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Asia’s much touted low-cost, export-oriented manufacturing model increases gender discrimination.
South Africa’s focus should be on maintaining smooth relations with critical export markets while searching for new ones.
Hosting migrants isn’t only motivated by humanitarian reasons. In Germany immigration provides solutions to demographic and economic problems.
A local legend of a mysterious bird with big eyes grew into the discovery of the Príncipe scops owl. A biologist on the team tells the story of finding and cataloging this new species.
Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, has a chief heat officer, the first in Africa. She has her work cut out for her.
Voters speak favourably about the potential of observation to improve overall electoral quality and transparency.
Africa’s powerhouse is about to elect its president in a highly volatile climate. Scholars have noted that each election gives way to violence, resulting in a high death toll.
Average farm machinery use in Africa is among the lowest in the world.
There has been an epidemic outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea for the first time. Here’s what you need to know about the virus, and how it spreads.
Member states need to arrive at binding, transparent and enforceable priorities to see progress.
Africa has been slow in embracing Open Science.
After nearly 40 years of effort, Guinea worm disease is on the cusp of being the second human disease – after smallpox – to be eradicated on Earth.
A pioneer of cinema, his films established a truly African cinema for Africans.
Kenya, Malawi, Gabon, Nigeria and Togo are already interested in scaling carbon credit production.
Many developing nations have little cold storage and lose much of their perishable food before it gets to markets. Climate-friendly refrigeration can provide huge environmental and social benefits.
It’s likely that free movement will advance first among groupings within regional communities.
African Catholics are growing in number. They are also reinventing and reinterpreting Christianity.
Countries that lean towards democracy are less likely to welcome Chinese labourers.
If the situation doesn’t change, Africa – indeed, the world – may lose one of its most iconic animal species.
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Visiting Professor of Sustainability Science, Technical University of Denmark
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Scientific Officer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Tasmania
