The disintegration of the United States’ relationship with Niger following its military coup in 2023 is giving way to stronger ties between the African country and Russia and China.
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Children benefit enormously from regular, cognitively stimulating interactions with their caregivers.
Cameroon’s rebels don’t have the unity, funding or logistics to achieve their aims.
Ali Bongo’s illness, the contagion effect of other recent successful coups and palace power tussles are factors responsible for Gabon’s recent coup.
Gabon is resource rich, but the Bongo family’s continuous rule has been bad news for the country of 2.3 million people.
The restitution of looted objects from former colonies in Africa is an essential component of post-colonial reparation.
There is a need for better innovations and policies to help improve the fisheries sector in this region.
Reconstructed vocabulary sheds light on cultural items and people’s habitats, including the spread of ideas and the importance of certain concepts.
This grass may hold the key to improving milk yields from cows kept by small-scale farmers across the African continent.
The report projects an increase in mean temperatures and hot extremes across the continent. Worryingly the rate of temperature increase across the continent exceeds the global average.
A new review of the status of African elephants finds scientific grounds for dividing them into two species, and reports that both have suffered drastic population declines since 1990.
Gabon’s strongman president, Ali Bongo, is barely clinging to power after contested elections, a stroke and a coup attempt. The Bongo family has run this stable central African nation for 52 years.
Data suggest that people are living many years in poor health in Africa.
The leading causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa for adults 15 to 49 years were AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal disorders, and road injuries.
The need for qualified teachers is a major challenge in a number of African countries.
After the 1994 genocide, Rwanda pivoted towards the Anglophone world. But not entirely.
Some human rights activists worry that Cameroon could be the site of Africa’s next civil war.
Anglophones have long complained that their language and culture are marginalised. They say if this doesn’t change, they must be granted independence.
The transnational project conceived 30 years ago to replenish the drying waters of Lake Chad finally seems poised to take off. But first, internal politics within member states must be overcome.
A deal to finally hold long-postponed elections has been reached, but parts of the country are still dealing with violence and chaos.
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Professor of Political Science , American Graduate School in Paris (AGS)
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Francophone Studies (Africa, Caribbean), Faculty Affiliate with Africana Studies, World Literature Program and Human Rights Pracice, University of Arizona
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Assistant professor of political science, St. Petersburg College
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Principal Scientist - Plant Pathology, Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute Hub
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Lecturer in African History, Queen Mary University of London
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PhD Candidate, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of History, Université de Yaounde 1
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Emeritus Professor of African Linguistics, University of Leipzig
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Research associate, Technische Universität Dresden
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Associate Professor and Arrell Chair in Food, Policy, and Society, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
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Associate professor of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
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PhD Candidate in Geography and International Development Studies, University of Guelph
