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Inside Western hypocrisy

  What the genocide in Gaza teaches us about the West and its claims to civilization and liberal democracy THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | We are witnessing, live on our smartphones and television screens, a genocide of the very first magnitude. It is not happening in the jungles of “the …

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Rethinking Africa foreign policy in the ESG era

The debate between positivist and normative frameworks shifts focus from power and profit to planet and people COMMENT | CHRISTOPHER BURKE | As foreign governments and corporations race to secure critical minerals across Africa, the language of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles is becoming more prominent. Behind the policy papers …

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IGG abusing her office

  How Beti Kamya has turned the ombudsman into into a theatre for her ego, nepotism, corruption and vindictiveness THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | I dreamt last week that a decision was made at a very high level to arrest the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Beti Kamya, for abuse …

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The real conquest of Africa

  How the European intellectual domination of the African mind keeps our continent weak and divided THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Ask any African elite what impedes our continent’s development, and they will list a litany of locally generated problems: corruption, lack of democracy, disregard for human rights, weak institutions, …

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