Periods of high food inflation affect poor households the most. This is because they spend a higher percentage of their income on food.
Molecular research like that conducted at the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in Nigeria is key to medical breakthroughs.
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Molecular research is expensive, but worth it because of the burden of disease that it could relieve.
Some Nigerian women displaying their voter cards at a polling units during one of the country’s elections. Photo:aap/
Peter Obe.
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The whole idea behind independent candidates is the hope that their inclusion might improve the accountability of parliamentarians to the voters. The bill doesn’t do that.
Residents flee Kukawa village, Plateau State, north central Nigeria in April 2022 after their houses were burnt by bandits.
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Improved mediation skills for local leaders can help prevent the escalation of disputes and break cycles of violence.
A burnt car in the middle of a road following deadly clashes between supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party at Kofa in Bebeji district of Kano, economic nerve centre of northern Nigeria.
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Fruit bats have the potential to reforest areas where trees had been lost in parts of Africa.
Clan elders gather in Belet Weyne, Somalia’s fifth largest city, for a weekly meeting to discuss various issues affecting their region.
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