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There was a huge outcry when videos of mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou went viral on social media in April 2020. This was after authorities in Guangdong province introduced stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.…
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This edition of West Africa Insight reflect on the ways China is extending its influence across West Africa. Tobi Oshodi and James Barnett start by providing an overview and analysis of the role Confucius Institutes, of which there are now 15 in Wes…
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This edition of West Africa Insight reflect on the ways China is extending its influence across West Africa. Tobi Oshodi and James Barnett start by providing an overview and analysis of the role Confucius Institutes, of which there are now 15 in Wes…
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Under President Vladimir Putin, there has been a resurgence of Russian interest and involvement in Africa. The October 2019 Russia–Africa Summit in Sochi was reported as being a key milestone in Russia’s return to the African continent. Like other c…
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The impact of this global pandemic on the media industry is being felt acutely. Hamstrung by loss of advertising revenue and low sales, newsrooms across the world have announced staff layoffs, suspended or cancelled their print operations and downsi…
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On Monday 3 August 2020 at 11.22 am, Sir Nige, a Zimbabwean influencer with over 100 000 followers, tweeted to his audience, “I'm just following the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter hashtag. How did this hashtag start?” The responses to his tweet offer a…
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The digital element is inevitable in the conduct of diplomacy in today’s networked world. Development and application of digital media tools in order to engage foreign publics is referred to as “digital diplomacy.” Today there are over five billion …
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This article is published in partnership with the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) at Wits University.
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Over the first three quarters of 2020, almost every country on the continent has had to grapple with parallel disasters: the increasing downgrade of their countries’ economic health and the battle against COVID-19. Although preliminary predictions p…
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Media coverage of important issues provides a critically useful function of informing and educating the public. When collected systematically over time, such content offers a unique window into perceptions of certain pertinent issues. Collections of…
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Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp have increasingly become a stage on which the tension between state authorities and networked dissent plays out in Africa. The recent banning of Twitter by the Nigerian government is a ti…
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In December 2019, refugees in Agadez, Niger protested about precarious living conditions such as lack of water, medical care and food and, most importantly, their legal status. The slow and lengthy processing of asylum for about 1,600 refugees (most…
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