In 2013 stories emerged of gangs stealing plasma TV screens to use to make street drugs. It’s a myth, but it tells us something about South Africa’s social anxieties.
Sudanese people march in Khartoum during one of many protests against the 2020 coup. More than 100 have been killed.
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The AU needs to address two main problems to steer Africa into a prosperous future – the use of unconstitutional means by some leaders to cling to power and disregard for the rule of law.
Minibus taxis ferry millions of South Africans around each day.
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South Africa has no comprehensive national media literacy programme. Often it comes down to individual teachers and schools to make learners more media literate.
General Service Unit officers, part of Kenya’s police service, stop a commercial vehicle at a checkpoint.
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Drug discovery research in Africa receives modest but essential international funding through philanthropic foundations and selected pharmaceutical companies.
Plastic waste from land based sources pollute the beaches and other water bodies.
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Being gay in Africa can pose culturally specific challenges which the dominant, heterosexual culture may find difficult to accept.
A man sits next to dead livestock in the village of Hargududo, Ethiopia, where there’s hardly been a drop of rain in 18 months.
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