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This has led to a greater focus on digital strategies and the rise of ‘personal’ or ‘patchwork’ protests in which individuals share images on social media of themselves making…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254859
ISSN: 2633-304X
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African opposition strategies.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250685
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Funds for emergency maize crop purchases from Zambia were allegedly misappropriated, with former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218282
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In many African states, youth employment is stubbornly high. Moreover, many of those getting jobs receive such low wages that they continue to live in poverty.
Recent successful coups in West and Central Africa have raised fears this might embolden militaries elsewhere to seize power. However, Zambia is a well-established democracy where…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282084
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A recent IMF mission reported considerable progress towards agreement on a proposed 1.2-billion-dollar rescue package. However, the increasingly authoritarian bent of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB219948
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This is due to spending on imported electricity and fuel, prices of which have risen due to the falling kwacha currency (down 40% to the dollar during 2015). The deteriorating…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207242
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It will enter negotiations at a time when the PF is becoming increasingly repressive. Earlier this week, the authorities arrested former opposition presidential candidate Hakainde…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214131
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Amid escalating external debt, President Edgar Lungu’s administration recently directed the liquidation of KCM, majority-owned by Vedanta, and is suspected to want to sell these…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246048
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Prospects for an IMF programme.