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Sudan’s university students have played a key role in liberation struggles.
The number of elderly people in need of support in Africa is projected to grow at annual rates above 3% up to 2050.
The crux of the arms-to-Russia allegations relates to the content of the US intelligence reports.
Biological and chemical substances are the most common food contaminants and account for over 200 food-borne illnesses.
Philip Miller and Amit Chaudhuri have reworked national anthems to reflect the impact of history on official music.
Using leaves for local food packaging is beneficial for health and the environment.
The fluidity of the country’s short-lived coalitions is a major cause of instability in Kenya.
Justice Mokgoro’s advocacy for group solidarity and reconciliation is discernible in several of her judgments.
Ethiopia’s mass housing project has built and transferred half-a-million houses in two decades – but it’s damaging the social fabric of communities.
The Sudan army’s superiority is in its air force and arsenal of ground forces while the rival paramilitary force relies on nimble mobile units.
A mismatch between the skills employers want and what young people have is the major cause of youth unemployment in South Africa. Soft skills are key.
Des programmes intensifs de formation à la sécurité sont nécessaires pour assurer la sécurité des journalistes lors des manifestations, des conflits et des guerres.
Fear has important consequences for how people vote, what they spend their money on, who they consider to be part of their communities, and who they treat as outsiders.
Tanzania’s refugee policy in the 1990s is a good example of how geopolitics affects ordinary refugees.
Why is there such a great discrepancy between what scholars of education have been telling us and what happens in the classroom?
Social media use has adversely affected students’ English language learning in Ghanaian schools.
Missionaries and African translators working on local versions of the Bible divided South Africa’s ethnic groups by language.
The US’s negative attitude towards BRICS reflects its own weakening global power, especially its inability to isolate Russia in Europe and to contain China’s growing influence.
A lack of political legitimacy can lead governments to illegal purchases of small arms and light weapons.
The number of refugees leaving Sudan is particularly high because Sudan was itself host to a million refugees.
Time and information is of the essence when tackling infectious diseases across countries and continents.
How Swapo and the ANC respond to any further decline in electoral support will define the future of democracy in both countries.
Climate systems which drive anomalously cold weather will still cause cold extreme events into the 21st century.
China’s population decline and intensive ageing will offer opportunities and risks to African countries.