Marisa Lourenço

Jan 8, 2025 | democracyinafrica.org | Henning Melber |Nic Cheeseman |Marisa Lourenço |John B. Nakuta

In early December 2024 the German and Namibian governments concluded negotiations over a joint declaration recognising the genocide committed by the German empire in South West Africa. Germany ruled the country as a colony between 1884 and 1915. It was declared a mandated territory by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

Aug 1, 2024 | democracyinafrica.org | Nic Cheeseman |Marisa Lourenço |Tsoloane Mohlomi |Mikhail Nyamweya

SWAZILAND RURAL WOMEN’S ASSEMBLY (SRWA) STATEMENTThe Swaziland News online platform on the 16 of July 2024 revealed shocking details of rape allegedly done by the country’s head of state, article written by Mr Zweli Martin Dlamini. SRWA does not take kindly such acts / news and unapologetically call for redress in the form of publicly distancing through any means by the head of state named to be a perpetrator of rape or face the arm of the law.

Nov 11, 2023 | trtafrika.com | Marisa Lourenço

By Marisa LourençoThe US has been on damage control ever since relations between it and Africa declined under former President Donald Trump (2016-20), who failed to visit the continent throughout his four years in office. This awareness is reflected in the US Strategy Towards Sub-Saharan Africa, released in August 2022, which outlines the country’s envisioned cooperation for the region.

May 15, 2023 | mg.co.za | Marisa Lourenço

Debt restructuring deals are never easy to negotiate. But in Zambia’s case, the excitement that accompanied President Hakainde Hichilema’s electoral victory in August 2021 came with confidence that the country’s economic woes would soon be behind it. The kwacha surged to become the best-performing currency in sub-Saharan Africa in 2022, and mining firms tentatively re-engaged, having distanced themselves from the Edgar Lungu administration, from 2015 to 2021.