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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.
Protesters in the UK demonstrate against Ethiopia’s Tigray war in October 2022.
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Leaders at the centre of the Ethio-Tigray war don’t believe in equal partnership. In their political cultures, winners take all.
A vendor in South Africa’s Alexandra with the backdrop of the Sandton Towers, one of Africa’s most prestigious shopping centres.
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Social protection on its own doesn’t shift the dial. Radical economic policies are needed to tackle poverty and inequality.
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.
Lesotho Revolution for Prosperity party leader Sam Matekane (centre), Alliance of Democrats deputy leader Professor Ntoi Rapapa (L) and Movement for Economic Change leader Selibe Mochoboroane.
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The new governing coalition enters office amid euphoria and excitement. There are great expectations it will end corruption and fix the ailing economy.
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.
An artefact is returned to the king of Benin in Nigeria.
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Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
A group of Galamseyer, illegal gold miners, work in Kibi area, southern Ghana.
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A community centred approach is key to making headway in the battle against illegal mining
Bosaso has become a major export hub since security improved in Somalia’s Puntland region.
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A modern port raises Puntland’s stake within the fragmented political landscape of Somalia and prevents traders from seeking alternatives.
Street vendors ply their trade in Johannesburg.
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The city’s street trading management approach is mainly restrictive. Relocations, harassment and confiscation of of traders’ stock are common.
Opening up spaces for students to talk to each other and to lecturers is a way to entrench education as a public good.
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Putting students at the centre of their learning is a powerful tool for decolonising the classroom.
The Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu where a 30-hour Al-Shabaab siege left 21 people dead in August 2022.
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Al-Shabaab’s evolution over nearly two decades has been centred around three major goals.
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.
Plastic bottles and other waste are some of the contaminants destroying the oceans.
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The oceans bordering West African countries are in grave danger from pollution; checking further degradation is crucial for human survival.
Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye addresses the UN General Assembly.
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The president has used coup rumour to get rid of anti-reform elements in government, and consolidate his power ahead of 2025 elections
Ghana is engaging the IMF over a bailout.
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Ghana’s sovereign risk has been downgraded to near junk status by ratings agencies in recent times.
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Smuggling in Uganda’s West Nile region is seen as an act of defiance – a way to make ends meet in the face of perceived state neglect.
The sluice gates open at the Owen Falls dam across the White Nile in Uganda on 14 October 1962.
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The mega dam in Jinja was meant to give Uganda energy independence, but this was constrained by Britain’s agricultural interests in Egypt.