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Op-Ed: To effectively combat COVID-19, Africa needs to play offense

March 30, 2020 Africa, Africa CDC, CDC, Covid-19, Ghana, healthcare, Lagos, lockdown, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, social distancing, South Africa, virus

Hezekiah Shobiye. Hez is the Lead Publication Editor at the Africa Policy Journal. He is an MPA 2020 Candidate at

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Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Sustainable Development of a Ghanaian Integrated Aluminum Industry

August 19, 2019August 31, 2019 Africa, Aluminum, Bauxite, china, EnvironmentalAssessment, Ghana, mining, SDG, Sinohydro, SustainableDevelopment

By Terrence Neal* In Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Integrated Aluminum Industry Plan (the “Plan”) has sparked a contentious debate about

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Autopsy: Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential Election

April 16, 2019April 15, 2019 Africa, Atiku, Buhari, democracy, elections, electoral politics, electoral technology, identity politics, Nigeria

How did Buhari win? Or, as the opposing camp have asked, how did Atiku lose? This article considers pertinent forces

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The Regional Governance of Genetically Modified Crops: What Does the Future Hold for ECOWAS?

February 11, 2019February 7, 2019 Africa, Agriculture, Biotech, Cartagena Protocol, Development, ECOWAS, GMOs, Governance

By Terrence Neal* Since the first genetically modified (“GM”), or biotech crop was released onto the market for human consumption