Serious lead poisoning cases are a growing problem on the continent.
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Unregulated and hazardous lead acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants are often adjacent to residential areas, agricultural and grazing lands.
Guinea-Bissau’s presidential candidate Umaro Sissoco Embalo of MADEM G15 party during a campaign rally leading to his December 29 victory.
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Coup risk in Guinea-Bissau is likely to decline, but changing leadership presents its own risks.
Sudan’s ousted President Omar al-Bashir appears in court in Khartoum on December 14, 2019. He was later sentenced to two years in prison for corruption.
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The ICC must not further destroy its credibility by cooperating with the sorts of bad actors who should be before a court themselves.
A road destroyed by a landslide in West Pokot County, northwestern Kenya. November 23 2019.
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The unusual weather can be attributed to the Indian Ocean Dipole. This is the difference in sea surface temperatures between the eastern and western tropical Indian Ocean.
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The most popular broadcast medium in Ghana has gone through a politically fuelled evolution that has strengthened it.
The pain of being out of work is hard to bear for many South Africans.
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Unemployed people in South Africa suffer acute distress and more needs to be done to give them social support.
Alarmed by a rapid spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science is calling on government to declare a health emergency.
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Concerned about rising cases and spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science has called on government to declare it a national health emergency.
A statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, who was killed in 1957.
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The resilient Mau Mau freedom fighters failed to maintain revolutionary action after independence.
Environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion protest in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism.
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Providing antiretroviral therapy without incorporating quality diets may not help to reduce illness and death related to HIV.
Dag Hammarskjöld died along with 15 others when his plane crashed in Zambia.
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Does South Africa have skeletons in the closet over the death of the UN Secretary-General?
Proper nutrition is crucial for countries and individuals.
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Nigeria has an alarming number of stunted children. This can hold back the country’s long-term productivity if there is no intervention.
Malawi’s President elect Peter Mutharika waves to supporters during the swearing in ceremony in Blantyre in May last year after the contentious poll.
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A new round of elections offers an opportunity to strengthen civil and political freedoms.
Peter Mutharika during his inauguration as the President of Malawi last May. A court has annnulled his election.
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Will the same electoral commission, so heavily criticised in the court’s ruling, improve its capacity and arrange more credible elections?
Traditional medicines sold at a South African market.
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In the 1950s, the African yam was exploited by drugs firm Boots to produce cortisone. But South Africans fought back against the plundering of a plant that they used for traditional healing.
The spread of false information can have a devastating impact on affected communities.
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Misinformation spreads fast when people are afraid and a contagious and potentially fatal disease is frightening. This provides the ideal emotionally charged context for rumours to thrive.
A woman casts her ballot during Cameroon’s 2018 presidential elections.
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Many believe that it is only a return to the country’s two-state federation that will end the conflict and break the impasse.
Angolan President João Lourenço addressing a meeting of the governing party.
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The Dos Santos family and their supporters claim they are the objects of political persecution.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the opening of the new Turkish embassy in Mogadishu in June 2016.
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Turkey harbours strong national ambitions, and a willingness to grow and use its military muscle alongside economic instruments.
Refugees at the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Refugee legislation introduced after the end of apartheid was lauded as being progressive. But implementation has fallen short of international standards.