September 16, 2025
Lagos, Nigeria

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Africa-China Debt Relationship: A ticking time bomb

Sino-African relations predate the 21st century, but an increased focus on establishing long-term relationships began in 1996 when then-President, Jiang Zemin, assembled other Chinese dignitaries for bilateral dialogue across the continent. Since 1996, China’s involvement in Africa’s economy, trade, and infrastructure has grown exponentially. For context, the trade volume in 2000 was earmarked at $10.6bn;

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Communication: Citizens are Tired of “Hide and Seek” with Government

Richard Boeckel wrote in 1920 “the first requisite to being an elected President in this new age of publicity is to have a story of the kind that will appeal to the people, the second is to have the kind of a press organization that will get the story to them”1.  One of the lessons

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Ending the Rape Scourge in Africa

Worldwide, it is estimated that approximately 35% of women have faced some form of sexual harassment in their lifetime. Apart from the culture of the crime, rape is also one of the hardest crimes to prosecute. Sexual violence is not peculiar to Africa alone, in developed countries, the quality of investigation, access to evidence and

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