ADTV 2019| Obiageli Ezekwesili & Mabingue Ngom: Africa's booming population : a blessing or a curse?

COVID-19 has ravaged nearly every country in the world, with the globalization of recent decades intensifying its spread. As of mid-2021, the world had spent $16.5 trillion—18% of global GDP—to fight the disease. And that amount does not even include the most important losses such as deaths, mental health effects, restrictions on human freedom, and other nonmonetary suffering. Nearly 90% of this spending was by developed economies, with the rest by emerging market and developing eco ...

Les élections marocaines de septembre 2021, ont orchestré une recomposition politique d’une ampleur inédite dans l’échiquier politique, depuis l’adoption de la Constitution de 2011 qui a défini les principes de la monarchie constitutionnelle. Elles symbolisent l’effondrement du Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD), formation qui a dominé le paysage politique marocain depuis le scrutin législatif de 2011, ainsi que l’affirmation des formations libérales proches du centre-dro ...

Xenophobic violence against minorities and non-nationals has erupted periodically in different parts of Africa: against Somalis in Kenya, Nigerians in Ghana, Chadians in Libya, and Asians in South Africa. Scholars have offered various explanations for these outbursts of violence, focusing on inequality or how simultaneous market reforms and democratization can unleash resentment against “market- dominant minorities.” Others see the violence as linked to elections, noting how politic ...