Nigeria’s 2023 budget may not address food inflation.
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Nigeria’s 2023 budget could worsen the country’s cycle of deficits and debts.
Women need to be involved at every level of decision-making.
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As with Ebola, it is often only when the harm is done that people working on the response realise health emergencies disproportionately harm women.
A woman removes water from her house after heavy rains.
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Nigerians’ capacity to prevent, cope with and reduce flood risks is determined by access to housing, transport, drainage, income and education.
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Breast cancer is curable, provided it is detected early and treated promptly.
Sex workers and their supporters protest outside the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court during the first appearance of a man accused of killing six women.
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The conflation of sex work and human trafficking fuels support for the continued criminalisation of sex work.
Johannesburg cityscape panorama sunset.
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There’s an urgent need to put water higher on South Africa’s agenda. Various water problems are escalating at a rapid rate.
When sugarcane bagasse is burned, the ash contains silica. The race is on to extract this for various uses.
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There are ‘jewels’ among the piles of ash that remain once sugarcane’s fibrous material is burned.
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South Africa’s land reform programme is designed for a socio-economic context that doesn’t exist.
A UK mural employs the trending hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
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BringBackOurGirls led to a global outcry, but it simplified a complex history that is best understood through survivor accounts.
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The future food security of nearly 1.5 billion Africans depends on the actions and decisions that are made today.
The 2020 COVID lockdown witnessed an upsurge in crime in Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Nigeria should consider embracing a decentralised policing system as community mobilisation during COVID lockdown ensured law and order.
The unfolding crisis will only worsen the situation in Tigray.
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Since the war broke out, some healthcare workers have lost their jobs, others have been displaced, wounded, threatened or killed.
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Experts share their insights into Nigeria’s flooding challenge and steps needed to alleviate their worst effects.
The Stiletto Snake is one of the species found in Mozambique.
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Even by conservative estimates, Mozambique’s snakebite figures are far higher than previously thought.
It’s estimated that tobacco use kills half of it’s consumers.
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South Africa was once a leader in tobacco use control but has since fallen behind, and smoking prevalence has steadily increased.
Workers at a fig processing operation.
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Small-scale farmers find it difficult to commercialise and add value to the food chain.
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Cannabis consumption erodes mental well-being and has adverse effects on school, work, and social life.
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Financial support for science and research in Nigeria remains pathetic. This has led to the deterioration in the quantity and quality of trained virologists at universities.
Low birth weight is the primary cause of infant morbidity and mortality in Nigeria.
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Pregnant women attending antenatal care should be asked about cooking fuels and given help to minimise prenatal biomass exposure to reduce low birth weight in Nigeria.
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Royal women play important roles in succession disputes, such as the naming of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu’s heir.