Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria.
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Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, will be remembered for his roles in the rebirth of African Union and peacemaking.
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500 million people live in 19 African countries deemed “water insecure”.
There is an urgent need to clamp down on tax evasion in Africa.
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African countries, rich in resources, easily fall prey to aggressive tax planning and tax evasion facilitated by offshore companies.
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Opening these libraries up promises to re-balance the continent’s place in world history when it comes to its intellectual life.
Motorists drive at night on a road without street light as Nigeria struggles with power outages in a commercial district of Lagos.
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Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed more than 200 times since 2010, regularly resulting in widespread blackouts.
Nigeria must improve the welfare of its police officers.
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Going on strike is not an option for the police in Nigeria as the consequences could be dire.
A tub of palm oil in Nimba County, Liberia.
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Palm oil is one of the 21st century’s most contentious agricultural commodities, but its relationship with humans goes back thousands of years.
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Social scientists in Nigeria communicate their research results more among themselves than they do to policymakers and the general public.
Threatened by insecurity, Nigerian farmers are increasingly abandoning their land, adding to food inflation.
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In spite of policies aimed at tackling food inflation, food prices in Nigeria have continued to rise.
Inequality in coronavirus genomic surveillance delays the detection of globally significant variants of concern.
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Improving genomic surveillance to better understand new variants as they arise in different parts of the world could prevent threats to vulnerable health systems and populations.
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Wheat accounts for about 20% of human calorie consumption, and Russia and Ukraine are both major exporters. The war could hit household food supplies in countries as far apart as Egypt and Indonesia.
People loot bags of food from a COVID-19 palliative warehouse in Nigeria.
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Nigeria has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty in Africa. Turning the tide requires inclusive growth, value added productivity and strong institutions.
A mural along Haile Selassie avenue in Nairobi, Kenya.
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It’s a huge cause for concern that, two years into the pandemic, the disparities and unequal power structures in global health are still intact.
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Nigeria needs a new constitution to address its multi-faceted problems.
Mistletoes parasitising African locust bean trees in Amurum Forest Reserve.
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Reforestation programmes should consider the parasitic relationship between mistletoes and their hosts and their ecological benefits for bird diversity.
Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, speaks during a special session of the General Assembly on March 02, 2022.
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The resolution is not legally binding, but is an expression of the views of the UN membership.
Nigeria last conducted a census in 2006.
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Census is a huge scientific responsibility that requires a high level of preparedness, transparency and quality assurance.
Fuel scarcity in Nigeria causes untold hardship to people and negatively impacts the economy.
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As a short term measure, modular refineries may help Nigeria with its fuel crisis. It is however not likely to be a long term solution.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, a global icon with local roots.
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The former secretary-general of the Commonwealth represents the true essence of a public intellectual and leader; his sense of duty defines his legacy.
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Governing a city like Lagos, with deep-seated socioeconomic inequalities, is not a job for the fainthearted.