A group of men proceeds to an Otobo in an Igbo village.
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The Otobo remains an ancient symbol of democracy; it almost certainly helped to shape Nigeria’s modern democracy in some ways.
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The ongoing Brexit negotiations have provided no certainty or clarity to the industry.
Self-help strategies such as mindfulness now have a proven place for supporting the PhD journey.
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Mindfulness exercises can help PhD students manage the stress of completing their thesis.
A study showed it’s social circumstance, and not biology, that explains most of the differences in the occurrence of diabetes among racial and ethnic groups.
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What contributes most to being at high risk of diabetes – diet, genes or something else? Big research questions need robust research approaches, so let’s break it down.
Though agriculture is a necessity, we rarely take time to understand the realities of the farming industry and the farmers who toil on the land.
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Changing demographics in small-scale farming have had a severe impact and affect farmer motivation, especially among youth
This Nov. 14, 2018 photo shows six women who have filed a lawsuit against Dartmouth College in New Hampshire for allegedly allowing three professors to create a culture in their department that encouraged drunken parties and subjected female graduate students to harassment, groping and sexual assault.
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It’s time to stop surveying women about their experiences as rape victims, time to research the men who perpetrate these crimes and work to inebriate and isolate women.
New toilet blocks in Mathare Valley informal settlement in Nairobi.
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Women in developing countries are burdened by the lack of access to proper toilets in their homes, communities, schools and public spaces.
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Developing breakthroughs takes time. So why rush explaining them?
Young Muslims protest in 2012 after the killing of a cleric accused of supporting Al-Shabaab.
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The jihadi initiative remains a loose political force in Kenya. This is dangerous for a few reasons.
In Mali, pastoralists have become increasingly disgruntled with a predatory and corrupt state.
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Herders and farmers are unhappy about the way a corrupt state exploits rural peasants.
There are concerns that Africa may be excluded from advances in genetic brain research brain.
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There’s been significant advances in mental health genetics research, but Africa has largely been excluded.
The Nile River during sunset in Luxor, Egypt.
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The threat to use force to defend Egypt’s right to water from the Nile has been a common theme through successive governments.
Police in Ghana have a reputation for intimidation, violence and corruption.
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Poor supervision, poor training, and unfair treatment of lower-ranked officers make misconduct more likely to happen among Ghana’s police force.
Messaging services like WhatsApp open many doors for Nigerian women.
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With technology women are able to become agents of their own change.
Except during the relatively brief period of colonial rule, Rwanda was, and is, a violent society.
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Throughout the entire period, central political power has been almost absolute.
A Boxing Day Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Our research project sought to investigate the capacity of professional sport to communicate environmental issues and awareness.
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Did the minister or any of his staff read our application or any of the other ten he chose to reject?
In 2017 and 2018, as education minister, Simon Birmingham vetoed 11 ARC grants in the humanities.
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Projects submitted to the Australian Research Council are vetted heavily by panels of experts. Minister Birmingham’s decision undermines this process.
Censorship has been in the news again following Rwanda passing a new law.
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Political and editorial cartoons are a key indicator of the democratic health of a country - but they can also be regressive.
The Arab Spring was a revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests, riots, coups and civil wars in North Africa.
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Study suggests that the UN’s own principles sometimes prevented it from living up to its objectives
A new short drug treatment for tuberculosis, called BPaMZ, is showing promise in trials.
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We cannot end TB with century-old technologies and poor quality care. It is time to reinvent the way we are managing TB, and overcome our collective failures of the imagination.