Posted on July 23, 2024
The role of the public intellectual is particularly important in Africa, with such individuals having a responsibility to promote a cosmopolitan Pan-Africanism and pursue seemingly “lost causes” such as reparations for slavery and colonialism.
Posted on July 08, 2024
US election is widely portrayed as a contest between a senile octogenarian and a criminal, hate-spewing lunatic
Posted on July 03, 2024
The IMF is failing countries like Kenya: why, and what can be done about it
Posted on June 20, 2024
"As SA’s political parties remain locked in talks to form a government of national unity, one issue that has been neglected is the battle to define the country’s foreign policy," writes Prof Adekeye Adebajo.
Posted on June 04, 2024
South Africa’s election has produced a stunning result, with the ruling African National Congress losing its majority for the first time since 1994, when Nelson Mandela led the party to its first post-apartheid victory. The ANC will now have to form a coalition government – and may...
Posted on June 03, 2024
South Africa’s election has produced a stunning result, with the ruling African National Congress losing its majority for the first time since 1994 when Nelson Mandela led the party to its first post-apartheid victory. The ANC will now have to form a coalition government – and may...
Posted on May 28, 2024
US ambassador to SA uses false diasporic solidarity with Africa to champion pro-US interests
Posted on May 14, 2024
There has been some impressive socio-economic transformation over the past three decades
Posted on April 30, 2024
Architect of diversity and democracy and an intellectual of the African Renaissance
Posted on April 05, 2024
“This appointment is an opportunity to deepen our understanding of how to make the right to development a reality for people around the world and to promote this new understanding to policymakers in UN member states,” said UP’s Prof Daniel Bradlow about his appointment as...
Posted on March 19, 2024
He turbocharged the creation of a supranational union in the 1990s as the only way to compete with the US and Japan
Posted on February 26, 2024
Following a recent seminar held in Uppsala, co-hosted by the Nordic Africa Institute, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship and Trust Africa, a policy brief was published with the key outcomes.
Posted on February 22, 2024
UP EXPERT OPINION: Professor Daniel Bradlow offers insights on the approaches African countries should take to address their sovereign debt situations.
Posted on February 14, 2024
Professor Adekeye Adebajo reflects on the recent withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS and the challenges this poses to the 15-member economic union in an article for Project Syndicate.
Posted on February 14, 2024
Professor Deevia Bhana reflects on the findings on her new book "Girls Negotiating Porn in South Africa: Power, Play and Sexuality" in an article for The Conversation Africa.
Posted on February 05, 2024
Professor Adekeye Adebajo writes about the economic opportunities for Africa within an increasingly bipolar world order in his latest Business Day column.
Posted on January 31, 2024
Professor Peter Vale and Professor Vineet Thakur examine the impact of South Africa's case against Israel in the International Court of Justice in their article for The Conversation Africa.
Posted on January 01, 2024
Dr Albert Oloruntoba's reflections on the 2023 African Urbanities Summer Institute in Accra, Ghana.
Posted on December 11, 2023
Professor Adekeye Adebajo provides insight into expected changes in the global power structure in 2024 for Project Syndicate's Quarterly magazine.
Posted on December 06, 2023
We are inviting contributions to an upcoming Symposium and /or an edited monograph titled "Operationalising a Just Transition in Africa: Possibilities and Pathways for Energy Systems in an Uneven Global Context".
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