West Africa trembling before terror
Is West Africa ready to contain terror from the fringes of the Sahel, as it threatens to gradually, descend on the whole region, asks *Cornelius Adedze.
The African continent is mostly reported as a land of poverty, civil strife and endless lines of begging hands. Problems facing the continent are portrayed and communicated mostly by foreign eyes through the monopoly-controlled news media.
By publishing African Agenda, Third World Network Africa aims to provide a different, more complex and nuanced perspective. Open your eyes and ears to an African perspective on critical issues such as trade, the environment, gender and sustainable development.
What products will Africa trade in under the Continental Free Trade Area?
Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area, provides a market of 1.3 billion people, likely to create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc but what exactly will Africans be trading in, asks *Sylvester Bagooro. What products would pass as African products (rules...
What products will Africa trade in under the Continental Free Trade Area?
Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area, provides a market of 1.3 billion people, likely to create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc but what exactly will Africans be trading in, asks *Sylvester Bagooro. What products would pass as African products (rules...
Bretton Woods Institutions: from solution to problem
Developing countries experienced multiple crises due to “deficiencies in the design and execution of the reform strategies” by the institutions contend *Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram July 2019 saw the 75th anniversary of the historic conference of 44...
New data illuminates inequalities among the poor worldwide
Results show that children suffer poverty more intensely than adults and are more likely to be deprived of essentials such as clean water, sanitation, adequate nutrition or primary education, reports *Caroline Mwanga Anew report released at the UN High-Level...
