Report finds pension grant not enough to make ends meet

A recent report by the University of Cape Town has found that the older persons’ grant is not sufficient for beneficiaries to make ends meet.   Elena Moore and other researchers from the Family Caregiving programme, which  focuses on the care of older people in...

Chad’s “Democratic” Transition

In assessing Chad’s upcoming elections, the junta’s actions should speak louder than their words.    On February 28, Chad’s Prime Minister, Succès Masra, told listeners at an Atlantic Council event in Washington […] ​In assessing Chad’s upcoming elections, the junta’s...

Somaliland: The Horn Of Africa’s Breakaway State

The would-be independent state strikes a contrast with Somalia as a place of relative stability, and despite its lack of international recognition, Somaliland continues to push its own foreign policy. […] ​The would-be independent state strikes a contrast with Somalia...