical issue of our time.
France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But there’s a risk of authoritarianism and regime fragmentation.
The potential repeal of the ban on female genital mutilation poses a threat to the well-being of girls in The Gambia.
Ecowas has a patchy track record when it comes to ensuring cooperation and security across west Africa – member states are now starting to leave.
The climate migration deal has been dubbed as offering Tuvaluans a lifeline, but others say it is a neocolonial arrangement that does not tackle rising ocean levels.
Experts insist there is no scientific reason for allowing these fossils to travel to space.
With over 200 publications to his name, his three most recent books give a sense of why he is so famous as a historian.
‘Tár’ shines a spotlight on the challenges of working in the ultraconservative world of classical music, including complex social issues such as misogyny, racism and homophobia.
The recurrent bickering and fragmentation within the Nkrumahist parties raises doubt as to whether they can rise to the call by Ghanaian electorate.
Locals usually see tourists as a way to boost the economy. But at a certain point, resentment starts to build.
The South African Khoe-San communities are no strangers to exploitative research. One research team is trying to provide genetic ancestry results to community members. But they still face many challenges.
EU trade partnership is more important to some African countries than regional or continental trade.
In a rare series of interviews, the late Ghanaian leader spoke of how the country’s slave trade was revisited as a vehicle for economic development.
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