Governance

Ghanaian scholar assesses relevance of USAID and ECOWAS

The situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is escalating once again. It has the potential to drag the entire region into it. The global community must take a stand, not least because the conflict centres on resources we all rely on.

The separatist conflict in the Anglophone part of Cameroon has been going on for years. School operations are constantly disrupted, schools are destroyed or house refugees or the military. The effects on young people are devastating.

In Cameroon, hundreds of thousands of children have not been able to go to school for years due to the violence in the English-speaking regions of the country. The fact that the EU is providing more funding gives hope – but is far from sufficient.

US President Donald Trump had been in office for less than one week when his administration put the work of USAID on ice. The destruction can be slowed, but no longer stopped. What German development policy can do now.

Our author expects Ghana’s government to finally rise to its responsibilities.

Informal traders start reconstruction immediately

According to the World Happiness Report 2024, holistic, people-centred policies are conducive to a nation’s sense of cheerfulness.

Earth is in a perilous state because bad-faith propaganda of interest groups tends to outweigh good-faith research by scientists

Uganda’s capital has ambitious plans to become a “smart city.” Recent events have proved how tough it will be to achieve these aspirations, however. The city still faces the daunting task of fixing its road infrastructure.