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Islamic State West Africa Province appears to be consolidating its dominance in the region. This means Nigeria and other countries in the Sahel region have a lot more to be worried about.
Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
Attacks on police officers and their stations can damage police legitimacy in Nigeria
Companies being required to go public with information about executive and workers pay packets is increasingly becoming the norm.
Within already economically perilous border areas, informal cross border trade is even more vulnerable during a pandemic.
The state capture inquiry shows that South Africa’s parliament needs to urgently end the uncertainty about whether or not shadow directors are governed by the Companies Act.
Land-falling tropical cyclones are rare in Tanzania so past events are outside the memory of most.
Women have been affected by the pandemic more than men in many ways. Policies should reflect this.
Jerry Rawlings found a unique path to legitimise his military rule in Ghana.
Outcomes for critically ill Covid-19 patients in Africa are poorer than any other region in the world.
Each province and district in South Africa has allocated persons responsible for investigating adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination.
Even where vaccines are available, one barrier to progress is vaccine hesitancy: the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate.
Over the past 15 years there’s been a revival of young people - mostly Christians - participating in traditional masquerades, despite these being branded as pagan.
Given the central role that ethnicity played and still plays in South African politics, it is good to have an unbiased estimate of Afrikaners’ genetic history.
A greater understanding of interconnectedness created by river maps could influence people to become more engaged with conserving river systems.
The Lamu port is part of an ambitious transport corridor with the aim of integrating marginalised northern Kenya into the Kenyan economy and the nation.
It’s time to shift focus away from bitcoin and to pay more attention to other blockchain projects promising to make real contributions to the world.
For decades the donated painting was proudly displayed as an original. But then the university began an academic unit that tests the authenticity of artworks and objects…
Small and medium-sized businesses play an important role in economic growth and development but are hamstrung by their lack of adequate resources to market their goods and services.
Establishing whether a genocide is happening in Ethiopia requires an independent and objective investigation – which probably won’t happen.
The problem in municipalities is not that the wrong people are being chosen. It is that the wrong people are doing the choosing – not only of candidates but of what they do if elected.
There is a chemical skin surface difference between individuals who perceived themselves as being attractive for mosquitoes and those that weren’t.
Scientific knowledge is a critical driver for human health and wellbeing, economic development and environmental sustainability.
The Senegalese culture of discretion, called “sutura”, inhibits survivors of sexual violence from publicly denouncing perpetrators.