Supporters of Zambia’s president-elect Edgar Lungu in 2016. The country is known for peaceful polls, but this one was marked by clashes.
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Unregulated and hazardous lead acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants are often adjacent to residential areas, agricultural and grazing lands.
Guinea-Bissau’s presidential candidate Umaro Sissoco Embalo of MADEM G15 party during a campaign rally leading to his December 29 victory.
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Coup risk in Guinea-Bissau is likely to decline, but changing leadership presents its own risks.
Sudan’s ousted President Omar al-Bashir appears in court in Khartoum on December 14, 2019. He was later sentenced to two years in prison for corruption.
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The unusual weather can be attributed to the Indian Ocean Dipole. This is the difference in sea surface temperatures between the eastern and western tropical Indian Ocean.
Unemployed people in South Africa suffer acute distress and more needs to be done to give them social support.
Alarmed by a rapid spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science is calling on government to declare a health emergency.
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Concerned about rising cases and spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science has called on government to declare it a national health emergency.
A statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, who was killed in 1957.
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Nigeria has an alarming number of stunted children. This can hold back the country’s long-term productivity if there is no intervention.
Malawi’s President elect Peter Mutharika waves to supporters during the swearing in ceremony in Blantyre in May last year after the contentious poll.
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In the 1950s, the African yam was exploited by drugs firm Boots to produce cortisone. But South Africans fought back against the plundering of a plant that they used for traditional healing.
The spread of false information can have a devastating impact on affected communities.
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Misinformation spreads fast when people are afraid and a contagious and potentially fatal disease is frightening. This provides the ideal emotionally charged context for rumours to thrive.
A woman casts her ballot during Cameroon’s 2018 presidential elections.
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