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Africa: Why Africa’s Agricultural Crisis Is a Matter of Race, Class and Epistemicide

eriinfo.com3 days ago03 mins

Africa’s reliance on industrial agriculture reflects colonialism, inequality, and the erasure of indigenous knowledge, while intensive farming has driven soil degradation, environmental harm, poor nutrition and economic exploitation. Restoring agricultural sovereignty requires reclaiming indigenous knowledge, addressing land inequalities, and shifting toward regenerative ‘landculture’ centred on soil health, biodiversity, food security and community wellbeing. Across Africa,…

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Africa: On Germany’s Political Crisis and Africa’s Concerns

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago010 mins

Germany is currently undergoing a profound political crisis. It is a crisis that goes against the very ethos of how Germany’s politics usually works. The German political culture values stability more than anything. This is why, for decades, its ruling parties have been reliable, predictable, centre-right or centre-left parties. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany…

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Africa: How African Countries Can Get Out of Their Debt Crisis – – Development Expert Theo Jong

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago019 mins

“It is a system of rules. If we are able to come together and rewrite those rules, the truth is that we will always have restructuring to clear the debt. But as we clear the debt, it creates room for more debt to come in.” Across Africa, rising debt burdens and the high cost of…

Dashcams expose long-running e-hailing safety crisis

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago014 mins

Dashcam footage is bringing renewed attention to e-hailing crime, amid calls for stronger identity checks and coordinated policing. (Image created via Gemini) The growing circulation of dashcam footage showing criminal incidents involving e-hailing vehicles in South Africa is exposing a safety crisis that industry representatives say has persisted for years. Over the past few months,…

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Africa: FIFA, CAF Yet to Take Decision On Nigeria Football Crisis

eriinfo.com1 month ago06 mins

FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have said that they are yet to reach a conclusion on the crisis in Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), insisting that ongoing assessment of the situation will determine the direction to follow. Both bodies however confirmed the immediate suspension of the NFF electoral process and announced plans for…

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Africa: Ebola and Africa’s Preparedness Dividend – From Crisis to Capability

eriinfo.com1 month ago014 mins

Africa is facing its 17th Ebola outbreak, and this time the continent is meeting it with the most capable response architecture it has ever assembled. The outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was declared on 15th May 2026, and both WHO and Africa CDC have classified it as a public health emergency. The…

Protests in Spain over government’s handling of Ceuta migrant crisis

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

Thousands of people have protested in cities across Spain over the government’s handling of the influx of migrants to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the north African coast. Spanish opposition parties accuse Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of abandoning the residents of Ceuta, while the government says right-wing parties are exploiting the crisis. On Wednesday…

Spain’s leader says Russia and Israel fueled Ceuta migrant crisis “disinformation”

eriinfo.com1 month ago09 mins

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has accused networks linked to Russia and Israel of spreading disinformation around the migration crisis in Ceuta, claiming the two countries were exploiting the issue in retaliation for Madrid’s position on the war in Ukraine and Israel’s actions in the Palestinian Territories. More than 72,000 migrants rushed across the border…

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Africa Can Turn the Current Crisis Into Resilient Food Systems. Kigali Is Where It Comes Together

eriinfo.com2 months ago013 mins

Heads of state, agriculture and finance ministers and investors meet in Kigali from August 31 for the Africa Food Systems Forum, the continent’s largest agricultural gathering. They arrive with an opportunity: to build a food system that holds up against what is coming – climate change, biodiversity loss and declining soil health, alongside our dependence…

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Africa’s Youth Employment Crisis Has a Curriculum Problem

eriinfo.com2 months ago014 mins

When I worked for The Harvest Fund, I sat across from women-farmers who had just completed training in milling, business development, food safety. Competent women. Women who had shown up every day, taken notes, asked questions. And then, when we asked them what they wanted to do next what they wanted to build some of…