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Nov
18
2022
By The African Mirror
US midterm elections deserve Africa’s attention – but not for reasons of foreign policy

US midterm elections deserve Africa’s attention – but not for reasons of foreign policy

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
AFRICANS normally pay little attention to American elections when the presidency is not at stake. But the midterm polls – such as the 8 November 2022 one – deserve Africa’s attention. During midterms, US voters elect 435 members of the House of Representatives for a two-year term and one-third of the senators, the 100-member upper house, who serve for six years. The two houses are collectively known as the US Congress. Some governors, and other officials, including those responsible for elections of the 50 states, also seek a mandate during this period. Author JOHN J STREMLAU, Honorary Professor of International…
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Nov
12
2022
By The African Mirror
Africa’s largest democracy goes to the polls amid rising insecurity

Africa’s largest democracy goes to the polls amid rising insecurity

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
AFRICA’S biggest election will be held in February 2023 in Nigeria. It’s the seventh successive general election in the country’s 23 years of unbroken democratic government. The election will be a massive operation. An estimated 95 million registered voters will go to the polls in 176,846 polling units across 774 local government areas. A total of 12,163 candidates sponsored by 18 political parties are on the ballot. They are up for election into 109 senatorial districts, 360 federal constituencies, 993 state constituencies, 28 governorship positions, and the office of the president. But there are rising fears that security crises in…
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Oct
27
2022
By The African Mirror
Crime, COVID and climate change – South African tourism faces many threats, but it’s resilient

Crime, COVID and climate change – South African tourism faces many threats, but it’s resilient

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
SOUTH Africa’s tourism industry has been rocked by the murder of a German visitor during an attempted robbery. The development resulted in negative media publicity, with a potentially adverse impact on the country’s image as a safe tourist destination. This comes at a time when the sector is recovering from the devastating effects of the COVID pandemic. The Conversation Africa’s political editor Thabo Leshilo asked Kaitano Dube, an expert in ecotourism, about tourism’s place in South Africa’s economy. Author KAITANO DUBE, Ecotourism Management Lecturer, Vaal University of Technology How important is tourism to South Africa’s economy? Tourism is critical to…
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Nov
02
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigeria floods: government’s mismanagement of dams is a major cause

Nigeria floods: government’s mismanagement of dams is a major cause

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
THERE has been severe flooding in Nigeria – the worst in a decade. Earlier this month, Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency warned of catastrophic flooding for states located along the courses of the Niger and Benue rivers. It noted that three of Nigeria’s reservoirs were expected to overflow. The agency said the release of excess water from a dam in neighbouring Cameroon had contributed to the flooding. Olayinka Ogunkoya unpacks Nigeria’s mismanagement of its dams. Author OLAYINKA OLATOKUNBO OGUNKOYA, Professor of Geomorphology, Obafemi Awolowo University What impact does poor dam management have on flooding in Nigeria? The operations management of…
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Oct
27
2022
By The African Mirror
Apartheid ‘town planning’ created Orlando 90 years ago. It became a hotbed of black resistance

Apartheid ‘town planning’ created Orlando 90 years ago. It became a hotbed of black resistance

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
ORLANDO East, a working-class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was one of the first municipal locations – called townships under apartheid – established in 1932 for Africans under the 1923 Native Urban Areas Act. It was renamed Orlando East when Orlando West was established in the 1940s. Author NOOR NIEFTAGODIEN, Head of the History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand Several new townships were created, especially in the 1950s, in the same region. They were eventually amalgamated into Soweto, the country’s largest township. Soweto was the primary dormitory township for African…
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Oct
26
2022
By The African Mirror
Christian nationalism poses a threat to human rights in Ghana

Christian nationalism poses a threat to human rights in Ghana

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
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 other religious groups or don’t have religious beliefs. Many Ghanaians regard Ghana as a “nation of Christians.” The New Patriotic Party’s electoral slogan in 2016 and 2020 was: “For the battle is the Lord’s.” These are words David is said to have uttered when confronting Goliath in their biblical combat. The party’s electoral slogan referenced the Christian god and implied the party was fighting…
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Oct
23
2022
By The African Mirror
OpEd: Dangote’s Lagos refinery pits climate concerns against economic imperatives

OpEd: Dangote’s Lagos refinery pits climate concerns against economic imperatives

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
AZU ISHIEKWENE FOR BIRD STORY AGENCY WHEN Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, was dealt a bad hand in a failed transaction, he didn’t give up. Instead – slowly, steadily – he exacted his revenge. His reward? Not a pound of flesh, but millions of barrels of liquid black gold. In 2007 Bluestar, a Dangote-led consortium paid US$721 million for the moribund Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries. Months later President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s government decided to reverse the sale. The decision was driven by a labour strike and labour groups’ insistence that the refineries (which were only producing at about 20% of their…
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