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Kenya’s new administration needs to prioritise investing in sustainable solutions to fix perennial maize shortages.
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The study analysed the content of six news outlets from 1994 to 2014, looking at how core socio-economic issues were reported.
People trained in the informal sector are equally skilled or better than those who attended formal training.
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Skills training in Zimbabwe excludes students from poor backgrounds. The informal sector should be used as a training ground for them.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma appearing in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in 2020 on charges of corruption.
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Former South African president Zuma is trying to turn the contestation of a court hearing into an all-out war and chill those who pursue justice against him.
A large number of West African women rely on the blue economy to survive.
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The ability of West Africa’s fisher women to cope or adapt in times of adversity should not let policymakers off the hook.
A copy of the VOC’s registers for April 1789. These daily registers contained rich detail - including about the weather.
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A project to transcribe Dutch colonial records of the weather in Cape Town can benefit modelling of future climate scenarios and assist in forecasting weather now.
A protester holds a placard as workers show solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
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Public universities in Nigeria have been bedevilled by lecturers’ strikes for years. To break the cycle, the union insists the institutions should be adequately funded.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organisation.
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Creating employment and fighting corruption are two of the subjects discussed in the wide ranging discussion.
President Cyril Ramaphosa came to power promising to revitalise the economy and end corruption.
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Ramaphosa’s presidency has been dogged by several controversies related to his business interests.
Inauguration ceremony of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, left, and vice president Francia Marquez in Bogota, on 7 August.
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Colombia is an important South American regional hub and potentially important trade partner for Africa.
Kenyan President-elect William Ruto at a press conference after the Supreme Court decision.
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The 2022 election proved that the country’s situation and its people have changed since the violence that marred past elections.
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Poor cybersecurity awareness and training of users is one reason for the high incidence of successful cyber-attacks in South Africa.
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There’s a lot of information on social media that would support legal proceedings, but courts have yet to harness this.
Corruption involving contracts for personal protective equipment during the COVID pandemic in South Africa has been uncovered.
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A policy intended to help the majority of South Africans improve their lives has instead been abused to benefit only a few.
Esther Gwena, an untrained midwife in Mbare Harare.
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The future is bleak for Zimbabwe’s healthcare unless there are serious long-term reforms to build resilience.
Angolan girls in front of a patriotic slogan on a wall.
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A prolonged economic recession triggered by falling oil prices and worsened by the COVID pandemic has deeply affected the everyday lives of Angolans.
Waste pickers at the Olusosan landfill work in a hazardous environment.
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Lagos waste pickers were dissatisfied with their unhealthy working conditions, poverty and stigmatisation.
A Ukrainian solider is seen in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Aug. 15, 2022.
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While Russia and Ukraine’s war wages on, previous peace talk discussions didn’t appear to include women. Changing that can make a difference, research shows.
Chinese president Xi Jinping addressing the China-Africa Summit via a video link from Beijing on 17 June 2020.
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The latest cancellation reflects the pressure China feels it’s under in the international debt debate.
Hawkers carry their produce to the market walking past a truck yard on on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Countries in southern Africa should start focusing on greater regional interconnectedness and collaboration.