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Academic research can have a direct impact on people's lives. It's crucial to come together to deal with problems like climate change. If we don't, the poor and vulnerable will suffer the most.
US marines take part in the joint military exercises with the Kenyan Army near Lamu, Kenya. PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via
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Boni forest provides a haven for military training and a staging point for hit and run tactics.
A consumer shops for milk products in a Nairobi supermarket. Simon Maina/ AFP via.
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The industry is in the hands of smallholder farmers who struggle to raise capital and practise good farming.
The large public health apparatus assembled to fight Ebola created more problems.
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International epidemic management involves ceding to foreign experts who possess, at best, a surface-level understanding of a very complex region.
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Moody’s acquisitions are a setback for the development of alternative rating agencies to compete against the monopoly of the ‘big three’.
Mobile operators also offer money sending and receiving services.
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The introduction of these technologies in Ghana has created an enabling platform for consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for goods and services
Card readers were used to confirm permanent voter cards during the 2019 Presidential elections in Nigeria.
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Digitisation has enhanced the conduct of elections in Nigeria but there are still some drawbacks affecting its efficiency.
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Radio audiences have not declined despite an increase in streaming service options.
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A levy on electronic transactions in Ghana makes sense if the government gets the architecture for it right
Students at a primary school in Nairobi, Kenya, queue to have their temperature taken when public schools fully reopened on 4 January 2021.
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Despite government efforts to provide digital resources for students kept out of school for most of 2020, access to these platforms was deeply unequal
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa will need political courage to introduce basic income support.
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Basic income support is not a question of government “being generous”. The money will be taken from employed citizens and the affluent.
Sudanese protesters clash with security forces during an anti-coup protest in Khartoum, Sudan in December 2021.
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When the military leaders have responded so harshly and have not given in on any demands, why do the protests still continue?
Patrice Lumumba, left, first Prime Minister of independent Congo in 1960. The CIA celebrated his death.
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Detailed accounts from original documents offer insights into the secret operations of the CIA in Africa.
Bringing vaccine manufacturing closer to Africa to speed up supply is important for building capacity in the region.
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After addressing the issue of vaccine supply, closing gaps in logistics performance is critical to changing the course of the pandemic in Africa.
Kigali, Rwanda: In Rwanda there are various positions and groups that are responsible for aspects of governance and decision-making.
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Governance structures that provide opportunities for people to contribute to decision-making would also enhance people’s abilities to control important factors in their life.
Special forces arrive at the scene of a terrorist attack at the DusitD2 hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2019.
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It is often difficult to place an imminent terrorist attack in a location or time.
A member of the Yansakai vigilante group poses with a gun in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria.
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Aside from human rights abuses, vigilantes may be unreliable, poorly skilled, and lacking transparency and accountability.
A stash of Kalashnikovs and locally made hunting rifles surrendered by a local vigilante group in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria.
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New illicit flows of arms and ammunition contribute to fueling conflict and instability in West Africa.
Farmers test new practices to cope with climate impacts in Kenya.
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Hardline positions could narrow the options available to farmers and conservation practitioners in a way that can be harmful to both.
Learning online provides opportunities but making sure all students can access this is key.
Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya, left, visits homeless people at Johannnesburg’s Park Station on ‘Census Night’, 2 February.
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The census will focus everyone in on the core challenges the country faces, where they are, and who is most affected.
Police officers from Kenya’s General Service Unit get ready to disperse demonstrators protesting against police brutality in Nairobi in July 2020.
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Police reforms have long been on the agenda of Kenya’s independence regimes, but progress remains painfully slow.
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The study showed couch patrolling was more common than foot patrols - with social media influencing fears and suspicions.
The lockdown of Accra at the peak of the pandemic was poorly received.
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Ghanaian authorities could elicit more cooperation from citizens in governing the cities by creating conditions that give the majority a chance at a decent life
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Chidi Nzeadibe , University of Nigeria ; Aloysius Odii , University of Nigeria ; Charles T Orjiakor , University of Nigeria ; Chinyere Onalu , University of Nigeria ; Dr. Pallavi Roy , SOAS, University of London ; Obinna Onwujekwe , University of Nigeria ; Prince Agwu - , University of Nigeria , and Uzoma Okoye , University of Nigeria
Top-down enforcement of rules is not working; it has to be in people’s own interests to behave ethically.