Refugee camp in Tanzania.
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Incidents of violence and growing fear and uncertainty have pushed over 400 000 Burundians to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.
Senegal’s Sadio Mane during the 2019 AFCON final soccer match between Algeria and Senegal in Cairo. He also plays for Liverpool.
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Football coaches can improve their chances of winning tournaments by choosing a team based on a unique combination of factors.
Students like these only stand a chance with proper resource allocation.
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Achieving the sustainable development goals on education in Ghana requires efficient resource allocation, not necessarily more money.
Teenage girls who fall pregnant in Zambia are often mocked and feel isolated.
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There isn’t much space in Zambia’s rural areas for open, judgement-free communication with friends and parents about sexual matters.
Some parents hide their children’s HIV status.
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Secrecy around the HIV-positive status of young children in school is denying them the care and support they need for a good start.
A chicotte (a whip with rubber bands) lies alongside a teacher’s materials in the CAR. Violence is common in classrooms.
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The most effective way to provide children in the CAR with access to education is to aim interventions at them directly.
Protest in London against the Cameroonian government’s attacks on Ambazonia separatists.
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In many instances, social media appears to be amplifying violence, creating a culture of impunity when perpetrators are not held accountable, and increasing insecurity and suspicion.
Malawian villages operate according to strict hierarchies. NGOs can unsettle these.
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The mere presence of NGOs, no matter their size or aims, inadvertently reduced the legitimacy of local village headmen.
Dadaab, established almost 30 years ago, hosts about half of Kenya’s refugees.
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Human rights organisations worry that the UNHCR may be helping refugees return to war zones and, as an enabler of repatriation, are helping Kenya to violate refugees’ rights
Malaysia’s wildlife department seized 50 African rhino horns destined for Vietnam last year.
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Our findings suggest that the demand for rhino horn is unlikely to fall because people’s beliefs are firmly entrenched.
Representative stone tools (handaxes) recorded in the study area.
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There’s almost no place on earth that doesn’t hold traces of humanity. But which routes did our ancestors follow first?
Many South African children are still in the process of learning English by the time they first start going to school.
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The ability of multilingual children to learn and advance academically from pre-primary has little to do with their English proficiency.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwanda has a booming economy that is controlled by an authoritarian regime
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Rwanda is a paradox – a ‘development miracle’ and an authoritarian state.
Kigeme refugee camp in Rwanda.
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While refugees in Rwanda have the right to freedom of movement and work, in practice it’s difficult for them.
The Village People’s Glenn Hughes (second from left) epitomised the leatherman look.
Mario Casciano
Leathermen expose the myth of hypermasculinity by refusing the violence and aggression which is normally attached to it.
President Muhammadu Buhari attends a campaign rally ahead of the 16 February elections.
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There are question marks over whether Nigeria’s upcoming elections will be credible.
Newsrooms in Africa, like their counterparts around the world, are embracing new media tools.
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African newsrooms are using media analytics to study their audiences but there’s a downside.
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Before democracy South Africa’s mining sector prioritised profits over the people and environment. Not much has changed.
Angolan President Joao Lourenco and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Johannesburg in 2018.
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has new aspirations in Africa in pursuit of his country’s assertiveness in the global arena.
French president Emmanuel Macron with Nollywood artists during a live show in Lagos, Nigeria.
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One of the most potent promoters of Nigeria’s cultural soft power is arguably Nollywood.