Questions tagged [africa]
Questions relating to the government or politics of the continent of Africa
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Does Chad have any geostrategic value for the United States?
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The U.S. military plans to return to Chad within a
month for talks about revising an agreement that allows it to keep
troops based there, an American general said Wednesday.
The U....
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Did any African country accuse China of debt-trap diplomacy?
China has been accused of debt trap diplomacy through its Belt and
Road Initiative (BRI). Starting with the Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka,
commentator William He examines the rhetoric surrounding the ...
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Do the various African state organizations plan to do anything about the projected man-made famine in Sudan?
According to the UN WFP, the RSF is stealing food on a massive scale in Sudan, including the seeds for future crops. The WFP paused their distribution due to said theft. Various other organizations ...
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Why does resentment toward former colonizers such as France still linger in Africa?
Others point to what they see as hypocrisy in Western condemnations of
Russia; Western countries also deploy PMCs across the continent, which
has led the AU to call for the “complete exclusion of ...
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To what extent has the war on terror in the Somalia achieved its goals?
Has it been at all effective in getting rid of Al-Shabaab? How has it affected the region?
Edit: I mean the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa.
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The Efficacy and Behavior of the African Union
I'm interested in a summary of the political reality of the African Union, what it wants to do, what it actually does, and how effective it is at accomplishing it's goals.
I've gotten the sense that ...
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Is there any African country that actively express disagreement or resistance against Wagner?
Besides, Wagner’s principal sell in Africa has become its praetorian
guard service for authoritarian regimes as well as elected governments
— like in the Central African Republic (CAR). There, Wagner ...
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Which countries transfered the most technology to Africa?
China’s collaboration with African countries in technology transfer
has been a topic of interest for many years. As one of the world’s
leading technological powers, China has made significant strides ...
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On what basis does Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni demonstrate himself to be an actual ally to the United states?
PBS News Weekend full episode, June 17, 2023 briefly reports a violent attack on a school in Uganda by "armed rebels linked to the Islamic State" and at about 03:35 it states:
The rebel ...
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Can the ICC try Ethiopia or any country involved in the Tigray war for war crimes?
Kassahun Molla Yilma, former head of Jimma University School of Law
and prosecutor, argued in February 2021 that for the Mai Kadra
massacre of the Tigray War and other atrocities taking place in
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How is China trying to address the huge trade surpluses it has with Africa?
How is China trying to address the huge trade surpluses it has with Africa?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfLxnIqi4Uc
I was watching this video and the African woman claims China is listening more ...
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Why do small African island nations perform better than African continental nations, considering democracy and human development?
This question is interdisciplinary between economics and politics, but I suspect the answer lies more in politics and history than in economics, which is why I decided to post it here.
Looking at the ...
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Clear and concrete definition of "Third World" [duplicate]
Commonly, when I discuss with a pro-western American, or perhaps sometimes Europeans about an African Country I always hear this, "But it's third world" on investopedia.com "Third World&...
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How much does the U.S. give Africa for the development of infrastructure?
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/R46368.pdf
Looking at this I found that infrastructure is categorized as "Other Economic Growth Efforts", and it seems that infrastructure is not included in the ...
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What is the actual cost and human load (short and long term cost) of immigration across EU countries?
There is currently (November 2022) increased tension between France and Italy regarding the reception of migrants from Africa who were rescued by the humanitarian boat Ocean Viking. The boat has been ...
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