Student violence is a response to the devaluing and oppressive environment in boarding schools.
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Peacebuilding – Analysis and Comment
TikTok has exploded in popularity among young people in Nigeria. Here’s why it’s such a hit.
The deteriorating situation prompted regional leaders to intervene in a bid to restore peace and stability.
La nouvelle loi béninoise sur l'avortement prendra en considération la situation éducationnelle, professionnelle et matérielle de la femme.
Inclusivity and diversity also need to be at the level of identifying values and defining frameworks of what counts as ethical AI in the first place.
The practice of blaming and stigmatising rape survivors has devastating consequences. It silences them and protects rapists. It discourages survivors from accessing healthcare and pursuing justice.
All terrorism in the region has domestic origins but is linked to regional and international events.
National Treasury’s strategy to overcome South Africa’s chronic fiscal crisis rests on highly uncertain political and economic foundations.
Despite a succession of different challenges, Bgoya’s approach has been consistent.
Prevailing political attitudes, security actors, alliances and geopolitics differ starkly from the final days of the hated Ethiopian military regime.
The financial outcome of COP26 is a glass half full, but it’s not far from a failure.
Thanks to the public events and the scholarly engagement with her life and work, Charlotte Maxeke has become one of the most visible South African women from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Military expenditure is a relevant policy option in reducing the negative effect of terrorism on economic growth in Africa.
China has been very successful at crime control while South Africa has neglected rehabilitation and failed dismally at resettling ex-offenders.
Nigeria’s current political problems are simply too daunting to embark on an honest journey to true federalism at this stage.
Hard as it is, some gangsters do leave gangs. A new book, based on a 5-year study, tracks the lives of 24 former gang members.
Central banks have a responsibility in addressing the challenge of climate change. But how? Experts explore some ideas.
The effectiveness of vaccination as a public health strategy will continue to be compromised while large numbers of the global community remain unvaccinated.
New evidence from Somalia points to effective ways to deliver public services in conflict-affected and fragile contexts.
Humanity’s biggest challenges are not technical, but social, economic, political and behavioural. Effective actions are still possible to stabilise the climate and the planet, but must be taken now.
Pitched at an initial US$8.5 billion, the partnership has the potential to be one of the largest individual climate finance transactions to date. But can a just transition be achieved?
International borders were negotiable for the right price. What residents of former ‘homelands’ and of Lesotho and eSwatini have in common now are limited government services and few job prospects.
Many of the temperatures presently being recorded in Africa, and those projected in the next decade, are already close to the limits of human survival, or “liveability”.
At COP26 in Glasgow everyone was committed to saving the planet, but there were highly divergent views about how to do it.
The majority of front page reports were negative in tone, seeing very little possibility for individual agency and self-efficacy. This can amplify public anxiety and fear.