A suggestion was floated at the last G20 meeting that aid to Africa should in future include helping countries improve their military capabilities. This signalled a move away from the traditional emphasis on economic aid as the bedrock of development efforts on the continent. Earl Conteh-Morgan sets out why this would be a bad idea unless strong safeguards are put in place.

Landlessness among black South Africans remains a tense subject more than two decades after the country’s first democratic elections. Is land tenure the answer? Ben Cousins cautions against the assumption that giving people title deeds is the sole solution to the problem.