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The US needs to review whether a security agenda based on US priorities will solve problems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Gabon’s strongman president, Ali Bongo, is barely clinging to power after contested elections, a stroke and a coup attempt. The Bongo family has run this stable central African nation for 52 years.
Research shows that women in Africa are more likely to die as a result of complications related to C-sections.
Scholars such as Alfred Sauvy, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan and Frantz Fanon wrote in French, but their work greatly contributed to our understanding of democracy and social change in all contexts.
Research shows that unrest, even terrorism, can erupt in poor countries with a surplus of young people and not enough jobs. Can Niger, a once-peaceful sub-Saharan African nation, handle its baby boom?
Wildlife tourism is a million dollar industry, but do we know enough about how wildlife feel about tourists in their habitat?
India does not have an official Africa policy, even though it has been engaging with the continent for over six decades.
In sub-Saharan Africa there are more people with mobile phones than access to electricity, and their data could be useful.
Young Algerians who dream of accessing global markets have extensively used iconic brands, films and series as political resources.
Black leopards are different because of a recessive genetic variation known as “melanism”.
Last year, the word ‘intersectionality’ hit the mainstream at the Golden Globes as actors attempted to raise awareness for #MeToo and #TimesUp. But what exactly does intersectionality mean?
Four young women who escaped Boko Haram during the 2014 Chibok schoolgirl kidnapping are now studying in the US. Their professor recounts a recent breakthrough in their quest to go to college.
What a failed megacity project in Johannesburg says about similar ambitious ideas across the continent.
Investors favoured Muhammadu Buhari’s opponent, Atiku Abubakar. So what are the Nigerian president’s economic priorities?
Amid a growing human population, African elephants are confined to an increasingly managed existence. Do we want more for one of the world’s most loved species?
The White House will expand a law that cuts funding to abortion providers abroad. When the Bush-era ‘global gag rule’ was last in effect, abortion rates tripled in Latin America and doubled in Africa.
Wetlands are disappearing rapidly - but new data and technologies are revolutionising our knowledge.
A Lancet commission has come up with a new sustainable diet that’s supposed to be the way forward.
Data is essential for proper planning, budgeting and implementation of health care policies.
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