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It’s hot, and given this year’s trends it’s only going to grow hotter. The world is experiencing unprecedented and consecutive high...
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Coen van Wyk
Jan 43 min read
Africa's Election Year
Many countries worldwide will go to the polls this year to elect representatives and Heads of State and Government. Africa is no...
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Coen van Wyk
Dec 21, 20232 min read
To Vote or Not to Vote - There's the Question
With apologies to the Bard, who would have understood that the ghost at the feast is at the heart of democracy. How is the will of the...
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Coen van Wyk
Nov 24, 20232 min read
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Ignorance
Listening to news of the latest descent into violence I hear chaos. But underlying the sounds of war is an incredibly fragile melody, a...
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Coen van Wyk
Nov 16, 20232 min read
Us and Them - Race and Politics
Twenty years ago, Interahamwe militants in Rwanda started a wholesale massacre of the Tutsi people, killing an estimated one million of...
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Coen van Wyk
Oct 25, 20232 min read
African Agony, Agenda for Peace
As in the rest of the world, so in Africa does violence seem to be on the rise. In many regions unrest, rebellion, armed uprising and...
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Coen van Wyk
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Sad News from the Sahel
Bad news keeps flowing from the Sahel, the vast, semi-desert region south of the Sahara. Once known for its legends, myths, tales of...
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Coen van Wyk
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Coming and Going - Migration as a Fact of Life
“To tell you the truth, I hate foreigners.” A sentiment probably heard in all countries. This is quoted from a report by Human Rights...
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Coen van Wyk
Sep 8, 20233 min read
End of Empire? French Influence in Africa
The disintegration of French influence in Africa seems to signal the end of this ex-colonial power's influence. Military take-overs in a...
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Breana Hume
Sep 7, 20232 min read
The Danger of Semi-Democracy
Coups are endemic to West Africa. Why? Over the last few years, coup attempts across the Sahel region of Africa have sparked global...
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Coen van Wyk
Aug 30, 20233 min read
Make Love, Not War - Why There Is a Legal System
It seems to me that there is a trend to challenge the courts, to protest against the laws and the way they are implemented. All too often...
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LJ Trevette
Jul 3, 20233 min read
Deploying Troops for Democracy
Was President Biden right to redeploy troops to Somalia?
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