Zimbabwean migrants illegally cross Into South Africa.
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The militarisation of borders and securitisation of migration have always failed to stop irregular migration.
EU and UK are major markets for South African exports, including vehicles.
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An EU-UK trade deal will reinforce the certainty and continuity that South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Eswatini – plus Mozambique are seeking in their relationship with the UK.
Sudanese people carry their belongings through the flood waters.
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To prevent the humanitarian disasters that follow floods in Sudan, more attention needs to be paid to infrastructure planning.
Many women in South Africa still don’t have access to safe toilets.
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Studies globally have made the link between the lack of adequate sanitation, particularly open defecation or shared community toilet facilities, and the increased risk of women and girls being raped.
The Sunday Times, South Africa’s largest weekend newspaper, was used to spread disinformation.
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Media self-criticism is not just important to improve journalism, it is a political, professional and moral imperative.
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In each of his novels, he explored questions that shifted South Africa’s cultural debates, especially about memory and race.
Scientists examining microfossils aim to answer crucial questions to understand past and present climate crises.
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Microfossils offer up an array of information to scientists, like the time periods in which they lived and how environments have changed.
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Most efforts in Africa to date have been financially supported and driven from outside the continent.
McDonald’s and Wimpy ended up releasing the same advert.
Beneath the glitz and glamour associated with the advertising industry lie tales of deception.
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Many political issues in the 2020 US election are domestic. But black resistance to white supremacy has long had global repercussions.
An unregulated economy leaves the economically disadvantaged at the mercy of the rich and powerful
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Lack of competition regulation created outright dominance of a few players in some industries.
A woman sits at a site in James Town, Accra, demolished in May 2020 to make way for a new fishing port complex.
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The patterns of colonial spatial violence that played out in Ghanaian cities echo around the world.
Advertisers use images of muscular men and slender women to convince consumers to buy their products.
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Claims that a product can boost testosterone levels imply that this will lead to a gain in muscle and strength.
Slave memorial in Zanzibar.
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Black Lives Matter brings the slavery story into the present in America – but it leaves Africa stuck in the past.
Eko Atlantic city in Lagos is described as the largest real estate project in Africa and dubbed the “Dubai of Africa”.
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To achieve sustainable, functional buildings, architects in cities like Lagos need to consider local realities.
Human rights lawyer and anti-apartheid activist George Bizos at Freedom Park, Pretoria, in 2013.
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His appearance on behalf of the families of mine workers shot by the police at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry was just one of his efforts to seek justice for the poor and marginalised.
A late season fire in Bwabwata National park.
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Understanding fire history is crucial to designing effective fire management in order to maintain biodiversity and support the livelihoods of people.
Apartheid-era Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee, Thabo and Zanele Mbeki, Nelson Mandela and his daughter Zenani, FW and Marike de Klerk.
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The book shows that the claim made by some analysts that it was the fall of communism that prompted moves towards negotiations to end apartheid is off the mark.
Protesters demand rights and housing for refugees and migrants in Greece.
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Official policies at the international level and within host countries do not adequately address the challenges posed by forced displacement across the world
Pausing enrolment into a clinical trial is not unique to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The experience of the Oxford vaccine and the measures put into place are not unusual. Many phase one and phase two clinical trials have holding rules.
Cardiovascular risk factors are high in Sierra Leone.
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Cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes and hypertension are preventable or relatively easy to treat with inexpensive medication.
A campaign poster of John Magufuli of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party who is seeking re-election as president in October.
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International observation will not insulate controversial polls – such as Tanzania’s in October – from malpractices, but will make them less likely and allow them to be exposed.
A group in the secret alleyway after a distribution of reusable masks, hand sanitiser and mealie meal.
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The story map reveals that like any part of society, street youth are both subject to and willing to conform to rules and conventions, in this case for their own and others’ safety.
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The artist’s body of work, through its very public focus on queer masculinity, offers alternative ways of thinking about what being a man is.
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There is an app that helps frontline healthcare workers deal with the mental health challenges they face in the COVID-19 pandemic.