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Ethiopia has gone through a series of changes that’s put the country on firm democratic footing.
New research suggests we may be able to forget about dark matter if we tweak the laws of gravity according to imaginary bubbles in space.
There’s a strong case to ban gambling as it’s rapidly becoming a public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa.
Global experts warn that excessive screen time increases the risk of obesity, low physical fitness, anxiety and depression.
The uprising in Sudan has weakened the authority of President Omar al-Bashir and political Islam in the country.
‘Eat breakfast like a king’ is flawed advice, new study finds.
Lusala, a wild yam that many in Zambia rely on for consumption and trade, is gradually taking longer to find due to deforestation.
There is a huge amount of secrecy around the budgeting process at every level of the Nigerian government.
New research in China adds to the evidence of a direct link between air pollution and happiness.
Zooming in on deforestation and other wild habitat loss can help us work out how best to protect wilderness.
Gene sequences can be manipulated to prevent certain diseases and improve public health.
Geomythology can be a powerful way to inspire more people on the continent to become interested in Africa’s palaeoscience.
President López Obrador campaigned on some outside-the-box ideas to ‘pacify’ Mexico after 12 years of extreme violence. But so far his government has emphasized traditional law-and-order policies.
South Africa needs to make life as uncomfortable as possible for members of Zimbabwe’s government.
The number of people dying due to climate-led changes in the environment are increasing and the poorest populations remain the hardest hit.
Most of the things Nigerians complained about in 2015 are still unresolved – unemployment, poverty and economic disempowerment.
The state capture inquiry is a remarkable political as well as legal event.
Other nations tolerated the erosion of liberal values in Venezuela for a long time before crisis hit.
The argument isn’t whether African democracies are better than those in the West. It’s simply that the idea of “real” and “not yet real” democracies expresses a colonial mentality, not reality.
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
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