Military and government officials supervise the airlift of girls rescued from Boko Haram at Maiduguri Airport.
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It’s been a decade since Boko Haram morphed into a violent, radicalised, Jihadist sect after the death of its founder. Since then it has caused untold harm in Nigeria.
A picture of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Norway.
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The prime minister may have won the Nobel Peace Prize but he has failed to quell the violence in his own backyard
Black women in South Africa are more likely to die from breast cancer than others.
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Late detection of breast cancer means treatment is often drastic and frightening for patients.
The United Nations spends more on its peacekeeping missions than on anything else.
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The world body spends more than US$6 billion a year on peacekeeping operations, most of which are in Africa
Dagahaley – one of three camps that make up Kenya’s sprawling Dadaab refugee camp.
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Many African countries host large numbers of asylum seekers. But should they be held in camps, or be allowed to integrate into cities?
Cameroonian nationals in Geneva protesting against the presence of President Paul Biya.
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What Cameroon needs is a properly mediated process signing all the parties to a pre-agreed agenda
A UN Security Council session in New York. Kenya wants a seat at the table.
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The country has not had a seat at the Security Council table for 24 years.
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria (left) arriving at Waterkloof Airforce Base Airport in Pretoria. He is welcomed by Minister Naledi Pandor.
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South Africa and Nigeria have had a turbulent relationship dating back to the early 1990s.
Judges in the courtroom prior to the the sentencing of Jean-Pierre Bemba at in the International Criminal Court in The Hague
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The AU’s new International Criminal Law Section offers a chance for the regional body to address root causes of conflict.
Protesters gather in downtown Cairo shouting anti-government slogans.
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The popular uprising is an indication that al-Sisi’s regime is not as stable as he would have the world believe.
The infamous Makoko slum in Lagos, Nigeria.
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In our urban world, turning the makeshift and the informal into the livable and sustainable is our greatest challenge.
A woman holds the flags of the African Union and Ethiopia during celebrations to mark the Ethiopian New Year
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Amid New Year celebrations in Ethiopia, questions still linger around the possibility for sustained peace and stability.
A military procession accompanies the coffin of the lateTunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi during his funeral in Tunis.
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In death, President Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi has left behind an unfinished revolution which now needs a new leader.
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a cabinet of political allies.
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Nigerians had hoped for a technocratic cabinet but the country’s new ministers have not offered a break from previous political appointments.
Projects that support Congolese women who have survived gender violence often promote ideal notions of how men and women should behave.
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Interventions to prevent and address sexual and gender-based violence in eastern DR Congo often reinforce traditional gender stereotypes
Women in Africa are still represented by patriarchal stereotypes in the digital space.
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Feminists in Africa must step up to the challenge and redress the manner in which African women are portrayed in the digital age.
Uganda’s security officials have been known to use too much force when dealing with crowds.
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Uganda’s police have powers to use excessive force on citizens.
Outgoing Bissau-Guinean President Jose Mario Vaz casts his ballot in Bissau during the country’s March legislative elections.
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There are reasons to be cautiously optimistic about Bissau-Guinean politics going forward.
Kenyan women hold a vigil for victims of violence.
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Women who survive violence in Kenya are building peace in their communities.
Women legislators in Uganda are working with their male counterparts to get their voices heard.
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Ugandan women MPs are working with men to amplify their own voices and pass meaningful laws.
The displaced populations within Ethiopia could destabilise the entire country.
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Ethiopia’s internally displaced populations are a stain on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s first term in office.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in China in April. His country has been shaken by a coup attempt in its Amhara region.
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Ethiopia’s regional governance system is doing more harm than good.
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has engineered constitutional changes that could see him rule for life.
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The ruling National Resistance Movement has undermined Uganda’s democracy
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces evolved from the Janjaweed militia that once terrorised the people of Darfur.
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The Janjaweed militia first came into play when Omar al-Bashir’s government deployed it in Darfur
Women and girls rescued from Boko Haram militants in January 2018.
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Boko Haram has the highest number of women fighters in the history of terror