A demonstrator at Queer Republic protests in Nairobi, Kenya.
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A backlash against progress in gender and sexual rights is common.
Some African countries are seeking to replace orphanages with family-based care.
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Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.
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COVID-19 and responses to the pandemic have increased our attention on how individuals and systems cope with stress-inducing shocks.
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The proposed law reinforces unscientific conversion practices – or so-called reparative therapies – that don’t work.
South Sudanese soldiers prepare for deployment to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The region’s forces are seen as important in addressing the long-running conflict in the DRC – but their involvement is complicated.
A substantive amount of irrigation in Kenya is being implemented quietly by self-motivated farmers.
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Kenya’s irrigation development is more advanced than official records show because they exclude what some farmers are doing.
Activists agitate for equal rights for all in Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2020.
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The criminalisation of same-sex sexual relations among consenting adults in Kenya worsens social disparities and inequalities.
Journalists take cover during March 2023 protests in Kenya.
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There is a growing public wariness about the performance of the media, which are increasingly accused of being partisan.
Protesters face off with an anti-riot police officer in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2023.
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Political protests in Kenya have become insular, sectarian, tribal and unashamedly personality driven.
A young herder grazes cattle on dwindling pasture in the drylands of Kenya.
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Instead of the deluge of external interventions, ways must be found to build resilience from below, drawing on local practices and networks.
Kenyans protest against police extrajudicial killings in Nairobi in December 2022.
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Alternatives to violent policing already exist in the daily practices of Nairobi residents who don’t depend on the police for safety.
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Kenya has seen an overall improvement in maternal and newborn health outcomes.
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User fees is a major barrier to healthcare, including maternal and newborn care in Kenya.
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It is not the drought that causes disease outbreak, but instead the way society deals with dry conditions.
Hilton Hotel towers over Nairobi’s vibrant, if declining, central business district.
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As Nairobi grows ever taller, and as newer suburbs take over from the central business district as the city’s commercial centres, the Hilton stands as a landmark to a different era.
Malaria transmission in Kenya has been largely limited to the coast and western parts of the country.
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This mosquito spreads very fast to new areas and can adapt to various climatic conditions, unlike the non-invasive malaria vectors.
SpaceX’s Starlink service is slowly arriving in Africa, starting with Nigeria and Rwanda.
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Internet access opens up the world in many ways.
Pastors pray for former South African president and ANC leader Jacob Zuma.
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Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
Members of a European Union election observation team speak to voters in Zimbabwe.
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Voters speak favourably about the potential of observation to improve overall electoral quality and transparency.
Kenyan fishermen demand a say in the country’s border conflict with Somalia.
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The joint border commission between Kenya and South Sudan is a step in the right direction.