Vaccine inequity has a fundamental impact on global health security across the world and can be traced back to issues related to intellectual property, infrastructure, skills shortage, production, and supply chains. The issues of vaccine inequity will have a long-term…
Continue reading Partnerships Models — Addressing Vaccine Inequities in Africa
EU agricultural subsidies are not just expensive and distort the internal market, they also have far-reaching effects on developing countries. How do African farmers feel about the fact that the EU subsidises its farmers and exports their products to Africa?…
Continue reading How Poor Countries Pay for the EU’s Agricultural Policy
The Covid-19 pandemic will have an indescribable, unbearable and devastating impact on the world. It will inevitably plunge the world into a deep economic crisis. Today the impact is already being felt at all levels: health, social, political and financial.…
Strikes. Strikes. Strikes Everywhere. That is what millions of people all over the world are witnessing across six continents in a global phenomenon that goes back to at least 2018. These strikes share one defining feature: educators, students, families, and…
Every nation has friends and Africa’s dependency on foreign direct investment and aid depict the need to create more economic allies to sustain its democratic institutions and support for incumbency. Bilateral or multilateral agreements are of great importance to supporting…
Reflections on a liberal youth organization’s project work in Africa “I’ll be spending the summer in Zambia working on our project on women’s rights” I say while trying as hard as I can not to make a facial expression that…
Today 10th December 2018 marks 70 years after the United Nations declared the universal declaration of Human Rights. The Africa Liberal Youth (ALY) joins the word in celebration of this important declaration. Human rights are inherent and should not be…
The 37 year old Baobab government, led by the Marxist-Leninist Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), was cut off last year in a deal to allow for a transition of power to Mugabe’s long-time ally, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The…
Continue reading Will “Mnangagwanism” replace “Mugabetarianism’’?
While the popular perception about African nations may be that they are home to various warring ethnicities and communities that are deeply steeped in age-old customs, traditions and beliefs, things have been taking a turn for the liberal for quite…
The human body must obtain nutrients from food as we require around fifty nutrients for development and cells repair. Food security is an increasing challenge for African countries as we noticed recent interruptions to food supply-chains caused by prices fluctuation…
