|
Cameroon heads to the polls next month for its presidential elections. Ahead of the 7 October vote, thousands of people are fleeing the country’s Anglophone regions because they fear increased violence. The Anglophone crisis has been dragging on for three years - and, writes Julius A Amin, it’s time that world leaders did more than pay lip service and actually took some action.
South Africa’s African National Congress faces a crucial election next year, amid growing signs that its dominance since the end of apartheid in 1994, is on the wane. So far, the party has relied on the support of its trade union ally, Cosatu. But, argues Steven Friedman, Cosatu is no longer the behemoth it used to be, casting doubt on its ability to deliver electoral support the ANC sorely needs.
|
Cameroon is in crisis. It needs an intervention.
Shutterstock
Julius A. Amin, University of Dayton
It has been nearly three years since the Anglophone crisis began in Cameroon. The conflict has been vicious and it’s time for world leaders to act not just talk.
|
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the 13th Cosatu conference.
Sowetan/Thulani Mbele
Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg
Electoral support by trade union federation Cosatu has been a huge asset for South Africa's governing ANC.
|
Business + Economy
|
-
Ohio Omiunu, De Montfort University
State governments in Nigeria are increasingly playing the role reserved for the federal government.
|
|
Education
|
-
Mignon van Vreden, North-West University
Children feel less frustrated and are allowed to be creative and expressive in spaces where they make choices.
|
|
From our international editions
|
-
Francis Wenban-Smith, University of Southampton
Nimble-fingered Neanderthals went about their daily business in a similar way to modern humans.
-
Patrick Major, University of Reading; Chris Scott, University of Reading
Scientists studying the atmosphere found help in an unlikely place – the aerial bombing campaigns of World War Two.
|
|
