Expatriates and locals faced similar risks and hazards but for different pay.
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In the Copperbelt the category of ‘expatriate’ recreated a dual wage structure that still persists.
Matooke has been the subject for vitamin A biofortification.
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Each food-based vitamin A programme carries different advantages and issues.
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There is a useful set of steps to follow to help the transfer of technological innovations to entrepreneurs who can put them into use.
Kenya’s journalists have had a tumultuous relationship with Uhuru Kenyatta’s government.
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The relationship between the state and media soured just months into the Kenyatta regime.
Things are not rosy for Nigerians as food prices keep rising.
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Inflation is perhaps the biggest poverty accelerator in the economy due to its weakening effect on people’s purchasing power.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (centre) is hosted in Cairo by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in June, 2022.
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Ethiopia’s direct engagement with Somalia’s regional governments will likely weaken the prospects of restoring a functioning Somali state.
Motorbikes riders in Nigeria’s capital Lagos.
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Rather than ban motorcycles, the Nigerian government must intensify its military campaigns and address socioeconomic causes of insecurity.
Ugandan President Idi Amin gestures during a speech in 1973.
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The inhumanity of Idi Amin’s ‘economic war’ was about much more than the expulsion of Asians.
Recent fines on media houses in Nigeria are attempts to gag them.
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Media houses fined recently by Nigeria’s Broadcasting Commission for documentaries on terrorism should approach the courts for redress.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi making a speech at the AU headquarters.
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The commitment of African leaders remains the greatest obstacle to African renaissance and development. Consultation with citizens is also called for.
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Combining several layers of response to COVID-19 was effective. Decentralisation, innovation and building on existing systems were key.
William Ruto addresses his supporters during a campaign rally in Thika, Kenya, in August 2022.
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The centrality of religion as a governing principle is cause for concern given the reversals of women’s rights seen globally.
Ghana’s maritime space is key to its economy.
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Ghana’s maritime economy faces significant challenges in becoming viable.
Detail from the cover of Isambulo by saxophonist and composer Linda Sikhakhane.
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Zulu spirituality and the legacy of the ancestors, personal and musical, are the concerns of the saxophonist and composer.
Different types of property relations shape the living conditions of residents in marginalised urban settlements of Hargeisa. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via
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Many urban residents live in dire poverty, lack shelter, and have limited access to basic services.
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It is estimated that half of world’s population is at risk of being infected by an arbovirus.
The Anopheles stephensi is usually found in South-East Asia.
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The spread of this urban malaria vector species threatens the gains made against malaria and the achievement of malaria elimination.
South African foreign minister Naledi Pandor hosts US secretary of state Antony Blinken for a strategic dialogue.
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It’s unclear what practical purpose the drafters of South Africa’s foreign policy document envisaged it serving, and who its intended audience is.
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People in South Africa felt anxious and stressed during the COVID-19 lockdown.
A section of Kenya’s Mau Forest complex that has been cleared for human settlement.
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Political interests have informed conservation policies in one of East Africa’s most important water towers, the Mau Forest Complex.
Protests demanding better living in Angola have become common since 2011. This one was in November 2020.
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Angola’s 2022 election is the first in which citizens born after the war are old enough to vote.
Zouhair El Moutaraji celebrates Morocco’s Wydad AC winning at the Caf Champions League in 2022.
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The Africa Super League brings big money but a logistical nightmare and a missed opportunity for commercial club development.
President Macky Sall salutes supporters after he was named candidate for the 2012 presidential elections.
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Senegal enters uncharted territory as for the first time in contemporary history, no single coalition won an outright majority in parliament.
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Academics provide their insights into the state of the country’s economy, Ruto’s economic promises and what to expect.
People with intellectual disability are entitled to their human rights like everyone else.
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The lack of sexuality education, and common myths and misconceptions about the sexuality of people with intellectual disability can lead to caregivers being reluctant ‘jailers’.