Pastors pray for former South African president and ANC leader Jacob Zuma.
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Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
Members of a European Union election observation team speak to voters in Zimbabwe.
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Voters speak favourably about the potential of observation to improve overall electoral quality and transparency.
Kenyan fishermen demand a say in the country’s border conflict with Somalia.
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The joint border commission between Kenya and South Sudan is a step in the right direction.
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The findings suggest we weren’t the first advanced carnivore among the hominins, as has been previously assumed.
There are fears that Kenya’s debt has been funding mostly government salaries.
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William Ruto is determined to reduce public debt by collecting more taxes to pay for what the country needs.
Women walk with their donkeys in Ethiopia’s Amhara region.
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The demand for donkey hides to produce ejiao has led to a shortage of donkeys in China and increasingly worldwide.
William Ruto (right) takes over from Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya’s president in 2022.
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Kenya’s electoral agency is tasked with enhancing and supporting constitutional democracy – any dysfunctions would have dire consequences.
Kenya last executed a prisoner in 1987 but continues to hand down the death sentence.
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Research finds that the threat of being sentenced to death has no bearing on how people contemplate violent crime.
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Kenya faces the challenge of delivering quality education without discriminating against learners based on social or economic background.
Women are severely underrepresented in editorial leadership and in news coverage.
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The news media provide a very particular case study of gender discrimination.
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Machine learning techniques showed that individual identity is important to spotted hyenas.
Key to preventing cholera is a good supply of water.
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Cholera has persisted longer in Africa largely due to worsening hygiene and sanitation situations in urban areas.
Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and William Ruto (R) at a joint press briefing in Nairobi on 9 November, 2022. SIMON MAINA/AFP via
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Harmonising tariffs and standards is a big step.
Skeletal reconstruction of the Langebaanweg sabertooth, with highlighted elements to indicate the bones examined in this study.
Adapted from Mauricio Antón (2013)
A closer look at these fossil bones revealed more than the suggestion of a previously undescribed species - it pointed to the individual animal having suffered with osteoarthritis.
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It is useful to recognise why companies either restrict or strengthen their sustainability efforts in response to a crisis.
A past anti-FGM campaign meeting in Kajiado County, Kenya.
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In Kenya, the prevalence of female genital mutilation has dropped by 24.2 percentage points where an alternative rite of passage is being tried.
Farmers in India are among communities around the world hit hard by unscrupulous microlending.
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Market-led microcredit innovations dominated by profit maximisation can harm the very vulnerable.
Studies show that people belonging to marginalised groups are disproportionately affected by police brutality.
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When communities face security challenges and lack legal protection, they find innovative ways to respond.
The Lamu Port project is a flagship development project in Kenya.
Elisa Gambino
Large scale infrastructure projects like ports represent more than just financial investments.
A broken pipe is the only remnant of a road built during colonial times in Kenya. This literal “ruin of empire” lies on the route of the LAPSSET corridor.
Theo Aalders
Infrastructure projects are an enticing promise for a better future – but they can also evoke a violent colonial past.