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In general, intoxication is not a defence against criminal charges. There are, however, a few circumstances under which intoxication can be used as a defence.
The ins and out of South Africa’s national power grid and why Eskom keeps tripping the switch.
A state of emergency can be easily abused and lead to violations of fundamental human rights.
The focus of climate talks has been on how little time is left is for global action. But climate change has already made tobacco farming, potentially a route out of poverty, unviable for some.
Without financial support that helps communities adapt to climate impacts, climate change is projected to push tens of millions more Africans into extreme poverty by 2030.
The picture seems hopeless, but with mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies driven through COP26, southern Africa can reduce the impacts of climate change on local livelihoods.
South Africa’s Department of Basic Education is more concerned about the proportion of pupils that pass to make school leavers and their parents happy.
Farmer-herder conflict is taking its toll on productivity in northern Nigeria. Efforts to solve this problem must include all stakeholders and take into account their concerns.
Africa’s public and private protected areas took a massive blow from the collapse in tourism because of the pandemic. Tourism is a key source of funding for managing protected areas.
Nigeria’s child rights law must be applicable in all states to protect children living in camps for displaced people.
The shift to emergency remote teaching and learning enabled academics to start questioning some long-held assumptions about in-person teaching and learning.
One year after the #EndSARS protests, not much has come out of the investigations into the shootings and deaths that occurred across the country.
Developments in the energy sector shouldn’t be reduced to technological sophistication. They should be guided by how they improve the livelihoods of the intended beneficiaries.
Working from home and performing multiple roles leads to constant guilt, which has personal health consequences for women academics.
African government and international funding partners should focus on building laboratories in different parts of Africa to support plastic pollution research.
Criminalising suicide directs resources towards punishment which has no significant deterrent effect.
Most farmers experienced reduced demand and lower prices for their produce. There were also disruptions to production.
Factors such as not being able to handle their study load and living too far from campus led to students not attending class.
Contributing to global knowledge, from the lens of local experience, can lead to solutions to universal problems such as inequality and climate change.
Governments must take urgent steps to revamp rural universities.
Exploring many contemporary cases of radical behaviour showed they had one thing in common: how the risk of radicalisation may be linked to fractured relationships.
Nigeria’s albatross is its political leadership and its limited capability to provide effective and modern governance.
Increased funding for healthcare system would help the government quell incessant doctors’ strikes .
Access to water and other sanitation infrastructure depended on income level.