Author: Chukwu Godlove

Governments across Sub-Saharan Africa have increasingly adopted New Public Management, or NPM, as part of efforts to modernize the public sector. The approach, which emerged prominently in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand during the 1980s, seeks to bring management practices associated with the private sector into government. It emphasizes performance…

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (ABS News) — Six Nigerian nationals accused of running an online romance scam that defrauded more than 100 American women of over $6 million have landed in U.S. custody, ending a five-year wait since their arrest in South Africa. South African police said the men were handed over Friday to officials from the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service at Cape Town International Airport, following coordination between South Africa’s Hawks unit — formally the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation — and Interpol South Africa. The men had been held in a Cape Town correctional facility since…

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Southern Africa’s young people are often portrayed asapathetic, disengaged, orpolitically uninterested, especially in elections and democratic processes. Yet while this characterization might be convenient for quick explanations of their generally low participation, it oftenobscuresa more complex pattern of disillusionment, selective participation, and alternative forms of political expression. Essentially, a simple explanation risks mistaking refusal for…

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