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Africa: Ethical Framework Aims to Counter Risks of Geoengineering Research

[ad_1] Pressure for climate intervention may gain momentum as world heats up As interest grows in geoengineering as a strategy for tackling global warming, the world's largest association of Earth and space scientists today launched an ethical framework as a guide to responsible decision-making and inclusive dialogue. The report, facilitated […]

todayOctober 23, 2024

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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 […]

todayOctober 23, 2024

Africa

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, […]

todayOctober 23, 2024

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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 […]

todayOctober 23, 2024

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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 […]

todayOctober 23, 2024

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