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West African designers produce only the clothes that are needed, preventing waste and allowing space for creativity.
Kenya wants to keep the shilling’s value artificially high, but it will soon realise that foreign currency reserves, used for intervention, are not limitless
Le récent rapprochement militaire entre le Niger et la Russie risque d'aggraver les tensions avec la France, ses alliés régionaux et l'Union européenne.
Children who play a lot learn skills such as sitting, crawling and standing quicker. Play also leads to better health and wellbeing as they grow older.
E-textbooks have potential to enhance inclusivity and engagement in engineering education.
Sammy Baloji’s work allows us to revisit the DRC’s past and explore how art can help us understand decolonisation.
Political reforms and Magufuli loyalists within Tanzania’s ruling party could shape Samia Suluhu Hassan’s candidature for the 2025 elections.
There are 401 indigenous terrestrial reptiles in South Africa.
The court covered itself in glory in the first 15 years, but its performance has been patchy since then, coinciding with Jacob Zuma’s presidency.
The RED-Tabara armed group operates out of the DRC’s volatile eastern region, which shares a porous 243km border with Burundi.
Africa’s great wildebeest migrations are being disrupted by roads, cities and agriculture.
In a matter of days, one Kenyan’s intervention helped give South Africa a peaceful transition to its first post-apartheid government.
Rwanda shapes conflict in the region by using the Congolese Tutsi to centre its claims of a continued threat of genocide.
Technology is transnational. It is therefore disrupting traditional notions of legal jurisdiction and regulation.
This is one of the first fossil rove beetles ever discovered on the continent and in the southern hemisphere more broadly.
The viability of any music culture depends on the availability of musicians.
Fewer graduates means fewer data analysis experts to aid in knowledge creation and innovation.
Water lettuce forms dense mats on the water surface. This can reduce light penetration and oxygen levels in the water, negatively affecting all aspects of aquatic life.
Coastal fishing communities in west Africa face increased poverty as fish stocks decline.
Children benefit enormously from regular, cognitively stimulating interactions with their caregivers.
Jamais encore quatre gouvernements, dont celui d'un des leaders régionaux, le Sénégal, n'avaient été aussi désireux et préparés à se libérer de l'emprise néo-coloniale du franc CFA.
Many believe that the international community could have acted earlier, to prevent the genocide before it started.
Tunisia has failed to capitalise on the heritage tourism potential of the ancient city and its natural surroundings.
Rural Tanzanians and those living in the city eat unhealthy diets, but their circumstances are very different.