Protesters and police clash during a march against illegal immigrants in South Africa.
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Scapegoating immigrants will not result in significantly improved healthcare service provision, reduced crime or less unemployment.
Medical staff prepare to enter a hospital isolation unit in western Uganda during a suspected Ebola outbreak in 2018.
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The Sudan strain of the Ebola virus has been identified in Uganda for the first time in more than a decade.
Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria protest over crude oil theft.
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Insecurity of assets and life with declining capacity for technical and market production are responsible for Nigeria’s low crude oil production.
President Uhuru Kenyatta signs a treaty integrating DRC into the East African Community in June 2022.
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Kenya’s new president needs to forge closer ties with regional heavyweights to create a balance of power that favours his country.
Ebola news was the top story in Nigeria in early August 2014.
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African media also emphasise the west as superior and Africa as inferior.
Traditional courts don’t reflect indigenous ways of dispute resolution.
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South African legislators are steadily moulding indigenous laws into the image of western laws.
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The domestic workers’ place of work, as a private household, is difficult to monitor. It is therefore challenging for government to enforce current legislation.
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There’s a gap between Kenya’s public spending and its revenue. If the country owes more than it can repay, citizens will suffer.
A trader at a fresh food market in Nakuru Town. in Kenya. Food inflation has hit double digit figures.
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The reality is that the US Federal Reserve has decided price rises must be addressed by raising interest rates. African countries have no choice by to follow suite.
Citrus, table grapes and a range of deciduous fruits dominate South Africa’s agricultural exports.
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South Africa’s agricultural exports are vulnerable because of reliance on a few markets and weaknesses in domestic logistics chains.
Niger soldiers conduct a simulated mounted patrol.
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West African governments need to be clearer about the similarities and differences of violent extremist groups.
A lot of African countries have implemented taxes on electronic transactions.
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The tax on electronic transactions has not generated as much revenue as the government of Ghana expected.
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Kenya’s election winner has fired the first shot in a war of attrition against legacy media.
Habiba Hassan Leesow, who had to leave her home due to drought, sits outside her tent with her daughter Najima Barre in a displacement camp.
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Millions of Somalis are in urgent need of aid. But not enough is being done to reach marginalised groups.
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Kenya’s new president campaigned on economic promises, but meeting them won’t be easy or instant.
Members of the Nigerian Institute of Building during a walk against building collapse in Lagos in March 2022.
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Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital city, is notorious for frequent building collapses. A risk reduction expert offers five recommendations on how to prevent these disasters.
Microalgae are a diverse group of microscopic aquatic organisms.
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The research reviewed the available evidence on microalgae as food supplements, livestock feeds, biofertilisers, biostimulants and biochar feedstocks.
People wait in line outside their voting station in the popular neighbourhood of Ngor in Dakar on July 31, 2022.
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The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to give Senegalese a significant and competitive election, leaving voters in the driver’s seat.
Ghana has invested significant resources into regenerating lost forest cover.
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Ghana’s government should shift to a community-based and voluntary approach to forest restoration and conservation
American president Joe Biden, left, with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2021 G7 Summit in England.
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Both presidents are committed democrats operating in hostile environments. They are also committed to forging mutually beneficial ties.