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A grand new memorial park walks a fine line - between teaching about slavery and becoming a tourist trap.
A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by then.
Eskom needs a new management team, this is clear. But the country also needs new leadership.
Consensus is the first step towards solving problems - but it’s been hard to reach.
The common law and civil law systems are quite distinct in legal practices, principles and procedures. How government manages the difference has implications for the Cameroon Anglophone crisis.
The country’s long-dominant party has been losing support in elections.
When communities face security challenges and lack legal protection, they find innovative ways to respond.
There was a significant shift towards African football as a business rather than football as development.
Almost all theories of human bipedalism explain it as a terrestrial adaptation. A new study does not support that view.
With Uhuru Kenyatta leaving office to make way for a new leader, it was always going to be an eventful year for Kenya.
Water is sacred in many religious traditions, holding power that can also be dangerous.
Intensified efforts to obtain funding are urgently required to mitigate and reverse the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB.
Systemic large scale forced abortions in Nigeria’s north-east are a new development.
Addressing the noncommunicable disease pandemic can also mitigate challenges facing people living with HIV and complement efforts against TB.
Large scale infrastructure projects like ports represent more than just financial investments.
Through articles written by academic experts in the course of the year, The Conversation Africa takes a second look at Nigeria in 2022.
Children who need help most tend to experience adversity throughout childhood. That continuing adversity muffles the benefit of improved early nutrition.
Africa should push for extension of AGOA rather than bilateral trade deals with the US.
Judging by the first summit in 2014, this one can also be expected to produce some concrete outcomes.
There are personal, environmental and structural factors that influence a patient’s ability to adhere to treatment.
Infrastructure projects are an enticing promise for a better future – but they can also evoke a violent colonial past.
Through articles written by academic experts in the course of the year, The Conversation Africa takes a look back at Ghana in 2022.
To qualify for the World Cup, Nigeria’s football structures need to link up with schools and build diverse support.
The first speech sounds were uttered about 70,000 years ago and not hundreds of thousands of years ago as is sometimes claimed.