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Educating children in the 21st century is about teaching them to appreciate the human condition in all its diversity. Holiday reading can contribute to this.
It was the biases of its ‘first world’ which prevented South Africa from mobilising the energies and talents of most of its people against COVID-19.
Early data show that Omicron is dominating new COVID-19 cases in Gauteng province.
At this stage, we cannot say anything about the severity of cases with Omicron - either in primary or reinfections.
Citizens must always be vigilant that the exceptional powers do not become permanent and that the powers are not used to achieve other objectives.
Treatments for uncomplicated malaria remain mostly robust. But the arsenal against severe malaria and deaths is rapidly weakening. New options are urgently required.
Foreign military presence is not very pronounced in Kenya, though British and American personnel either train or assist in security operations.
Adama Barrow’s re-election in The Gambia was not unexpected. It, however, leaves the opposition with an uncertain path forward and signals the shrinking status of his predecessor, Yahya Jammeh.
Scientists are studying fires in Africa at different times of year to see how the smoke from these fires changes over the year.
The emerging partisan politics and the polarisation it creates is a new threat for Tanzania.
Attacks on national power generation’s critical infrastructure are a known strategy of hybrid warfare.
African wood species are clearly suitable to make violins. They produce an instrument with a beautiful, though slightly different sound.
The South African electorate is becoming less tied to race and identity-based voting but are increasingly making a wider evaluation of the performance of political incumbents.
Like the coronavirus causing the current pandemic, both the malaria parasite and mosquito vector are developing ways to avoid control.
South Africa isn’t doing enough to tackle corruption. Key regulatory and oversight agencies are underfunded. And accountability is weak.
The Gambia has a unique system of voting that does not involve the use of paper ballots in casting votes – instead it uses marbles.
A child born in sub-Saharan Africa or Southern Asia is 10 times more likely to die in the first month of life than a child born in a rich country.
Efforts to improve vaccine uptake must be tailored to the needs and concerns of the individuals and families who make up society.
Spotted hyenas provide ecosystem services that improve human welfare and contribute to sustainable development goals.
The quantum nature of light can be harnessed for a variety of purposes.
Lamine Diack’s life revolved around politics and sports.
Africa can make important contributions to the issues on the agenda: defending against authoritarianism; fighting corruption; and respect for human rights.
The key requirement of any mandate should be that a vaccination certificate be produced for access to high-risk spaces where harm to others could occur.
The increasing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in public decision making is raising critical issues around fairness and human rights.