Les nouvelles technologies sont à la fois plus intrusives et plus discrètes que les barrières physiques. Elles empiètent sur la vie privée des migrants et menacent leur sécurité personnelle.
- Director & SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria
New tech tools are more intrusive and subtler than physical barriers. They invade migrants’ privacy and are a threat to personal security.
Why your understanding of who migrates (and why) might be wrong.
An African-led process would take into account complex regional dynamics – which would lead to a better and more stable peace agreement.
Tropical cyclones are becoming more frequent in the Indian Ocean. Here’s why and what that means.
The AU needs to address two main problems to steer Africa into a prosperous future – the use of unconstitutional means by some leaders to cling to power and disregard for the rule of law.
Zambia’s new president will have to balance austerity and the high expectations of the many unemployed young people and struggling people who voted for him.
The porous borders of West Africa allow for the unregulated movement of thousands.
Leaders’ efforts to end conflict have been ineffective. Working through regional economic communities might be part of a better approach.
It’s an achievement in itself that Malawi is holding its sixth multi-party national elections since its transition from dictatorship under former President Kamuzu Banda.
Cyclone Idai showed just how unprepared SADC is to respond to major natural disasters.
The decision to repatriate migrants is a welcome intervention. But, it fails to consider the fundamental causes.
Africa needs to learn from the experiences of others who have negotiated free trade pacts. In particular it needs to ensure its process is inclusive and does not pander to a few special interests.
Europe has resorted to more severe measure to keep migrants out. But this is not sustainable. The root causes of migration need to be properly addressed.
The politicisation of academia definitely contributes to a decline in academic standards. This is a situation South Africa must work hard to avoid. It can learn from others on the continent.
Zambia’s Edgar Lungu shouldn’t consider his presidential victory to mean business as usual in the management of the economy; nor an opportunity to waste and plunder.
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