We all need to understand that ranking is not objective and true. University rankings are massively overvalued, and reinforce global, regional and national inequalities.
Members of the Kenya Sex Workers Alliance protest in Nairobi against arbitrary arrests.
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The use of medicinal plants in childhood diseases remains largely undocumented. A study in North West province in South Africa catalogued many of these for the first time.
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his eighth State of the Nation Address at City Hall in Cape Town.
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Electoral reforms are urgent for Tanzania because local elections are scheduled for December 2024.
Un gendarme sénégalais en alerte à proximité de pneus en feu lors d'une manifestation à Dakar, le 29 mai 2023.
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Douglas Yates, American Graduate School in Paris (AGS)
Le Sénégal est considéré comme la démocratie la plus stable d'Afrique de l'Ouest, car il n'a jamais connu de coup d'État. Mais tous ses anciens présidents ont tenté de prolonger leur mandat.
Stephen Appiah Takyi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Owusu Amponsah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
The inability of city authorities to enforce land-use regulations has allowed people to carry out ecologically unfriendly activities along the water bodies.
A Senegalese gendarme stands near burning tyres during a protest in Dakar on 29 May 2023.
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Douglas Yates, American Graduate School in Paris (AGS)
Senegal is considered west Africa’s most stable democracy because it has never suffered a coup d'etat. But all its former presidents have attempted to extend their tenure of office.
Studies show cash grants help the cognitive function of older people.
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Women in Makoko, a floating slum in Nigeria, face challenges funding their fish trade. Literacy and financial inclusion programmes can make a difference.
Zuleikha Mayat with copies of her bestselling book, Indian Delights.
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Agincourt, the University of the Witwatersrand’s rural research centre 500km from Johannesburg, has documented the lives of 120,000 people over decades.
The fact that the presidency is attempting to get away with minimal regulation of bulk interception raises doubt about its commitment to ending intelligence abuse.
Ecowas has struggled to handle a raft of military coups.
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