Tanzania has one of the highest rates of albinism in the world. The media in the country has an important role to play in protecting them from harm.
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Migrants crossing Libya to reach Europe increasingly face violence and human traffickers.
Can Poland reduce its dependence on cheap and dirty domestic coal power?
With the US administration sending isolationist signals, Germany stands to gain from the global power vacuum.
South Africa needs to start thinking about life after President Jacob Zuma. Given the damage that he’s done, serious thought should be given to forming a government of national unity.
At the root of the skin bleaching phenomenon is a psychological complex.
Art helps the youth of Timor Leste express their resistance to legal and political authority in the country.
How can we improve the PISA standardised tests?
A country that is grievously divided along social, economic and geographical lines is in no condition to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
International and local demand have brought Madagascar’s palm species to the brink of extinction.
Popular protest is on the rise globally, particularly in places with deeply entrenched inequalities.
Tunisia’s economy has been struggling since the country’s 2011 revolution. Corruption and bad governance within the banking sector is not helping.
The closer the race between the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, the more Kenyans will start to worry about election rigging.
Comments sections may be scary places for reporters but, as the experience of one Slovak daily shows, when journalists engage with readers, it makes for better news.
Agriculture and the pulp and paper industries, forestry and mining also contribute.
Terrorist attacks in Iran are evidence that, in the Middle East, there are far too many moving parts for US President Donald Trump’s recent trip to have changed much on the ground.
On June 1, Donald Trump announced that he would take the US out of the Paris climate agreement because it was “unfair” to the US. An economic analysis indicates otherwise.
While security concerns have punctuated the campaign’s closing days, Brexit remains the most important issue on voters’ minds. How the EU exit is managed will matter a great deal to US interests.
The UN Ocean Conference provides a golden opportunity for countries to present their aspirations for sustainably growing their ‘blue’ economies.
In light of World Oceans Day, it’s important to note the important role aquaculture can have on the continent.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Open Evidence Research, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
