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Cyclone Idai hit poor countries the hardest and shows why disaster resilience is a necessity.
British air force and aid workers offloading supplies in Mozambique.
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The international community responded quickly to Cyclone Idai as the African Union dragged its feet.
Lessons learned from the threat of Cape Town’s “Day Zero.”
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Cities need to pay attention to how extreme weather events effect their resources.
The Korle Gono beach in Accra covered in plastic bottles and other items washed ashore following weeks of heavy flooding in 2016.
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Focusing on everyday politics can help explain why powerful interest groups undermine policies that might improve the public good.
A Sahrawi refugee carries a flag of the Democratic Arab Republic of Sahara.
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The solidarity conference by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) can be seen as a reaction to the gradual shift of power towards Morocco.
A woman searches for materials to rebuild her home after the passage of Cyclone Idai, in Beira City, central Mozambique.
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The lack of in-depth coverage of the southern African floods tell a grim picture of the state of South Africa’s newsrooms.
Devastation in Sofala Province, central Mozambique.
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From New Orleans to Haiti to Mozambique, global inequality plays a major role in making disasters deadly.
People leaving their homes in the flooded section of Praia Nova, Beira, Mozambique in the wake of tropical cyclone Idai.
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The recent storms provide a grim reminder of the prospect of future tropical cyclones in a region under continued threat from climate change.
Farmer-led irrigation comes in many different shapes and forms.
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The green revolution: small-scale, informal irrigation is expanding in Zimbabwe and small scale farmers are leading the way.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime has yet to show it differs from that of Robert Mugabe.
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The debate on sanctions on Zimbabwe has been lost in the southern African region and on the continent.
The racial nature of the campaign lies behind the poor uptake in Africa.
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The visibility of #MeToo makes it easy to overlook the very powerful campaigns against sexual violence in Africa.
Dorothy Masuku composed and recorded close to 30 singles, several of which achieved major hit status.
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Songstress Dorothy Masuku once told South Africa’s public broadcaster that music was like breathing for her.
Repression is on the rise in Zambia under President Edgar Lungu.
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Democratic and authoritarian countries are moving further away from each other.
Protestors during a demonstration over the recent fuel price increase in the suburb of Warren Park, Harare. January 15, 2019.
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Mugabe is gone, but chaos reigns.
South Africa’s President Cyril Rampahosa, right, must get tough on his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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South Africa needs to make life as uncomfortable as possible for members of Zimbabwe’s government.
Oliver Mtukudzi.
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Oliver Mtukudzi has left the world his greatest prized possession – the gift of song.
Protesters block a major road leading into centre of Zimbabwe’ capital Harare.
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To stem the tide of the current crisis before it totally overwhelms President Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF, he needs to immediately cease the brutal onslaught on civilians.
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe.
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Two new books about Zimbabwe deal with the coup in November 2017. But the country’s treasures haven’t been dug up yet.
Mo’ money, mo’ problems.
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When poorer countries print more money, it doesn’t make them richer – it just means people need more money to buy the same things.
Turkish people in Ankara attempting to stop a military coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 16, 2016.
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2018 is on track to become only the second coup-free year in a century. Coup risk is way down worldwide, thanks to growing political stability in Latin America. Africa has the highest risk of coup.