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Spotted hyenas provide ecosystem services that improve human welfare and contribute to sustainable development goals.
Two particles are said to be entangled when one cannot be perfectly described without information about the other being included.
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The quantum nature of light can be harnessed for a variety of purposes.
Lamine Diack during the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships, Beijing 2015.
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Lamine Diack’s life revolved around politics and sports.
US president Joe Biden and Democratic Republic of Congo president Felix Tshisekedi at the G20 summit in October 2021.
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Africa can make important contributions to the issues on the agenda: defending against authoritarianism; fighting corruption; and respect for human rights.
Various employers and organisations have implemented vaccine mandates.
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The key requirement of any mandate should be that a vaccination certificate be produced for access to high-risk spaces where harm to others could occur.
The increasing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in public decision making is raising critical issues around fairness and human rights.
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The increasing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in public decision making is raising critical issues around fairness and human rights.
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Peace on its own is not enough to meet the unfulfilled promise of prosperity and economic advancement.
The musical The Lion King - here starring Amanda Kunene - in New Zealand.
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Problems limiting the growth of the sector aren’t self-inflicted. They’re firmly rooted in the country’s development agenda.
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Vote buying subverts a key component of a functioning democracy - elections.
The process of education should be empowering, participatory, transparent and accountable.
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To achieve quality and inclusive education, Tanzania should prioritise disadvantaged and marginalised children in schools.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa (L) is congratulated by leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party Mangosuthu Buthelezi (R) after being elected president of South Africa during the swearing in of new members of the National Assembly.
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The failure of the 2021 post-election deal is a missed opportunity for the African National Congress and Inkatha to work together.
Frantz Fanon.
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Fanon was brutally honest in his criticism of militants and Africa’s post-independence elites.
La pratique consistant à blâmer et à stigmatiser les victimes de viol a des conséquences dévastatrices : elle les réduit au silence tout en protégeant les violeurs, et les dissuade d’accéder aux services de santé et de réclamer justice.
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Stigmatiser les victimes de viol est lourd de conséquences. Il les réduit au silence, protège les violeurs, les décourage à se faire consulter et à réclamer justice.
Le président français, Emmanuel Macron, à droite, et le président du Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, à l’Élysée, à Paris, en novembre.
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L'approche de Macron à l'égard de la politique africaine s'inspire des stratégies des années 50 en raison notamment des similutudes avec la période qui a suivi la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Many people with diabetes are undiagnosed.
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With such a sharp increase in global prevalence, it’s clear that diabetes is spiralling out of control. It can no longer be ignored.
A life reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba commissioned by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History.
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Studying the lower back allows researchers to understand how the species’ anatomy was adapted for different kinds of movement.
Protestors march in Lagos during a demonstration against fuel subsidy removal in 2012.
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Removal of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria is long overdue, but replacing it with a transport grant is not the best approach.
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A graduated and carefully calibrated approach to increases in VAT is preferable to large scale, once-off increases.
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The global community must understand the importance of soil in order to protect it.
Kenya national rugby union team supporters, like these celebrating victory over Germany, face a compulsory vaccine mandate.
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Mandates should be considered only when all geographical, financial and cultural access issues have been addressed. They should be a last resort.
South African fruit producers use digital technologies such as blockchain and radio frequency identification tags.
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To take full advantage of digital technologies South Africa needs a coherent digital industrial policy.
Refugees who fled Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict queue for contributions before sunrise in eastern Sudan.
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Despite the recognition of risk, it’s clear that the scope and severity of the Ethiopian crisis has caught many by surprise.
Digital currencies are attracting the attention of governments globally.
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The e-money would mark Kenya’s official entry into the space of cryptocurrencies.
Even chickens need strong, healthy gut microbiomes.
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The probiotic decreases the presence of pathogens in the animal’s gut and can be used safely on a daily basis.
Protesters call on Miss South Africa to withdraw from the Miss Universe contest in Israel.
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The objectification of women’s beauty measured by competitive processes, linked specifically to the body, strengthens patriarchal norms.