Kenyans protest against extrajudicial killings in Nairobi’s Mathare area on 13 April 2022.
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To move towards justice and peace, Kenya must disband all police units implicated in unlawful violence and punish criminal officers.
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Africans are adopting podcasting as a way of telling their own stories. In one class in Egypt, this took a feminist turn.
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Collaboration and good working relationships are crucial for community-based ambulance services to work.
Members of security forces during an anti-terrorism simulation exercise in Abuja, Nigeria.
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Terror alerts, such as the one recently issued by the US and UK embassies in Abuja, should be taken seriously by the Nigerian government as well as citizens.
A flooded highway in Nigeria.
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Despite the impact of flooding on food security, it is not recognised as a threat by policymakers.
Mpho Phalatse was toppled as mayor of Johannesburg following a no-confidence vote in September. A high court reinstated her.
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In South Africa coalitions are weaponised as extensions of elections.
An Egyptian worker gathers the crop at a maize field, the country’s first harvest of genetically modified maize in 2008.
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Kenya’s GMO policy about-turn was underpinned by improved safeguards on top of a commitment to review each new application on a case-by-case basis.
A family of African elephants walk through the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province.
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Political and social instability in the country, as seen in frequent mass protests and xenophobia, threaten the flow of African tourists.
Truck drivers, clearing agents and activists protest over job losses in Mombasa, Kenya.
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Mega-projects tend to represent the interests of state and business elites.
South Africans celebrate the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising of 1976, planned in Orlando East.
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Soon after it was established in 1932 Orlando became a mecca of black urban culture and liberation politics.
Predictive policing may be a useful addition to traditional policing in contexts like South Africa.
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Predictive policing has improved in leaps and bounds and become increasingly automated thanks to big data, data mining and powerful computers.
A model of Ghana’s proposed national cathedral.
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Politics in Ghana is heavily influenced by the Christian majority of the population.
Nigeria’s 2023 budget may not address food inflation.
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Nigeria’s 2023 budget could worsen the country’s cycle of deficits and debts.
The flooding wiped out farms in Kogi and other affected states.
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Proper dam management can help check flooding in Nigeria.
A woman removes water from her house after heavy rains.
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Nigerians’ capacity to prevent, cope with and reduce flood risks is determined by access to housing, transport, drainage, income and education.
Sam Matekane, Lesotho’s new prime minister has the daunting job of restoring public trust in politics and government.
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Unable to change the country’s vulnerability to shifts in the global and regional economy, the new prime minister Matekane has few economic levers to pull.
Floods have hit 27 of Nigeria’s 36 states this year.
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Nigeria must adopt a multi-pronged approach to address its flooding menace and minimise the effects.
Sex workers and their supporters protest outside the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court during the first appearance of a man accused of killing six women.
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The conflation of sex work and human trafficking fuels support for the continued criminalisation of sex work.
A damaged tank on the road north of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, in February 2021.
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The African Union needs to launch a credible, robust mediation process with mutually accepted mediators.
Johannesburg cityscape panorama sunset.
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There’s an urgent need to put water higher on South Africa’s agenda. Various water problems are escalating at a rapid rate.