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Irregular migration – people crossing borders without official papers and permission from authorities – from Africa to Europe has over the past couple of decades become a hotly debated issue in politics and media. According to Jesper Bjarnesen and Papa Sow, migration researchers at the Nordic Africa Institute, tunnel-visioned focus on one particular kind of migration makes the debate too narrow.
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The Nordic Africa Podcast: Women’s Day special - African women in politics
A Women's Day special of the Nordic Africa Podcast on African women in politics.
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Researcher: Young population makes Africa well placed for AI revolution
African governments seem to find the possibilities of AI compelling. Several African countries have adopted national AI agendas, including Egypt, Kenya and Rwanda. Some analysts say AI could expand Africa’s economy by a staggering $1.5 trillion by 2030—about 50 percent of its current GDP—if it could capture 10 percent of the global AI market. But what is required for the use of AI to reach its full potential on the African continent?
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The Nordic Africa Podcast: China in Africa: There is a securitisation of everything
A new episode of the Nordic Africa Podcast on Chinas interests in Africa “Everything is weaponized”.
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Researcher: “There are 17 potential Malis out there”
French president Emmanuel Macron recently announced a “noticeable reduction” of France's troop presence in Mali and Burkina Faso after years of fighting jihadists there. In this interview, Prof Kwesi Aning talks about colonialism and the failure to build democracy and peace in Mali. He says that the mistakes foreign powers made in Mali must not be repeated in other African countries. Currently, 17 African states are considered to be at risk of falling into conflict, according to The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund.
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Africa is not a country – especially when it comes to debt
After sustaining the consecutive blows of the covid-19 pandemic and the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several already vulnerable African nations find themselves in debt distress. A creditor composition more diverse than prior decades may make it more difficult for African nations to get back on even keel again, according to NAI researchers.
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The Nordic Africa Podcast: Nigeria Elections: “There is a lot of hunger and anger”
A new episode of the Nordic Africa Podcast on the Nigeria Elections: “There is a lot of hunger and anger”.
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Researcher: A regionalised understanding is necessary to build peace in Mali
The problems of Mali are so interwoven with those of its neighbours that addressing issues in one country alone will not work. At the same time, the methods of dealing with Mali’s criminal networks and governance and corruption issues cannot be directly exported to Burkina Faso. The approach has to be adapted to local contexts and stakeholders, according to Prof. Kwesi Aning, NAI Associate and Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs & Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana.
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Cash transfers in development aid – not a silver bullet
Authorities and donor countries should pay more attention to universal aid schemes, and less to targeted cash transfers, which only benefit a few people.
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Effectiveness of the UNSC’s Elected Ten examined
At the policy dialogue “Fifteen Diplomats on a Powder Keg: Africa and the United Nations (UN) Security Council” senior diplomats, heads of UN agencies and scholars discussed key issues such as the effectiveness of the Elected Ten, the division of labour between UN, EU and African regional bodies, and how to increase meaningful participation of women in peace processes. The event was organised by the University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship and Future Africa in South Africa, partnered with the Nordic Africa Institute.
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Colonial legacy, religion and politics – the roots of homophobia in Africa
Africa today is by far the continent with the least legal support for LGBTI people. Only 9 out of 54 African countries offer some kind of legal protection. The three main reasons for this are the legacy of colonial laws, the role of religion and political homophobia, labelling homosexuality as “un-African”.
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The Nordic Africa Podcast: West Africa’s coup epidemic and it s causes
A new episode of the Nordic Africa Podcast: We discuss theepidemic of coups
in West Africa and its causes.
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Actions to prevent pregnant girls from school dropout
A recent study conducted in south-western Uganda identifies five main barriers to school-age mothers returning to school following pregnancy: negative self-perception, childcare burdens, community and family tensions, a tense school environment and ineffective policies. This policy note offers advice to policy makers at all levels and in all sectors on what they should do to tackle these barriers.
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The Nordic Africa podcast: Africa and the war in Ukraine
We have launched the first episode of the Nordic Africa Podcast! Listen to it here:
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How climate change affects the most vulnerable in Africa and what to do about it
COP27 closed on 20th November with a historic agreement to provideloss and damage
funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. The first COP to be held in Africa since 2016, some heralded this agreement as anew dawn for climate justice
while others expressed skepticism. But how is climate change affecting Africa and how can the funds be put to the best use ? Guest researcher Mohammed El Fengour reflects.
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Rather die than live in a woman's house
- Fractured masculinities in Western Uganda
Globally there is much discussion of “a crisis in masculinity”, Here NAI guest researcher Peace Musiimenta explores how both the shift in gender norms and the resistance to it is affecting the lives of men and women in a farming community in Western Uganda.
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The war in the Ukraine – impact on and responses from Africa
What are the geopolitical consequences of the war in the Ukraine from an African perspective? In a recent seminar, four scholars analysed aspects of the crisis including Russia's military role in Africa, food security, African voting behavior in the UN and impacts on political governance of Africa. With Kwesi Aning, Assem Abu Hatab, Henning Melber, Adebayo Olukoshi, and Patience Mususa.
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Why Africa is a key diplomatic battlefront for Ukraine
While Western nations push for a united African position on the war in Ukraine, many factors need to be understood about African choices, Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) researchers say. They list food security, past sanctions, historical ties and current relations, while also identifying a possible new trend In Africa’s attitude to Ukraine.
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Researcher: ECOWAS is in bad shape and must be transformed
The political and humanitarian crises in the Sahel underline the urgent need for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to transform and live up to its norms on good governance and democracy, according to Prof. Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Claude Ake Visiting Chair at the Nordic Africa Institute.
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COP 27: Lack of climate change action will pull 100 million people into extreme poverty
NAI Senior Researcher Assem Abu Hatab underscores how African food security will be adversely affected if no deals are brokered at COP27.
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