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Know Africa Research Consultants (Pty) Ltd specialises in research based advisory for those doing business in African countries.
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Thank you and go well, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
#AfricanLiterature
May 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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"Europe must change its approach to Africa"
- though-provoking read by Carlos Lopes via @projectsyndicate.bsky.social.
#Africa
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Europe Must Change Its Approach to Africa | by Carlos Lopes - Project Syndicate
Carlos Lopes envisions a new relationship based on equality and engagement with continental institutions.
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May 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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"Strong only on paper? Fact-checking Angie Motshekga’s claim about South Africa’s military might."
- important work by @keeganleech.co.za via @africacheck.org
#SouthAfrica
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Strong only on paper? Fact-checking Angie Motshekga’s claim about South Africa’s military might
The defence minister claimed South Africa’s army ranks third in Africa, after Egypt and Algeria.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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"Repairing South Africa’s Fractured Relationship with the United States"
- fascinating analysis from Ryan Cummings via Center for Strategic and International Studies.
#Africa
#SouthAfrica
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Repairing South Africa’s Fractured Relationship with the United States
The relationship between South Africa and the United States is at a low point. It is in South Africa’s best interest to find a pragmatic approach that focuses on rebuilding trust with the United State...
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April 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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A tinderbox conflict in #Congo is ready to explode"
- excellent overview and infographics of situation in eastern #DRC By Prasanta Kumar Dutta, David Lewis, Reade Levinson, Jon McClure and Sonia Rolley via @reuters.com.
#Africa
#RDC
#DRCongo
#RDCongo
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A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider regional war.
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March 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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"The toll of USAID cuts on Africa"
fascinating analysis from Jakkie Cilliers via the Institute for Security Studies.
#Africa
#Aid
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The toll of USAID cuts on Africa
The Trump aid cut could push 5.7 million more Africans into extreme poverty next year
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February 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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"Undergirding the values of the Constitution is the next struggle [South Africans] face"
- thought-provoking read by Judith February via @dailymaverick.co.za
#Africa
#SouthAfrica
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Undergirding the values of the Constitution is the next struggle we face
That our transition to democracy was flawed cannot be disputed. That much still needs to be done to fundamentally change the lives of those who suffer all kinds of exclusion is without doubt. Yet, the...
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February 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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"Global Foresight 2025"
- fascinating data and insights from
@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.
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Global Foresight 2025
In Global Foresight 2025, our experts share findings from our survey of global strategists on how human affairs could unfold over the next decade.
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February 17, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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"The new Expropriation Act: SA’s chance to face its imperial past"
- must read analysis from Tembeka Ngcukaitobi via
@dailymaverick.co.za
#SouthAfrica
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Home Summaries
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February 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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“Special Edition: DRC
Goma - thoughts and prayers”
- outstanding and frank analysis of recent developments in the #DRC and #Goma from Daniel van Dalen via The #Plantain.
#RDCongo #Congo
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Special Edition: DRC
Goma - thoughts and prayers
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January 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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January 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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"5 geopolitical questions for 2025"
- important context for the coming year from WEF's Samir Saran.
#Africa
#geopolitics
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5 geopolitical questions for 2025
From conversations with the Forum's Global Future Council on Geopolitics, we explore the questions and dynamics that will frame 2025's geopolitical agenda.
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January 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Thank you, good bye and go well Breyten Breytenbach.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
Breyten Breytenbach — Prisoner of apartheid rulers, my hero
Breytenbach had offended the apartheid rulers and now he was their prisoner. They were going to roll out the red carpet in the form of a show trial with the Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial...
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November 25, 2024 at 10:04 AM
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November 22, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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November 22, 2024 at 8:55 AM