Medicinal plants and the associated indigenous knowledge could offer alternatives for women who lack access to modern contraceptives.
A Commonwealth summit in Kigali enables Kagame to position himself at the centre of international diplomatic networks.
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Ideology informs foreign policy practice. Behaviour that could – for better or worse – influence individual lives.
A peacekeeper protects civilians who fled violent clashes between the army and the ex-rebels of the “M23” in eastern DRC in January 2022.
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Recent clashes put eastern Congo’s M23 into the headlines again, but many other security problems persist in the area as diplomats struggle to tackle the underlying causes.
The MPLA is using all instruments at its disposal to hobble a new united opposition front ahead of the Angola election.
A group of armed Islamists gathered in Gao, northern Mali in 2012. Now such groups are seeking foothold in Togo.
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Gino Vlavonou, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Maxime Mokom est un homme ordinaire qui reflète une vision particulière de la société centrafricaine, celle qui exclut des concitoyens sous prétexte qu’ils ne sont pas de « vrais Centrafricains ».
Michelle J. Groome, National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Juliet Pulliam, South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling & Analysis (SACEMA) , and Sheetal Silal, University of Cape Town
Repeated resurgences of SARS-CoV-2 transmission are expected in the years to come.
A woman cuts “bodwe”, an edible weed that is often sold at markets in Lusaka, Zambia.
Alysha Vehre