Big oil, socio-economic rights and sustainable development in Africa: Implications of SERAP vs. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ECOWAS Court) 2012: As new discoveries of minerals, oil and gas spring out throughout Africa, mixed feelings of jubilation and caution fill the air. Will Africa, by virtue of the new enormous mineral deposits rise and claim its place or could these new developments spur Africa’s demise or re-conquest? It has to be noted that at the heart of these new developments are the usual large multinational corporations from the west, but in addition emerging large economies such as China and India are also pushing to claim ...
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AI and the New Machinery of African Repression
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Artificial intelligence is lowering the cost of authoritarian control in
Africa. The danger is not only mass surveillance, but a state that can
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