The attack, in which more than 300 people were killed, comes as Somalia tries to put in place a new security pact.
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Africa’s broadcasters have a large role to play to ensure that country and western grows to its full potential on the continent.
The idea that terror groups like Boko Haram fund their activities through ivory poaching in Africa is a compelling narrative. But it’s undermining wildlife conservation and human rights.
How can we understand each other, especially when stereotypes cloud our view? An ethnographic movie captures a sense of the ‘other’ in an encounter between Maasai villagers and Dutch tourists.
There’s no reason why small families shouldn’t become the norm in Africa. But this will depend on improving education opportunities for women and improving birth control policies.
Will the African population inevitably quadruple by the end of the century? And what are the reasons for this extraordinary growth?
Despite their dangers, skin-bleaching products are grow in popularity in Africa, Asia and even Europe. France’s colonial history holds one of the keys to better understanding this trend.
Dry areas make up more than 41% of land around the globe and are home to more than two billion people. Despite climate change and other challenges, there are ways to combat land degradation.
Rap has become instrumental in constructing identity and radically reshaping relations to politics in Gabon and other African states.
African democracies are embracing electronic voting far more confidently than the West.
QuRapID can find Ebola in a drop of blood in just over an hour.
There is increasing evidence from across many African and South Asian countries that contextual, timely climate information, helps farmers manage the risks they face.
Historically low rainfalls have led to severe droughts in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. But various solutions exist to mitigate the social and economic impact.
Democracy is not just for humans.
Investment is essential to African economies, but it can bring risks.
Faced with a massive food production shortfall, Africa can look towards India’s Green Revolution to jump start its agricultural output.
Mass graves are being dug for hundreds of those killed in a nation once more gripped by grief.
The rise of the middle class in Africa is fuelling consumer economies and protection policies. But they tend to be disconnected from sustainability issues.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s comments about weapons as part of development for Africa could have the opposite effect if conditions aren’t strict and democratic processes aren’t followed.
Are different ways of governing emerging from South Africa’s cities governed by opposition coalitions?
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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