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Potato productivity in Kenya is declining, this is partly due to potato cyst nematodes - a microscopic type of roundworm that feeds on potato roots.
Abortions are more often self-induced by women with drugs and dangerous substances in Nigeria due to restrictive abortion laws.
Maxime Mokom est un homme ordinaire qui reflète une vision particulière de la société centrafricaine, celle qui exclut des concitoyens sous prétexte qu’ils ne sont pas de « vrais Centrafricains ».
Repeated resurgences of SARS-CoV-2 transmission are expected in the years to come.
The herbicide revolution reduces the availability of edible weeds, which may undermine food and nutrition security.
Refugee law puts humanitarianism above considerations of state sovereignty.
Sagittarius A* lies in the southern sky, passing directly above South Africa.
Inflation is bad for any country’s economy. It also hurts the wealth and financial well-being of individuals and households.
Kenya’s LGBTI community continues to face the deadly consequences of homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.
LGBTI refugees from other countries expect Kenya to be safer but are quickly disillusioned.
The fear that borrowers’ strategic assets are at risk from Chinese banks continues to fail the test of evidence.
Senegal’s colonial heritage has been interpreted to conceive an African future, turning colonial heritage into an archive of a possible Afrotopia.
Grouping of high schools in Ghana into categories perpetuates inequalities.
The country’s courts have already exhibited a significant level of maturity in rulings touching on the executive.
Despite regular incidents of anti-migrant violence, peaceful and mutually beneficial relationships between South Africans and migrants can and do exist.
Social media platforms can be used to share critically important information about disaster management.
Informal settlements in Dar es Salaam are highly vulnerable to the health effects of heat.
Although there is strength in diversity, members of ethnic groups in power distributing resources to members of their ethnic group at the expense of national growth entrench poverty in Africa.
Land reform had not been held back by the constitution but by capacity constraints and a lack of political will.
Insults against religion are illegal in Nigeria’s multi-faceted legal codes.
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How can a big infrastructure project benefit marginalised communities?
Money accumulated as stabilisation fund should be released to oil marketers promptly to avoid artificial shortages.
Rebuilding South Africa after the devastation of state capture would not be possible without the work of the Zondo commission.