Kenyan anchovy products are tested in Hunan, China.
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Several key events highlighted the growing ties between China and Africa.
Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signing agreements in Jerusalem in 2016.
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East Africa’s reaction to the war in Gaza appears shaped by history, affinity to the policies of the west and the threat of terrorism.
Kenyan soldiers from the East African Community Regional Force leave the Democratic Republic of Congo on 3 December 2023.
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Chances of longer term peace are small because of the DRC’s assumption that it can achieve peace through sheer military force.
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A group of men being interrogated by a police inspector in 1952.
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Colonialists daily reinforced a hierarchy that allowed white people to abuse Africans.
Mau Mau suspects are rounded up by police outside a camp in Manyani, Kenya in 1955.
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Thousands of Kenyans were held in detention camps, and the British imperialist government tried to cover up brutal violations that occurred there.
Inmates are seen sitting at the male section of the Johannesburg Correctional Centre, known as Sun City.
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Finland’s experience shows the value of applying sensible conflict transformation perspectives in the management of crime.
Activists in the UK protest against a government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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The government of Rwanda must commit to eliminating the forced return of refugees and asylum seekers.
People displaced by gang violence shelter at a gymnasium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in August 2023.
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The security situation in Haiti must change – but another UN intervention may not be the way this happens.
Stock prices move in response to new risks faced by investors.
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The negative investor sentiment and massive capital flight could be reversed by improved governance and accountability.
Rapid urbanisation and population growth in Africa have pushed people to informal settlements.
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The impact of housing quality extends beyond health to education and subsequent economic outcomes, particularly for children.
African governments are seeking an extension of the Agoa beyond 2025.
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Agoa should be extended by another 20 years and membership expanded to cover north Africa
Bee eaters pictured at Samburu, Kenya.
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With about 1,500 species, the diversity of birds in east Africa is nearly overwhelming.
Kenya’s supreme court judges annul the results of the 2017 presidential election.
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Two conditions enable courts to take the risk of nullifying the elections of ruling party candidates.
King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, in April 2023.
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The visit will acknowledge the more painful aspects of the UK and Kenya’s colonial history.
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For developing countries, such as Kenya, there is no template for moving to a low-carbon future while accelerating economic growth and development.
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The intersection of infected livestock from endemic tapeworm regions and dogs scavenging for disposed animal by-products creates the perfect storm to infect vulnerable human populations.
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There’s a need to support production and efficiencies in supply and distribution of essential goods and services in Kenya.
Proboscideans and their tooth structures in various forms across 60 million years of evolution.
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Groundbreaking study demonstrates how behaviour drives long-term evolution over 20 million years.
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The trend towards decriminalising same sex relations in the SADC region contrasts with moves towards harsher punishment in other parts of Africa.