Reliable water supply is essential for South Africa’s development.
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South Africa is a water stressed country but crisis point can be avoided.
South Sudan’s Riek Machar after peace talks with South Sudan President Salva Kiir in July 2018.
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The return of South Sudan’s opposition leader
is likely to solidify the permanent ceasefire.
South Sudan can be stabilised, but great effort is needed from numerous players.
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South Sudan faces numerous and serious challenges contributing to instability. But there are potential solutions.
Former South African Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas gave damning evidence at the State capture commission.
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Unrealistic expectations about what commissions can achieve comes from the fact that they’re often confused with courts of law.
Cameroon President Paul Biya during the presidential elections in October.
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Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis must be addressed by the president within the first hundred days.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa faces the daunting task of fighting corruption and winning votes for his party.
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Polls indicate that South Africans are unlikely to totally abandon the African National Congress.
Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde (left) and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
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Women in Ethiopia are shaking the foundations of the country’s political framework by taking on powerful positions.
William Kentridge.
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For William Kentridge, searching and erasure serves as a model for understanding our place in the world.
There are concerns that Africa may be excluded from advances in genetic brain research brain.
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There’s been significant advances in mental health genetics research, but Africa has largely been excluded.
The Nile River during sunset in Luxor, Egypt.
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The threat to use force to defend Egypt’s right to water from the Nile has been a common theme through successive governments.
Hipsters take part in Berlin’s “Hipster Winter Cup” of throwing old vinyl records.
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Hipsters exhibit a nostalgia for the past that echoes right-leaning political movements around the world.
Police in Ghana have a reputation for intimidation, violence and corruption.
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Poor supervision, poor training, and unfair treatment of lower-ranked officers make misconduct more likely to happen among Ghana’s police force.
Cellphones are everywhere in Africa - but that doesn’t mean the digital divide is closing.
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We don’t have the data in developing countries, and in global statistics to know if the digital divide is being closed.
One of the new resolutions on land related to Namibia’s urban areas, like the capital city Windhoek.
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The question of land has been hotly contested in Namibia ever since independence.
Messaging services like WhatsApp open many doors for Nigerian women.
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With technology women are able to become agents of their own change.
Having women in power may keep Ethiopia’s girls in school.
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The appointment of women into positions of power can break stereotypes and inspire girls.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a recent investment summit.
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South Africa’s president has firmly thrown his weight behind the private sector. This could prove significant.
In certain communities in Benin, Togo and Ghana, young virgin girls are sent to atone for their family’s wrongdoing.
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Trokosi is an ancient practice in West Africa where virgin girls, some as young as six are sent as slaves to make amends for wrongs committed by their families.
Except during the relatively brief period of colonial rule, Rwanda was, and is, a violent society.
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Throughout the entire period, central political power has been almost absolute.
Ghana has at least one one major flood disaster every year.
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Ghana needs to deal with the underlying causes of floods and prepare people for them.