Interview with Lettie Tembo Longwe "Africa Think Tank Summit 2018"

On the day he formally took power in Nigeria, 29 May, President Bola Tinubu put an end to fuel subsidies.  It was a bold and politically difficult decision, but long overdue. Nigeria is a leading oil producer and yet its citizens struggle to put gas in their tanks. It exports crude oil but imports refined fuels. For years, the government capped the gasoline price and paid importers the difference between the higher landed cost of petrol and diesel and the lower price at the pump. Th ...

Dans un monde menacé par les effets ravageurs du changement climatique, les catastrophes naturelles se placent de plus en plus au cœur des préoccupations de la communauté internationale. La gestion de ces catastrophes est l’une des missions essentielles des États du fait de leurs attributions régaliennes et leur responsabilité de protéger leurs populations. Cependant, l’ampleur des phénomènes et la gravité des dégâts qu’ils génèrent, combinées aux faibles capacités de certains États ...

فـي عالـم مهـدد بالآثـار المدمـرة لتغيـر المنـاخ، أصبحـت الكـوارث الطبيعيـة علـى نحـو متزايـد فـي صميـم انشــغالات المجتمــع الدولــي. إن إدارة هــذه الكــوارث هــي إحــدى المهــام الأساســية للــدول بالنظــر إلــى صلاحياتهـا السـيادية ومسـؤوليتها عـن حمايـة شـعوبها. بيـد أن اتسـاع الظواهـر وحـدة الضرر الـذي تولده، إلـى جانـب ضعـف قـدرات بعـض الـدول، يتطلـب مسـؤولية دوليـة فـي إطـار التضامـن بيـن دول العالـم.وفـي هـذا المجـال، يتعـارض مبـدآن علـى الأقـل مـن مبـادئ القانـ ...

In a world confronting the devastating effects of climate change, natural disasters are increasingly at the forefront of international community concerns. The management of such disasters is an essential task of governments, given their sovereign powers and responsibility to protect populations. Yet the scale of disasters and the severity of damage they cause, along with the limited capacities of many states, entail international responsibility as part of global solidarity. This bri ...