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South Africa’s greatest composer was uniquely shaped by his early years of singing at traditional Zulu weddings and working in jazz bands and church choirs.
The average Nigerian woman or child faces a host of hindrances in accessing health services.
Broader local engagement and inclusion of multiple voices could improve development projects
Ghanaian students are losing patience with the lack of opportunities after graduation.
Public statements against payroll fraud seem to materialise at strategic moments.
Finding a way to increase the participation of men and fathers in unpaid care work would have an important influence on a more equal distribution between women and men.
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Is it possible for COVID-19 to help us shape a better world?
We should remember him as just another ordinary human being who did extraordinary things.
South Africa is quite capable of delivering world-class healthcare to all its citizens. But this is constantly being hampered by an increasingly unconducive environment.
There is something beautiful about African languages carrying science, fictionalised of course, into imagined futures.
The protests paved the way for healing, vitality and a new vista of productive life.
Uganda needs to activate the community engagement pillar and resource the new strategy that’s in place.
Patients shouldn’t be treated better simply because they can afford to pay more.
The presence of multi drug-resistant bacteria in goats and sheep in southwest Nigeria may be due to regular use of antibiotics and unhygienic practices by farmers.
In addition to transport, Nigeria needs to pay more attention to logistics and supply chain management.
Vaccine manufacturing doesn’t come cheap. It depends heavily on support from developed countries. It also requires much more than relaxing intellectual property rights and a desire for vaccine equity.
The posturing is bound to continue. But at the age of 78 Jacob Zuma’s long day in the sun is over.
Angola needs a mixed electoral system. This would promote accountability through the direct election of representatives from constituencies.
Barriers to independent national decision making in farming need to be challenged if agricultural sustainability is to be developed.
Climate change is causing jacarandas to flower earlier. If this trend continues, they could be at risk of flowering when it’s too cold and become dormant.
Ecology is dominated by colonial notions and knowledge that doesn’t consider local knowledge. This needs to change.
La surmilitarisation de la crise dans la région du Sahel n'a guère contribué à sa stabilité.
An effective regional approach to combating COVID-19 has seen Africa avoid the worst so far.
There is an urgent need for legislation dealing specifically with electronic waste in Nigeria.