African countries are still fixated on individual economic interests.
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African countries are struggling to implement the African Union’s protocol on free movement four years after its ratification.
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Some lakes in the DRC should be thought of as rebellious landscapes having their own social, political and cultural dynamics.
Mental health is still a taboo topic for most Ghanaian families.
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Despite advances in human rights and treatments, stigma toward individuals diagnosed with mental illness is common in Ghana.
Artist Louis Maqhubela and his wife Tana passed away within days of one another.
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The master of abstract art proved that black ‘township artists’ from South Africa could become leaders of international styles.
Ernest Shonekan.
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Shonekan’s enduring legacy is in the business world and not the political arena where he remains a footnote in Nigeria’s history.
Fishermen weigh a basket full of fish off the Indian ocean’s archipelago of Lamu on Kenya’s coast.
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COVID-19 greatly disrupted local market dynamics at landing sites, within the communities, and connections to more distant markets.
Fast food in Ghana is expensive.
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Fast food brands target high- and middle-income groups who have incomes to adopt so-called modern lifestyles, including consuming fast food regularly.
La définition du travail des enfants dans les cacaoyères d'Afrique de l'Ouest est toujours contestée.
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La prévalence du travail des enfants, et éventuellement d'autres sujets sensibles, ne sont pas mesurés avec précision.
Ugandan strongman General Idi Amin raised the national profile of Uganda Nubians – but they were persecuted soon after his overthrow in 1979.
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There is more to ethnic identity than ancestral location or settlement pattern, language or family history.
Women carry water buckets filled with water after fetching it from one of the illegal freshwater points in Mathare slum.
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Fetching water entails physical hardship that can often lead to mental agony and can sometimes even threaten a woman’s safety.
Bernice A. King, daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, at a recent press conference preview the King Holiday observance in Atlanta, Georgia.
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King saw parallels between the anti-colonial movement in Africa and the civil rights struggle in the US.
People in poorer urban areas aren’t receiving the necessary healthcare.
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Urban poverty is having an adverse impact on the health of mothers and children.
Cameroon players celebrate after winning the opening match of the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 on home ground.
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Hosting the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament is hugely important for Cameroon - politically, economically and on the pitch.
African-owned food retailers are increasing their footprints across the continent.
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Commitments made on the global stage must now be followed through with policy and regulatory reform at national, regional and continental levels.
Endangered Timneh parrots in illegal trade in West Africa.
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Social media platforms have enabled wildlife traders to connect as never before. Some operate legally, within the boundaries of international laws. Others are less scrupulous.
Justice Raymond Zondo, left, hands over part 1 of the State Capture Commission report to President Cyril Ramaphosa on 4 January.
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Most South Africans believe the report into state capture must be followed up to ensure that those responsible for rampant corruption are held accountable.
Colonel Assimi Goita has stepped back from undertakings that there would be a return to civilian rule soon.
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Rising tensions in West Africa heighten as the military junta in Mali engages Wagner, a Russian private military company while defying ECOWAS.
Kwame Nkrumah favoured continental federalism but worked against its practice in Ghana.
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Ghana lost its federalism due to mistaken political choices and missed opportunities, suggesting that other federations in Africa might well be at similar risk.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a meeting of the SACP in 2015.
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The resort to armed struggle brought the Communist Party and the African National Congress much closer together during their time in exile.
Tasting coffee at the Good African Coffee company’s factory, in Kampala, Uganda.
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The experiences of all past successful late industrialisers tell us that experimentation with policies resulted in better outcomes.
Portrait of a Lesotho shepherd, Ntoaesele Mashongoane.
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Set in the music wars of Lesotho, the new novel by the South African author tells of a wandering minstrel whose hit song leads to his downfall.
An aerial view of members of the Herero and Nama communities taking part in the Reparation Walk in 2019.
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The problem is that communities who continue to be most affected by the violent past have not been involved in negotiations.
Women line up to collect water in their buckets in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi.
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The manner in which people access water differs according to income. People in high- and middle- income areas tend to have piped connections in their homes.
Flooding remains a challenge in some Nigerian cities.
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Institutional failures, infrastructure, socio-economic challenges and disaster education influence Nigerian cities’ vulnerability to flood disaster.
South Africa’s President and African National Congress (ANC) party President Cyril Ramaphosa cuts the cake during the ANC’s 110th anniversary celebrations.
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Ramaphosa currently has no known rivals with widespread support within the African National Congress.