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Illegal logging entrenches systemic corruption, undermines accountability in governance, and finances insecurity.
Rahima Moosa Hospital caters for a very large number of women and children. The large patient numbers and high burden of care have a negative impact on the hospital.
The Rapid Support Forces were created by former president Omar al Bashir to protect his regime from rebels - but they soon became a threat to both him and the future government.
South Africa faces the possibility of record electricity shortages and catastrophic scenarios such as a complete grid collapse.
Plans by European states to outsource their asylum procedures to African states often fail and don’t offer political alternatives to asylum in Europe.
The relationship between small-scale irrigation and food security, diet quality, and nutrition is growing.
The criminalisation of same-sex sexual relations among consenting adults in Kenya worsens social disparities and inequalities.
Hemedti ably used his commercial acumen and military prowess to build his militia into a force more powerful than the waning Sudanese state.
Debt forgiveness isn’t the answer. History is replete with examples of countries that are serial defaulters.
A new global dataset shows there is no clear global increase of infectious disease outbreaks over time. And it can suggest which countries would most likely be affected by an outbreak.
With Africa’s solid support and his pro-west military and policy adventures, Kagame is able to take on critics.
Insecurity, especially in the DRC’s South Kivu, is considered a serious threat by Burundi’s army.
The seaweed invasion of parts of the Ghanaian shoreline is affecting coastal inhabitants.
There is a growing public wariness about the performance of the media, which are increasingly accused of being partisan.
Ghana needs a more effective approach to juvenile justice reform that considers the long-term impact of detention on youth offenders.
Ethiopia’s unmet refugee education reforms highlight the ways in which bureaucratic structures and interests can shape policy.
Most farmworkers were not even aware that the farm they worked on was Fairtrade certified.
The inequitable distribution of the benefits and harms of the food system is a violation of the constitutional right to food.
Deep-seated cultural practices – such as female genital mutilation and child marriage – prevent girls from making progress in school.
Shepherding livestock may be more effective protection than killing predators.
Health extension workers in Ethiopia have had a measurable impact on interconnected challenges such as child marriage, teenage pregnancy, and school dropout.
Policies that reduce poverty, inequality and socioeconomic insecurity lower the incentive to engage in or tolerate terrorism.
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, recently signed the copyright law. Its provisions will be beneficial only if it is well implemented.
Criminalisation of medical judgment may interfere with appropriate medical decision making.