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Africa: Madaniya* (Civic Politics) – Women Emergency Response Rooms As Flourishing Sites of Democracy in War Time Sudan

eriinfo.com8 months ago017 mins

The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas. Through a number of themes that explore the intersections of war, displacement, identities and capital, Sudanese researchers, many of whom are themselves displaced,…

Longtime Belarus leader Lukashenko signals he may not seek another term | Politics News

eriinfo.com8 months ago04 mins

Putin ally Lukashenko has ruled Belarus with an iron fist for more than than three decades and is now on seventh term. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signalled he does not intend to seek another term in office, while rejecting speculation that he is lining up his son as successor. The self-professed “last and only…

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Africa: Funding Cuts By Traditional Donors and the Future of Localization – Power, Paradox, and the Politics of Aid

eriinfo.com9 months ago012 mins

Harare — In recent years, major international donors such as the European Union (EU), the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), USAID, and other bilaterals (such as BMZ, Sida, the Netherlands among others) have significantly reduced development funding to global majority countries. These shifts are occurring in the midst of rhetorical commitments to localization and…

African Refugees Bear the Brunt of Shifting Global Politics

eriinfo.com10 months ago010 mins

On World Refugee Day, displaced Africans face the worst conditions yet as conflict and disasters increase, aid plummets and borders tighten. The number of displaced Africans has doubled since 2018. For the 14th consecutive year, conflict and climate change have driven record numbers of people from their homes. Changes in national priorities, economic uncertainty and…

New IT rules put service delivery ahead of politics

eriinfo.com10 months ago08 mins

Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso I was pleased to see the gazetting last week of new rules for how government departments are allowed to procure their IT services. I have written before about the critical role that IT must play in rebuilding a capable state. I warned that the ability of government to…