Agri Focus
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Uganda Starves its Soils |
| “Ugandan soils are too exhausted to produce food sustainably,” says frustrated Makerere University soil researcher Professor Mateete Bekunda.... |
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GM: Why Stewardship is Important |
| For a continent that relies on white maize for its staple food; crop failure in such a sector translates not only to famine but could also lead to political instability.... |
Democracy
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US Intervention in Somalia? God Forbid! |
| Barack Obama functions in a political and military infrastructure that seem impervious to change... |
Business Calendar
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7th ARB Meeting: Interrogating Governance and Prosperity in Africa |
| IREN invites scholars, politicians, policy makers, civil society members and business leaders among others to the 7th African Resource Bank Meeting... |
Commentary
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Does Kenya's Fourth Estate Understand War? |
| What dispute does Kenya have against the group or the Somali populace who support the militia? What would be the justification of waging war against a loosely held group of outlaws seeking to overthrow the government of Somalia?... |
Finance and Banking
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Regulation: Which Way for Africa's Banks? |
| There are differences between the expectations of home countries and host countries (and their regulators) from multinational banks.... |
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Mitigating Financial Crisis in Developing Countries |
| This crisis has widened the already huge gap between investment and savings.... |
Investment Opportunities
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Charade Bailout Tanzania Style! |
| Bailout African style will ruin our ICU-based economies.... |
News Round Up
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13th AU Summit: Leaders call for Unity and African Integrated Market |
| Mr. Janneh called on Africa to speak with one voice in trade negotiations... |
Feature
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Obama Visit: Does Ghana have a Sensible Agenda? |
| The Americans know what they want from Ghana. But does Ghana know what it wants from America?... |
Report
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G8 Commitments to Africa Drag |
| Two G8 members - Italy and France - are performing so poorly they are threatening to cause the G8 as a whole to default... |
Human Rights
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Uganda Must Criminalize Torture |
| 'Small fish' are arrested while the 'big fish' walk scot free... |
Education
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It is Time to Think |
| African elites must think from within their cultural values as not doing so breeds elites who know Western values pretty well but do not understand their traditional values... |
