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Despite widespread black poverty caused by unemployment, progress has been made towards the goal of a racially equal society.
Society has moved to a place where everyone is held accountable if their jokes are found offensive.
The lack of clear communication on COVID-19 palliatives by Nigeria’s government allowed cybercriminals to defraud vulnerable people.
In order for snow to form, two distinctive weather properties are needed: cold temperatures and moist air. The Sahara can tick these boxes.
Kenya should develop market standards that guide the quality of potatoes sold in local markets.
Mobile money service providers are on the path to find new ways of growing their customer base and keeping them.
The latest coup now presents a fork in the road for West African, French, and American policymakers.
The war in Tigray appears to have boosted Eritrea’s efforts at regional pre-eminence. But it could backfire.
Human tracks registered in aeolianites - cemented dune surfaces - are rare at a global level.
Humanitarians are stuck in a dilemma: challenging practices that cause suffering could risk access to the vulnerable people they serve.
Born in Blackness by Howard W. French is a towering work. It argues that, because of gold and slavery, Africa is central to creating the modern world.
What we call mosquitoes are actually 3500 different types of insects, and they all behave differently.
Temporary measures such as legislative gender quotas can increase women’s access to political participation.
The rule of law embodies the rallying cry for the fair and democratic exercise of public power, buttressed by law and fundamental rights.
The answers to Nigeria’s poor social science research output seem to lie in quantity and quality of personnel, time available for research, funding, support institutions and policy.
African states need to align both taxation and public spending with public opinion.
Most adults were prepared to sacrifice their rights to ensure the safety and health of all during the pandemic, averaging 74%.
There is plenty of work to do to ensure that other species, geographical areas and ecosystems across Africa are better understood through bioacoustics.
As a disease progresses, so too must the underlying data and reporting improve to manage the progression of the outbreak.
Africa saw more coup attempts in 2021 than the preceding five years combined.
Whether or not elections will be able to seal the breach in the Libyan polity remains an open question.
The aviation industry requires very expensive assets but is sensitive to economic cycles
Pour résoudre les conflits djihadistes au Sahel, il faut aussi traiter les djihadistes comme des acteurs politiques qui cherchent à proposer une gouvernance alternative.
Countries like Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea find it difficult to access the US market.