Daily Maverick on MSN12h
Expropriation and class bias — the great unmentionable
Evidence from both international experience and South African research suggests that a smallholder-focused land redistribution policy could generate as many as a million new jobs.
Their mosque burned down in LA-area wildfire. They’re still determined to gather for Ramadan
Members of a mosque burned down in a Los Angeles-area wildfire are scrambling to find where they can gather during Ramadan.
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Kumasi Was Called the Garden City - but Green Spaces Are Vanishing in a Clash of Landuse Regulations [analysis]
Urban parks in Kumasi, the capital city of Ghana's Ashanti region, are fast disappearing or in decline. Kumasi was designed 60 years ago as a "garden city", with green belts, parks and urban green ...
allAfrica.com on MSN17h
Nearly Five Years and R38-Million Later, Mamelodi Families Still Don't Have a Clinic
The City of Tshwane fired the construction company last year A R61-million clinic in Mamelodi, Tshwane, started in 2020, is still not ready, though the municipality has spent R38-million on the ...
An encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania’s homes and history
An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...
US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle
Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and ...
HelpAge International13h
Left behind in crisis: the plight of older people of the DRC
As the conflict in DRC displaces millions, older people are stranded without food, shelter, or medical care. Many face forced ...
standardmedia.co.ke8h
Government to buy land from absentee landlords to resolve squatter issues in coast
President William Ruto has announced that the government will purchase land from absentee landlords and re-settle squatters along the Coast.