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Africa: Nigeria’s Weaker-Than-Expected Activity Slows Sub-Saharan Africa’s Economic Growth – IMF

[ad_1] In contrast, growth in the Middle East and Central Asia is projected to pick up from an estimated 2.1 per cent in 2023 to 3.9 per cent in 2025 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the growth forecast in Sub-Saharan Africa has been revised downward by 0.2 percentage points for 2024 and upward by 0.1 percentage points for 2025. The revision reflects slower growth in Nigeria, amid weaker-than-expected activity in the first half of the year, the fund […]

todayOctober 23, 2024 1

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Africa: Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics

[ad_1] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — New institutional economics (NIE) has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance ensure growth, development, equity and democracy. Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson (AJR) are well known for their influential cliometric work. AJR have elaborated earlier laureate Douglass North's claim that property rights have been crucial to growth and development. But the trio ignore North's more nuanced later arguments. For AJR, 'good institutions' were transplanted […]

todayOctober 23, 2024 1

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Africa: Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit Bolsters Food Security Amid Crises

[ad_1] Longyearbyen, Svalbard — The Svalbard Global Seed Vault received yesterday a deposit of more than 30,000 new seed samples from 23 depositors across 21 countries, including seven international genebanks. This marks the largest number of depositors since the Seed Vault received samples from a record-breaking 35 genebanks in 2020, underscoring the urgent global effort to conserve crop diversity in the face of escalating climate change, conflict, and other crises. The deposit includes first-time contributions from genebanks in Bangladesh, Bolivia, […]

todayOctober 23, 2024 2

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Africa: 33 Out of 54 African Countries Not Making Progress – Report

[ad_1] The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), the latest iteration of the biennial dataset assessing governance performance and trends. The index indicates that 33 54 African countries are not progressing in good governance. The report covers 10 years - 2014-2023--and was collected from 49 independent sources, with some data commissioned by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The IIAG is based on 322 variables clustered in 96 indicators, organised under 16 sub-categories and four […]

todayOctober 23, 2024 2

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Africa: Civilian Support for Military Coups Isn’t a Bug – It’s a Feature

[ad_1] In September 2024, authorities in Benin detained the country's former sports minister and a prominent businessman for allegedly plotting a coup against the West African nation's president, Patrice Talon. Had a putsch materialized, Benin would have joined a growing list of African countries to have experienced a military coup over the past four years. Dubbed an "epidemic of coup d'états" by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the resurgence of military takeovers has left many observers perplexed. For one, the […]

todayOctober 23, 2024 2

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Why I’m planning a move to Africa

[ad_1] British actor Idris Elba has told the BBC that he will relocate to Africa within the next decade as part of his plans to support the continent’s movie industry.The 52-year-old star of the hit series The Wire is behind nascent projects to build a film studio on the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar as well as one in the Ghanaian capital, Accra.Born in London, Elba, whose mother is from Ghana […]

todayOctober 23, 2024 2

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Africa: Freedom House Researcher Explains How Free Freedom Is On the Net

[ad_1] Washington — Global internet freedom has declined for the 14th straight year, according to Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2024 report. VOA's Philip Alexiou spoke with Elizabeth Sutterlin, a researcher at the advocacy group, on October 21. Sutterlin outlined the various tactics used to crack down on online publishing, including imprisonment and violence. The interview centers on how these issues impact Africa. It has been edited for brevity and clarity. Elizabeth Sutterlin: This continuing decline in global Internet […]

todayOctober 23, 2024 1

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Africa: Spain Sees Opportunity in African Migrant Influx, Bucking EU Trend

[ad_1] Jerez De La Frontera and London — As many European Union countries call for the bloc to clamp down on migration amid a surge in support for right-wing political parties, Spain is bucking the trend and insists Europe's aging population needs controlled migration to boost its economy. The Spanish government said there is a need for young workers amid what it called a 'demographic winter' on the continent, and said the EU must take this into account as it […]

todayOctober 23, 2024 2

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Ghana’s Speaker suspends parliament over Supreme Court majority row

[ad_1] The Speaker of Ghana’s parliament has suspended proceedings indefinitely following chaotic scenes in the chamber over a row about which party holds the parliamentary majority.Last week, it was discovered that four MPs had switched allegiance and would run for different parties in the 7 December general election.Speaker Alban Bagbin then declared that their seats were vacant, arguing that the constitution does not allow MPs to defect.In a finely balanced […]

todayOctober 23, 2024 2

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