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Regreening Africa works directly with 500,000 households to restore one million hectares of agricultural land.
For 10 years, Kenya’s legislators have failed to enact a law to implement a two-thirds gender rule set down in the 2010 constitution, despite numerous court rulings.
The Global Gag Rule transcends abortion and exacerbates weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the Kenyan health system.
In spite of a massive military effort the war against al-Shabaab has been effectively stalemated since 2016.
Unrestricted cash transfers bring huge benefits, but these may not be realised because they can also cause debts.
Cosmetics companies have agreed to remove racially offensive language from their skin products - but history, in Kenya and South Africa, shows they’ve done the same before.
Potato cyst nematodes suppress crop growth and can cause huge yield losses of up to 80%, and even total crop failure.
Despite high prices, poor quality and inconvenience, Kenya’s urban poor continued to buy water from private vendors because it’s still their best option.
The occurrence of violence in Kenya is a joint production between political elites and ordinary citizens.
Biometric data is being used to target those deemed unwanted aliens.
Diaries of young Kenyans in Nairobi reveal lives of joblessness and endless searching for money, all punctuated by substance use.
In Kenya, rabies is estimated to kill up to 2,000 people every year.
Africa’s blue economy initiatives focused on economic outcomes. Limited attention was given to social equity and ecological sustainability.
Between 1986 and 2016, Kenya lost about 21 of its seagrasses.
Eradicating sexism in newsrooms will benefit both men and women.
Social protection measures and food distribution targeting adolescents in informal settlements are urgently needed.
Most Kenyans are able to access basic care but face the barrier of potentially catastrophic fees.
The government should stop trying to tinker at the edges. Instead it should strengthen internal university administration through shared governance.
Many of the more harmful pesticides have active ingredients – such as glyphosate – that are banned or heavily restricted in other places, such as Europe.
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University
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Professor, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer, Information Technology and the Law, Daystar University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi
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Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Marie Curie Fellow, University of Amsterdam
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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African Population and Health Research Center
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Warwick
