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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated Africa’s food security crisis, leaving many more people hungry. Solving the problem demands creative and lasting solutions. Chris O. Ojiwo sets out one avenue that needs to be explored – ramping up the supply of higher quality seeds. He argues that well-adapted seeds for nutrient-dense crops, like millet, sorghum and groundnut, will boost yields, thereby playing the role of a vaccine against hunger and under-nutrition. But to get there requires dealing with a range of bottlenecks in current seed regimes across the continent, including helping communities manage seed banks.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has done all in his power to avoid facing a string of allegations against him, including corruption, stretching back over decades. His tactics have included appointing acolytes to key positions in the country’s security and prosecuting agencies while he was president. But, as Roger Southall writes, he might have finally run out of road. South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ruled that he has no option but to appear before a commission of inquiry into grand corruption during his presidency. Zuma has said he won’t abide by the court’s ruling, raising the prospect that he could face prison. The last time
Zuma saw the inside of a cell was as a freedom fighter jailed for his efforts to bring down the apartheid government.
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Chris O. Ojiewo, CGIAR System Organization
Improved seeds can alleviate a food security crisis deepened by COVID-19.
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Former South African president Jacob Zuma says he won’t comply with a Constitutional Court order to appear before a commission on corruption.
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Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
Zuma shares ignominy with former US president Donald Trump who, like him, subverted democracy while in office.
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Titilope F Ajayi, University of Ghana
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