Activists demand compensation from rich countries at the COP27 climate conference.
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The lack of a clear formula to distinguish between donors’ adaptation and mitigation funds is hurting Africa’s climate response.
Proper waste management can save lives and create wealth. Photo by James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket.
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The decision by African ministers of environment to end open waste burning will not only save lives but also open up new income streams.
Benin Bronzes: 944 objects looted in the 19th century from the Kingdom of Benin are in the British Museum in London.
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Momentum is growing for the restitution of objects, such as the Benin Bronzes, stolen during colonialism. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
An albino girl carries a member of her family in Zimbabwe.
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In Tanzania, only 2% of people born with albinism will live to the age of 40.
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COP conferences broadly provide a platform for the negotiation of international climate change agreements.
Extreme flooding in Pakistan in 2022 affected 33 million people.
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That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.
Experts are warning that millions of people are at risk as a famine hits Somalia.
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The looming Somalian famine might be the first in a string of back-to-back catastrophes, says an expert.
Zebras stand in a ranch in South Africa.
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Africa’s designated protected areas don’t handle shocks well - South Africa’s wildlife ranches offer lessons in resilience.
As climate change accelerates, Farmers’ vulnerability to drought will depend on his choice of varieties and cropping practices.
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As droughts intensify, how can we increase crop production in a sustainable way? This is a multidimensional scientific and societal challenge to ensure future food security.
African migrants feel obliged to bring back home consumer goods as gifts.
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Gifts that migrants bring back home deny recipient countries taxes and reinforce the belief that local items are inferior.
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In some African countries, astronomical research is quite developed.
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African countries need to be more deliberate in developing space capabilities.
South African comedian Trevor Noah at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 12, 2022.
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The comic offers important ways of criticising those in power. Trevor Noah is superb at it.
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida greets US Vice President Kamala in Tokyo. Washington is focused on moving close to partners it can trust.
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Africa must focus on building strong alliances with advanced economies to mitigate the steps being taken by the European Union and US.
Ebola news was the top story in Nigeria in early August 2014.
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African media also emphasise the west as superior and Africa as inferior.
Respectively 60.6% and 62% of women in Liberia and Sierra Leone have experienced at least one act of sexual violence in their life.
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More than 40% are victims of violence at least once in their lifetime, according to research. This is likely the tip of the iceberg.
A trader at a fresh food market in Nakuru Town. in Kenya. Food inflation has hit double digit figures.
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The reality is that the US Federal Reserve has decided price rises must be addressed by raising interest rates. African countries have no choice by to follow suite.
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.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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The global realignment triggered by the end of the Cold War and Gorbachev’s reforms ushered in a period of transition on the African continent.
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.