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1 – 9 of 9However, with a second wave underway and the mining and tourism sectors -- key foreign exchange earners -- upended, he recently changed tack, authorising an immunisation programme…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260870
ISSN: 2633-304X
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SOUTH AFRICA: Support package will gain market backing
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES252116
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Nigeria’s land borders have been closed since August 2019, officially to check indiscriminate smuggling of goods into the country. The closures have been blamed in part for rising…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258209
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Oil and gas major Total has suspended work on its nearby liquefied natural gas (LNG) site, while a humanitarian crisis has worsened. Pressure for an external military intervention…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261375
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President Cyril Ramaphosa's government has been criticised for tardy and inefficient vaccine procurement, as well as lack of transparency and accountability. It has recently…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259236
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The drivers of migration for northern Somalis are diverse. In the urban centres of Puntland and Somaliland, two northern regions, many young Somalis are undertaking tahriib -- a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217516
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The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the ongoing threat of fall armyworm (FAW) in Southern Africa. FAW wreaks havoc in the maize (corn)-growing countries of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218044
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The pandemic has sharpened questions about the role of South Africa's extensive social grants system in wider economic policy. In particular, emergency provisions have focused…
The price bump comes amid a push by Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world's two largest producers, for cocoa buyers to pay a Living Income Differential (LID) of USD400 per metric…