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Uganda elections: Museveni tests patience of international allies dw.com 1/20/2021 Ineke Mules As the world watched incumbent President Yoweri Museveni secure a victory in problematic elections last week, questions are being raised over the international communitys relations with Uganda. © Henry Nicholls/REUTERS Ugandas incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is set to begin his sixth term in office The international community is tightening its scrutiny of Ugandas longstanding ...

January 12, 2021 2021 will be a turbulent year for sub-Saharan Africa. Reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic’s negative health and economic effects, the region will struggle to address conflicts in Ethiopia, Mozambique, and the Sahel, while a series of elections portend further democratic retrenchment. Civil society and protest movements, including in Nigeria and Tanzania, will struggle to persevere under the weight of new government crackdowns. The China-Africa relationship will be defined by h...

Review: As Coronavirus Rise Past Three million, Africa Still Hopes for Vaccine By Kester Kenn Klomegah With its large population and fragile health systems, Africa has recorded more than three million Covid-19 cases, still less deadly as compared to other regions in the world, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). According to Africa CDC, Africa’s coronavirus tally was 3,021,769 as of January 10. The death toll was 72,121 and the number of recoveries...

Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the One Planet Summit Email President Macron, Secretary Guterres, Your Royal Highness, Excellencies. I am very pleased to co-convene this year’s One Planet Summit, just as the World Bank Group did in 2017 in Paris, 2018 in New York, and 2019 in Nairobi.  Thank you, President Macron, for your leadership and commitment to the climate and biodiversity agenda. Climate change and the loss of biodiversity are defining issues of our time.  Th...

In Iraq, Trump’s Blackwater pardons meet with cynicism, fatigue Mustafa Salim, Louisa Loveluck © Ali Youssef/AFP/Getty Images An Iraqi man rides a bicycle past a burned a car after Blackwater guards escorting U.S. Embassy officials opened fire in a Baghdad neighborhood in September 2007. BAGHDAD —The 2007 unprovoked killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors is remembered here as one of the most emblematic chapters of Americas ruinous invasion. Yet...

  A rapid and low-cost spectral technique was used to improve farmers’ understanding of their soils, improving maize yields.   Small-scale farming is the main food security contributor in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, owing to current broad agronomic recommendations, which are largely unvalidated, this subsistence farming is not meeting its role in reducing current yield gaps. As a result, there is a growing demand for high-precision information on soil conditions and agronomic performance t...

Episode 14: Tanzanias Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu on Politics after Magufuli The death of President Magufuli, a populist authoritarian and COVID-denier, officially from a heart failure, raises questions about whether newly sworn-in President Samia Suluhu Hassan will change course or maintain her predecessor’s authoritarian track. Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s main opposition leader, joins Alan Boswell this week to discuss the late President Magufuli’s legacy and policies in Tanzania. Tundu ...

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