Air pollution accounts for many deaths in Africa yearly. However, this may change if people learn to protect themselves and hold their leaders accountable.
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A lot is said about kidnapping for ransom in Nigeria but little is known about how families mobilise resources and deliver ransom to kidnappers.
A third of South Africa’s farming income depends on irrigation. Disruptions in power supply put huge chunks of the country’s agricultural fortunes at risk.
At independence, adults were reading decolonial classics - but children were reading Enid Blyton. A generation of unsung women writers changed that.
University students are particularly at high risk of depression. One global study suggests 21% of students have major depressive disorder.
Singing at King Charles III’s coronation tells a story of global histories coming full circle.
Fuel subsidy removal can benefit workers and poor Nigerians, if the process is carefully managed and implemented.
As much as 31% of grant beneficiaries engage in informal work to ‘grow’ their income.
Nigeria’s Central Bank didn’t have an adoption strategy for its digital currency. It was a missed opportunity.
A psychologist and a literary scholar analyse Faceless, a powerful novel about homeless children - and their mothers.
Libya’s lost but found yellowcake poses no significant security risk but highlights the need for African countries to get their acts together in the area of nuclear safety and security governance.
The era of stocking pantries and keeping our fridges and freezers full is over.
Children working on family farms is often mistaken for harmful child labour.
COVID-19 and responses to the pandemic have increased our attention on how individuals and systems cope with stress-inducing shocks.
The proposed law reinforces unscientific conversion practices – or so-called reparative therapies – that don’t work.
The voices and actions of women who were enslaved reveal how oppression works and what made a difference to those exposed to it
Weiss witnessed atrocities in Germany and South Africa and railed against them, becoming a towering figure as a writer and poet.
Parents should keep an eye on how screen-based activities influence their child’s development and behaviour.
Africa has come a long way, in the post-COVID era, in boosting the morale around local production investments among local and foreign companies. But more is needed.
Nigeria must do more to reduce its high malaria burden.
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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