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The gap between predictions of COVID-19 deaths in Africa and what has actually happened is staggering.
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, holding a placard, leading a protest in Lagos.
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Religion has often been a key motivation for philanthropy and economic fairness. Africans in the diaspora champion this.
Mother and Child Centre (MCC) Isolo is one of the specialised public hospitals that pregnant women in emergency situations try to reach in Lagos.
A new study explores the challenges that pregnant women in megacities such as Lagos face in emergency situations and how the options vary depending on their socioeconomic status.
A maize farmer in Kenya surveys his degraded land.
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Regreening Africa works directly with 500,000 households to restore one million hectares of agricultural land.
What does a more desirable future for people and the planet look like.
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What are the visions that reflect the diverse values that nature holds for people?
Women in a lab.
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Fellowships should recognise that women may have different responsibilities when it comes to domestic chores and care of the family. This influences their academic opportunities and career choices.
Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus.
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There are over 1,000 lineages of SARS-CoV-2 circulating around the world. Nigerian scientists have found seven in the country and this is important.
The scene in Mali’s capital on Aug. 18, 2020, after Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his prime minister were overthrown by the military.
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A coup may be a quick fix for a problem leader, but history shows that coups beget more coups.
African leaders at the 33rd African Union Heads of State Summit at the headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February 2020.
The Africa peace and security posture is not everything it was intended to be, but it is credited with a number of success stories.
Men chew khat leaves in Nairobi’s Mathare slum.
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Diaries of young Kenyans in Nairobi reveal lives of joblessness and endless searching for money, all punctuated by substance use.
Residents of Lamu, Kenya, accuse the government of ignoring their concerns and going ahead with the construction of a huge port.
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Africa’s blue economy initiatives focused on economic outcomes. Limited attention was given to social equity and ecological sustainability.
High school students wear face masks as they wash their hands on August 3, the first day of partial resumption of classes in Lagos, Nigeria, since the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Nigeria’s management of the COVID-19 outbreak, and other future outbreaks, will require improved diagnostic capacity, effective testing and tracing, and massive investment in health infrastructure.
African leaders have their work cut out to make the continental free trade area a success.
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Africa has opportunities to integrate further and bring its economies into the global economy.
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Research shows that governments, more often than not, shut down the internet to hide gross violations of human rights.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s global finance expertise would serve the WTO well given the nexus between trade and finance.
Africa accounts for nearly 27% of the World Trade Organisation’s membership and 35% of members from developing countries, but an African has never run it.
Fertility rates: hard to predict.
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Why there’s no need to panic over warning of ‘jaw-dropping’ fertility decline.
Glass related artifacts excavated from Igbo Olokun, Ile Ife. Left: glass beads, Right: fragments of glass making crucibles.
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Africa has always contributed to global technological breakthroughs and economic systems.
Akinwumi Adesina leads a bank that has the USA as its second largest shareholder.
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There is concern over the growing influence of non-regional players in decision making at the regional bank.
A victim of the Aids pandemic is buried in Cape Town in 2004.
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The British press ignored the millions of deaths from HIV/Aids in Africa for far too long.
Ugandan police officers and members of a paramilitary force patrol the capital Kampala during the curfew.
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The ruling elites in parts of Africa are destabilising efforts to maintain order by living by their own rules