Questions tagged [africa]
Questions relating to the government or politics of the continent of Africa
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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 did South African soldiers choose EO over UNITA?
This is a question concerning Executive Outcomes and UNITA. I concede this question is slightly Tom Clancy-esque, but I think now that these events have been largely declassified all these decades ...
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Which countries or regions (EU, U.S., China, etc.) own the majority of debt when we include hidden debt in Africa?
Which countries or regions (EU, U.S., China, etc.) own the majority of debt when we include hidden debt in Africa?
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-states-private-debts-three-times-that-...
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What was the effect of the fall of the Soviet Union on African economies?
In a speech about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Jordan Peterson claims that the fall of the Soviet Union had a very good effect on Africa, he claims that African economies are booming like mad now and that ...
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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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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 proportion of Chinese lending to Africa is interest-free, according to the World Bank?
I'm trying to figure out if some figures put out by Johns Hopkins CARI (China-Africa Research Initiative) in a WaPo piece include (or don't) the so-called "hidden lending" that China ...
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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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Why are African countries using direct and indirect taxation against their farmers to tax them at a rate twice as high than anywhere in the world?
Why are African countries using direct and indirect taxation against their farmers to tax them at a rate twice as high than anywhere in the world?
I found this in a research paper entitled Why kill ...
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