Malaria in Africa accounts for 96% of deaths worldwide. Cape Verde became only the third country in Africa to be declared malaria free this year. This is how they did it.
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Around one-third of the players that have been called up to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations were born outside of Africa.
Africa contributes less than 1% of research worldwide on movement behaviours in children. This means that research on movement behaviours has largely excluded over 16% of the world’s population.
Migration can be a matter of life and death, but religion can help people cope.
African city planners need to promote inclusive cities where residents are not captive walkers but walk because it is accessible, safe and pleasurable to do so.
Downgrades have a devastating effect on economies that are already strained. The decision to downgrade during a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic must be challenged.
The EU continues to enter into fresh agreements with countries, despite evidence of serious population declines in the species of interest.
Now that African countries have signed up for the continental free trade agreement, they must complete the institutional loop by jumpstarting the creation of the African Monetary Fund.
The leading causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa for adults 15 to 49 years were AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal disorders, and road injuries.
Jair Bolsonaro has very rightwing views likely to put a final nail in the coffin off Brazil’s Africa moment spearheaded by former president Lula da Silva.
Only 16 out of 48 African countries and islands have access to hospital services within the WHO’s two-hour time threshold.
Africa has recorded a tremendous growth in its output of academic engineering research over the past 20 years. Greater collaboration can increase this growth even more.
With cutting-edge technologies and innovative business practices, Cape Verde can achieve its goal in a way that is cost-effective and equitable
Most Africans see courts as legitimate but only a slim majority trust them while one in three people believe judges are corrupt.
To improve, African countries need to find a balance between political and economic matters. This is where leadership becomes particularly important. But this is currently lacking on the continent.
While some African countries have shown an improvement in press freedom and freedom of expression ratings, others, including South Africa, are seeing worrying trends and a drop in rankings.
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria
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Deputy Director of the Afrobarometer & Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and MSU’s African Studies Center, Michigan State University
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Research Fellow, University of Antwerp (Belgium) and University of the Free State (South Africa), University of the Free State
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Head of Research Programme, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
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