Kenyan doctors demonstrate outside the health ministry to demand better conditions in April 2024.
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Implementing health reforms is complex – unpredictable forces make the outcomes difficult to control or foresee.
A woman in one of the world’s largest refugee complexes, Dadaab, in Kenya.
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Depression can severely hinder the ability of refugees to rebuild their lives and integrate into host communities.
There is growing recognition of the need to treat suicide as a public health issue rather than a criminal offence.
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The threat of legal sanctions or imprisonment for a suicide survivor can have serious negative repercussions.
Recent anti-government protests in Nairobi.
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Trust in government is a major influence on tax compliance in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Whistleblowers should be protected from any form of retaliation or harm.
Topis are under threat in eastern Africa.
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New model can show what’s driving the decline in populations of large mammals.
Protesters hold placards during a ‘Feminists March Against Femicide’ held across Kenya in January 2024.
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Men who distance themselves from cases of femicide need to help address the toxic masculinity that feeds the violence.
Having two legislative chambers tends to be seen as good for democracy.
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Upper chambers in some African parliaments have been used to weaken opposition groups.
In the Absence is made up of installations. This one uses homemade kerosene lanterns.
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In the Absence is a meditative exhibition of large-scale installations created by the Wajukuu Art Project.
Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema arrives in Beijing ahead of the 9th Forum on China-Africa.
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The African private sector must play a more active role in advocating for the continent’s interests in discussions with China, the world’s second largest economy.
High-quality care during childbirth is critical for preventing maternal and newborn deaths.
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Patients with lower socioeconomic status often have more negative healthcare experiences.
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Many African countries have a major youth unemployment problem. With growing populations, more must be done to create jobs and help young people develop the right skills.
Punters place their bets on European soccer games.
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What outsiders might view as wasted time (betting on sports) is actually being used productively to prepare for the future.
Kenya’s anti-finance bill protests have been spearheaded by Gen Zers.
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A 2010 constitution offered Kenyans economic and social rights that have faded in the face of mounting national debt.
By networking within their industries and with regulators, businesses can mitigate against corruption.
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Participants in a Ghana study said their organisations used various strategies to combat corruption and its adverse effects on their operations.
Jomo Kenyatta speaks during independence celebrations in 1973.
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Kenya’s first post-independence president used his writings to present himself as a leader of an exceptional sort.
People buying and selling food at a farmers’ market in Chad’s capital city, N'Djamena.
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A tool was needed to understand what drives people’s food choices in emerging economies.
Beatrice Chebet wins gold in the 10,000 metre event for Kenya.
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Kenya has been the leading African country at the games for almost a decade, but medals are harder and harder to secure, so the country must be innovative.
President of Kenya William Ruto at State House, Nairobi.
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Popular discontent with the government’s performance doesn’t provide sufficient legal grounds to remove a Kenyan president.
The South African Astronomical Observatory in Sutherland, in the country’s Northern Cape province.
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The first International Astronomical Union General Assembly was held just over 100 years ago, in Rome, Italy.