A choir performs during independence day celebrations in Kenya.
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Music has often been used as a political tool to urge Kenyans to forget the sins of colonial and post-colonial regimes.
Ghana’s borrowing has it on the verge of debt distress.
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There are a number of reasons why Ghana’s domestic borrowing is more expensive than foreign debt.
US Navy sailors for the Combined Joint Task Force in the Horn of Africa off the coast of Djibouti.
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The decision to redeploy in Somalia represents a renewed emphasis on the old rivalry with Russia.
Smoking presents a sizeable economic burden including the cost of treating tobacco-related diseases.
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The number of smokers in Africa is projected to increase.
Alain Libondo (17) left, and Nsinku Zihindula (25), hammering at solid rock to find cassiterite and coltan at Szibira, South Kivu.
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Coltan is indispensable to the making of modern electronic devices but its mining causes human and environmental disasters in the DR Congo.
Limpets had the highest concentrations of chemical compounds compared to other marine organisms studied.
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When humans eat fish, mussels and other foods containing antibiotics, the residual antibiotics may cause bacterial pathogens to become resistant.
US troops in Djibouti in 2003 on a mission to watch terrorist groups in countries that include Somalia.
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The core obstacle to stability in Somalia is the lack of agreement among political, religious, and business elites on how to govern their country.
Nduduzo Makhathini’s new offering is called In the Spirit of Ntu.
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The jazz star says he wants his piano to speak in his isiZulu language, and that his music is born from spiritual concerns.
President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during a 2014 media briefing.
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President Mohamud’s main challenge is to restore security in the capital Mogadishu and elsewhere.
Rudy Gomis.
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Gomis était le dernier survivant des fondateurs d'Orchestra Baobab, le groupe le plus célèbre du Sénégal.
Women during a protest rally to mark the International Women’s Day 2022 at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
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Women in more prestigious jobs than their husbands were seven times more likely to experience physical and emotional violence, compared to women ranked lower than their husbands.
UN peacekeepers on patrol.
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Peacekeeping missions grab the headlines when they’re associated with tragedy and death – but that isn’t their full story.
The author and a colleague on the hunt for fossil traces.
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Collectively, the evidence studied by ichnologists helps to paint a picture of long-gone landscapes and the creatures and plants that populated those spaces.
Orlando Julius Live in Concert in 2015.
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The Afrobeat star used music to promote and preserve his Yoruba culture - while entertaining diverse global influences.
Participants of the popular “Di Asa” show in competition.
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Obese persons are regularly associated with laziness and inactivity in Ghanaian society.
Protesters and police clash as South Africans march against immigrants.
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Undoubtedly, barbarity lies at the epicentre of modernity.
Increased financing will enable universities in Kenya to make climate change activities a central part of curricula and research output.
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Universities in Kenya should be more sensitive to national policies aimed at addressing the effects of climate change.
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As humans and wildlife come into closer contact, it is crucial to ensure that there's a relationship that benefits both people and animals.
Maize grown in a small-scale farm.
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If small-scale farmers can’t afford to grow certified seeds – or can’t find them – food shortages would follow.
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Quantum leaders are curious, adaptable and tolerant of ambiguity and uncertainty.
Artificial light may trick malaria-transmitting mosquitoes into changing their feeding habits, protecting people against bites.
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Artificial lights could trick malaria-transmitting mosquito species that feed nocturnally into behaving as if it’s daytime.
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Rwandan authors have long been sidelined in debates about Rwanda and other conflict-affected societies.
Pox virus illustration.
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Nigeria must step up its preparedness for monkeypox.
Police officers under the African Union.
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The African Union’s Continental Early Warning System was created to anticipate and prevent conflicts, but it’s gone.
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Some Niger Delta residents are less concerned about oil-induced hazards and risks, or floods and erosion. They are more worried about a lack of sanitation amenities.