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The fight for vaccine equity needs to stop looking to multilateral institutions for permission and instead focus on the policy tools that are already available to states.
Conflicts between nomadic livestock farmers and crop farmers are common in Ghana.
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Institutional problems make it difficult to satisfy livestock and crop farmers’ interests, already in contest over agricultural resources.
A group of young men wait on a road for work in South Africa. A staggering 74% of the country’s youth are jobless.
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Relying solely on job placement as an indicator of successful intervention misses out on outcomes that are equally important, or more so, amid high structural unemployment.
Traditional media houses must adapt, innovate and converge to survive in the digital age.
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Media houses with digital and traditional newsrooms need to create collaborative environments to address the tensions that often emerge between the old and the new.
Diabetes is a growing public health burden.
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To stem the rise in diabetes, new and innovative methods of risk assessment must be implemented, specific to populations on the continent.
Vendors in front of their shop in China Town, Ojota, Lagos.
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Nigeria and China should work more on the relationship between their citizens so that the two countries can continue to have good bilateral relations.
The community of Xolobeni village, in the Eastern Cape, succeesfully challenged the mining of their land in the High Court in 2018.
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Traditional leaders do not adequately represent the interests of rural communities in dealing with mining companies.
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Women breadwinners believed that their role was viewed as threatening to men, who are traditionally breadwinners.
Rescuers work in Kamituga, South Kivu, at the entrance of one of the mines which collapsed following torrential rains trapping dozens of artisanal miners in September 2020.
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The mass privatisation of mining and the turn to foreign direct investment has created conflict with small-scale miners.
Nigerian musician Fela Kuti performs in Chicago in the US.
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Fela’s nomination and possible induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will come at a cost.
Climate change can trigger conflict between farmers and herders in Somalia.
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The federal government needs to address the relationship between climate-related realities and the country’s national security.
Incidents of road accidents are on the rise in Ghana.
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Authority culpability as a facet of road accidents has been overlooked in Ghana.
Sexual and reproductive health education is a key component in a multifaceted.
approach to address the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents
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The inclusion of new topics in Ghana’s comprehensive sex education curriculum has split opinions among parents.
Workers pack syringes at India’s biggest syringe manufacturer. Government support has been key to developing this capacity.
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African governments, firms and donor agencies should align their efforts to support the local manufacture of vaccines and other health equipment in African countries.
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The results are in: South Africa’s ground-breaking health promotion levy, introduced in 2018, is working.
A lorry trailer carries the coffins of the victims of a munitions explosion in Brazzaville, the Congolese capital, in 2012.
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Data suggests that Africa as a whole suffers a relatively high rate of casualties at munition sites where there are unplanned explosions.
Christof Heyns served as UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions and on the UN Human Rights Committee.
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From his positions at the United Nations, Professor Heyns made a huge impact on the protection of the right to life and the right of peaceful assembly.
A healthcare worker administers an Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to her colleague at Mutuini Hospital in Nairobi. Kenya on March 3, 2021.
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Kenya grapples with two major challenges in the vaccination rollout: access to sufficient doses in light of the global shortage; and vaccine hesitancy.
University students in Kenya aren’t getting the mentorship support they need outside the classroom.
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A lack of consistent mentorship models leads to a skills gap which affects the global competitiveness of Kenya’s students and graduates.
The procession of ships in the Suez canal for its opening. Illustration from the magazine “The Illustrated London News, volume LV, November 18, 1869.
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Prior to the mid-19th century, the Isthmus of Suez – the 125km strip of land that lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea – was a quiet spot.
A humpback whale near the Antarctic ice.
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The cetacean brain has a specialised thermogenic system that helps the animal’s brain to produce enough heat to maintain a functional brain temperature.
Human rights defenders speaking out for women march through an informal settlement in Nairobi.
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Removing funding from research-led projects puts people in highly vulnerable situations.
Kenya and South Africa have a high exposure to disinformation.
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Researchers found that both Kenyans and South Africans have a broadly negative view of China, possibly amplified by the pandemic.
Tony Leon celebrates.
at the Democratic Alliance’s final election rally held in Johannesburg, in April 2004.
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Leon mulls over the Democratic Alliance’s biggest challenge: ‘how to maintain its majority support among minorities, and increase its meagre voter share among the black majority’.
Appointment of vice-chancellors is problematic in some Nigerian universities.
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Transparent selection processes and merit should be emphasised more in appointing vice-chancellors in Nigerian universities.