Kenya’s Chief Justice-designate Martha Koome responds to questions during her job interview.
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Justice Martha Koome’s ascendance to the role of Chief Justice raises hope and expectations among many for a better world for women and children.
An avocado orchard in Tzaneen, South Africa. Food insecurity in the country went up in the wake of COVID-19.
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Government support for farmers, higher rainfall and grain imports have helped sub-Saharan Africa stave off food insecurity, but the region isn’t out of the woods yet.
Women make smoked fishes - locally called Okporoko - at Egede informal settlement in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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The contributions that women in West Africa’s fisheries make to the sector are widely un(der)paid, undervalued and largely invisible.
Mural by Gabriel Marques, Dublin.
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It took black folk unimaginable resources of creativity, humanity, humour and generosity to detoxify the N-word for their own collective sanity.
Philip Ochieng, the Kenyan journalist who made his mark across East Africa.
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In the final years of his life – and with his poor health beginning to slow him down – Ochieng persisted in his love for teaching.
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Digital media shutdowns in Africa will lead to higher economic costs and greater public outrage.
Thomas Sankara still casts a long shadow in Burkina Faso.
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Burkina Faso is still in the throes of chaos decades after the assasination of the charismatic president
Detail from a poster for the romantic comedy Happiness is a Four-Letter Word.
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The rise of the black romantic comedy in South Africa dovetailed perfectly with the advent of streaming services - creating a box office phenomenon.
Increasing poverty is forcing more women to become farmers in Adamawa State.
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Drug abuse among women farmers in Adamawa State, north east Nigeria, is rising.
The hepatitis C virus has become extremely genetically diverse.
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Direct-acting antivirals have mostly been used in countries with high incomes. These drugs would be effective against most hepatitis C strains. which are primarily low-income countries.
Students take their test outside due to their overcrowded class room in Kisumu, Kenya.
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Far too often it is still an education for some and not for everybody.
Idriss Déby, the late former president of Chad.
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Déby’s legacy is one of violent beginnings and fake democratic shows
A soldier looking over a maize field where Somali farmers are tending a crop in Dollow, northern Somalia.
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For decades Somalia has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity. This is due to a combination of stagnant crop production, a rapidly increasing population and political unrest.
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A tide of ‘the feels’ buoyed the underdog documentary to an Oscar win – but the local industry will need to focus on where international gains are most needed.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa at the Zondo Commission into state capture.
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Unlike most politicians but typical of a negotiator, South Africa’s president has not put his plans on the table for public scrutiny.
Some workers prefer a hybrid approach, whereby they can alternate between working at home and in the office.
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If the best people management practices of the formal economy were to be deployed in the informal economy, new avenues of stimulating economic and life empowerment may be opened.
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Is Botswana allowing the hunting of elephants a good or a bad thing? Two academics weigh in.
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa faces a tricky time giving evidence about corruption. He wears two presidential hats: as head of the African National Congress, and the government.
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Ramaphosa will be eager to communicate his position that no one should be above scrutiny and that all parts of society,should be examined by the Commission.
Police personnel escort a truck carrying medical liquid oxygen to the Guru Nanak Dev hospital in Amritsar, India, on April 24, 2021.
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For now, governments and health services should invest in bedside oxygen concentrators and oxygen generators to supply whole hospital needs.
Input subsidies aren’t helping women like Malawian farmer Grace Stenala.
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Malawi’s revamped subsidy regime is designed to reach many more farmers. But a granular look shows that women aren’t reaping the benefits.
Developing a viable confectionery industry is essential for Africa’s cocoa giants.
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The importance of raw cocoa beans to Ghana’s foreign exchange earnings is derailing the development of a viable chocolate industry
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari (left) and late Chadian president Idriss Deby during a 2019 summit of Sahel-Saharan States.
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Chadian president Idriss Deby’s death has serious implications for stability in the troubled Lake Chad Basin and the broader Sahel region of West Africa.
Many healthhcare workers felt unprepared to deal with COVID-19.
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Provider burnout is expensive for the health system given its associations with low quality of care, absenteeism, and high workforce turnover.
Covid-19 vaccination strategies have been affected by supply woes.
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The COVID-19 vaccination programme requires stringent data collection and transparency.
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At the current vaccination pace it will take over a decade for South Africa to reach herd immunity, with many lives lost along the way.