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Kenya’s constitution protects children from all forms of violence, but the country’s implementation strategies are weak.
Diani Beach, Kenya.
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Government leadership is needed to manage the aquifer as a system for all, including environmental services, rather than for the powerful few.
Syringe and cooked heroin.
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Most Kenyan women were introduced into drug use by male sexual partners in their teenage years.
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.
The Conversation Africa is expanding in West Africa.
Nairobi River flows through a low-income settlement.
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There are huge holes in the governance of Nairobi river and city’s waste which means the river’s condition has deteriorated.
Taking a loan has never been easier thanks to the proliferation of mobile lending platforms.
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Mobile loan platforms have given Kenyans access to easy loans, but they come at a high price.
Kenyan soldiers at a prayer service in 2016 to honour compatriots killed in an attack on their Somali base by Al-Shabaab militants.
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New evidence has made possible a more accurate estimate of how many African personnel have died since the Somalia mission deployed in March 2007.
Children play on a see-saw at Nyumbani AIDS orphanage on the outskirts of the Kenya capital Nairobi.
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Kenya announced plans in 2017 for a long-term action plan to end the institutionalisation of children.
3D illustration of Helicobacter Pylori in the stomach.
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Because Helicobacter Pylori is contagious, treating it properly is key to preventing its spread.
Ghana is very protective of its cultural heritage.
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New regulations on the use of folklore are a hindrance to local artists.
Rural healthcare services are best supported by midlevel workers.
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Midlevel health workers can provide diagnostic and therapeutic services with lower entry qualification requirements and shorter training periods than doctors.
A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host.
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While no deaths have been reported in Ethiopia so far, outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease spread rapidly and have severe impacts on public health.
Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis.
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Societal pressures make it hard for people living in low-income areas to change their ways.
Efforts to stop gender-based violence must include men and women.
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There are a number of effective interventions to prevent gender-based violence among adult women and men at risk of HIV infection. But little is known about the effectiveness of these in young people.
Digital technology is being used to improve rice processing in Nigeria.
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Digital technologies have created new opportunities for businesses in sub-Saharan Africa, but they must be aimed at meeting the sub-continent’s needs.
Lake Turkana Wind Power turbines.
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Our research shows how a large scale renewable energy project can be plagued by many of the same troubling impacts on local communities as oil and extractive industries.
Data delivered over the cloud can do things like help farmers make planting decisions.
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If African countries can get the fundamentals right, cloud computing could become a powerful ally in the push for sustainable development.
Young scientists should be taught how to turn scientific innovations into business opportunities.
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Most universities focus on teaching basic sciences with little reference to commercialisation of ideas and new technologies.
The government of President Idriss Deby in Chad blocked citizens’ internet access for 16 months.
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Social media is shaping Africa’s political engagement in diverse and complex ways.