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Ghana is the latest country in Africa to mandate the use of pictures on cigarette packages to convey health warnings.
Scientists are trying to figure out what risks changes in Lake Chad’s levels pose to people in the region.
The African Peer Review Mechanism got off to a good start, but enthusiasm soon waned.
Liberian President George Weah believes the current citizenship regulations in the country are unnecessarily “racist” and restrictive.
The build-up of foreign armed forces does not bode well for the citizens of Niger.
Female teachers can act as role models who enhance girls’ motivation and learning outcomes.
More leaders in more African countries will abolish term limits unless organisations like the African Union take action.
The US Secretary of State’s mission to Africa will produce few benefits for the continent or for US-Africa relations.
The Rwandan model can’t be replicated easily given that it depends heavily on political dominance and tight, centralised control of patronage networks.
Creating more opportunities for young women and girls to work and earn money is a possible solution to early marriages. Subsidising secondary education to keep poorer girls in school is another.
Recent research suggests that humankind’s origins lay outside of Africa. This is the nature of science: a paradigm that cannot be questioned on a regular basis becomes a dogma.
Evidence doesn’t support the Trump administration’s claims that Chad failed to share information or that its citizens are an identifiable threat.
Poverty and conflict mean the nation is struggling to deal with rising temperatures.
Former Chadian president Hissène Habré’s fate will be sealed by the appeals judgment in a part domestic and international trial bringing closure to victims and human rights champions after a 20 years.
Several countries across Africa are overburdened by a lack of space and financial support for refugees.
Ending a war is not enough. The challenge for post-conflict situations in Africa is to escape the inter-war lawlessness maintained and reproduced by groups that have access to arms.
A number of African states are taking positive steps to combat violence against girls and child marriage. But social and cultural barriers can nullify national laws and strategies.
The marked increase in the number of Nigerian pastoralists fleeing Boko Haram terror in northeastern Nigeria last year reflects a trend that started three years ago.
Advanced electoral technology could actually work against democracy in the wrong hands.
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Senior Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Freiburg Germany, University of Freiburg
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Lecturer in Political Economy, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor, Royal Danish Defence College
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Research Fellow, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
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Associate Professor, Global Political Sociology, Roskilde University
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Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa and Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht University
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Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Associate Lecturer in Development Studies, Birkbeck, University of London
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Conflict Studies, School of Conflict Studies, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
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PhD candidate in Political Studies at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer in Human Rights Law, Queen's University Belfast
