When the wheels of partnership turn smoothly, Africa can benefit enormously.
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It’s all too common for local scholars to be sidelined in what are supposed to be genuine research partnerships.
Different approaches to e-governance could bear fruit for African countries.
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African countries’ adoption of e-government platforms hasn’t served the majority of their citizens.
Many children got burn injuries because of poor housing.
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Research found that burns were most common among children under five years.
Smoking is a major public health threat.
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Research shows that a higher excise tax rate on tobacco would result in a decrease in the number of people who smoke.
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African countries need to find a way to present a common front to the rating agencies.
Nigerian soldiers clearing a Boko Haram camp in Borno State in 2015.
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is hoping to be reelected but he’s fallen short on the country’s security challenges.
Fighting deadly diseases such as Ebola is a strong case for providing donor aid to authoritarian countries like the DRC.
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Aid has never been just about helping people. It’s also about gaining influence and exercising soft power.
Rapid urbanisation is one of the reasons that Nigeria’s demand for rice is so high.
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Nigeria’s agricultural sector simply isn’t equipped to produce the amount of rice to meet demand.
Because of its size, Nigeria has the potential to boost the global anti-tobacco movement.
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The National Tobacco Control Act gives the tobacco industry inside access to the decision making process.
Nigerian actress, Genevieve Nnaji in her film, ‘Lionheart’.
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Big investors seem to be mainly interested in Nollywood’s already established popularity with African audiences.
Across the world forests have been exploited as a source of cover from which to launch attacks.
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Nigeria’s forests are used by terrorists, kidnappers, cannabis cultivators, cattle rustlers and robbers.
The headquarters of Siemens, Europe’s largest engineering company, in central Munich.
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The Siemens scandal needs to be remembered because it’s emblematic of what needs to be done to stop corruption.
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Climate change, pollution and illegal fishing by foreign boats is threatening the livelihoods of millions of people.
A group of men proceeds to an Otobo in an Igbo village.
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The Otobo remains an ancient symbol of democracy; it almost certainly helped to shape Nigeria’s modern democracy in some ways.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari at the US-Africa Business Forum in New York in 2016.
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There is concern that Nigeria’s attitude towards foreign direct investors may erode inward capital flows.
Obiageli Ezekwesili is unlikely to win Nigeria’s presidency, but she could lay down a marker for the future.
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Nigeria’s first serious female presidential candidate could soon make her mark. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe remains in the economic doldrums.
Christian missionaries in Congo in 1911. From the biography of Gwen Elen Lewis.
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It’s hailed as one of the greatest works of fiction to emerge from Africa. But Things Fall Apart was written in English, sparking debate about the colonisation of language.
Atiku Abubakar and incumbent Muhammadu Buhari (right) are the two frontrunners in Nigeria’s presidential race.
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Despite the large number of aspirants for Nigeria’s 2019 elections, women and young people remain underrepresented.
Nigerians have the lowest trust in the country’s media, thanks to widespread misinformation.
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Disinformation in Africa often takes the form of extreme speech inciting violence and spreading racist, misogynous, xenophobic messages.
Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has not fulfilled agreements it made with academic staff in Nigeria’s public universities.
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Government remains the major funder of universities. But it hasn’t met its obligations even though many institutions face serious infrastructure decay.