Kenyan police officers face off with anti-tax protesters outside the Kenyan parliament building in Nairobi on 25 June 2024.
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The majority of planners believe that land is captured with impunity by powerful interest groups in Zambia and South Africa.
Traffic flows past trees that have been felled to make way for a highway in Nairobi, Kenya on November 12, 2020.
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Parts of Nairobi are already dealing with temperature increases and reduction in humidity. These conditions are associated with increases in mortality, especially in children and the elderly.
Jako Nice, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
The study of two hospitals was a first for researching the microbiology of the built environment in South Africa – a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how to design healthier buildings.
Ugandan protesters call for an end to President Yoweri Museveni’s despotic rule.
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How can African research universities be more responsive to African countries’ needs? And how can these universities work together to leverage funding for research informed by African realities?
A fishmonger pleads for customers in a Kenyan market.
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Danielle Resnick, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The harassment of informal food vendors by national and municipal governments remains a major impediment to improving the resilience of the urban poor in African cities.
Ghanaian cancer specialists examine a patient’s scan.
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Tilahun Haregu, African Population and Health Research Center e Peninah Masibo, African Population and Health Research Center
So-called lifestyle diseases such as cancer and heart disease have been rising in Africa, adding to the already huge burden of disease in poor countries. But the research has not kept pace.