Long walk to free trade: Africa’s ambitious trade plan needs to speed up
•Non-tariff barriers hinder commerce even more than tariffs In 1963, as decolonisation swept through Africa, politicians heady with pan-African ideals called…
How we debunked over 55,000 false information on COVID-19 – Search
John Chuks Anyim Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Search for Common Ground says it debunked at least 55,000 rumours during the COVID-19…
China, India, America and the EU: Who wins from the Ukraine war, and who loses?
•The Russian military operation is sending shockwaves across the globe, creating problems and opportunities By rt Russia’s military operation in…
UNODC, NIALS, EU present module on torture
Mukaila Ola The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), working with the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies…
Putin’s critical raw materials are a threat to EU economic security
By Tobias Gehrke As Russia gets ready to restrict the export of critical raw materials, the EU’s supply vulnerability will become…
Globalisation and autocracy are locked together. For how much longer?
•Disentangling the two will be hard, and costly The world’s supply chains have taken a knock yet again. Russia’s invasion of…
Why Russia wins some sympathy in Africa and the Middle East
•But countries in the region will try to avoid choosing between it and the West In 2019 vladimir putin welcomed 43…
Why strangling Russia’s economy could backfire
•Harsh Sanctions Could Make the Country a Bigger, Badder North Korea By Maxim Mironov After Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea…
Boycotts, not bombs: Sanctions are a go-to tactic, with uneven results
By Ella Koeze In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine late last month, Western powers turned to an increasingly common playbook: imposing a…
Ukrainian war: Bumper harvest for Nigeria, OPEC as oil hits $130 per barrel
•EU, US and allies consider ban on Russian crude Jude Johnson with Michael Kern Nigeria and Organization of the Petroleum…