Old picture of construction on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, which began generating power on February 20.
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The project violates colonial-era water rights but promises cheap and clean power to East Africa.
Ajay, right, and Atul Gupta are on the run from the law in South Africa. Their sibling Rajesh is wanted on fraud and money laundering along with Atul.
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A judicial commission has found that the Guptas orchestrated massive corruption and the capture of the South African state, with the help of their friend, former president Jacob Zuma.
Kenyan women at a past demonstration wear white headscarves to call for peaceful elections.
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The country’s political landscape is muddied by sexist language that glorifies the belittling of women in leadership.
Mother and child fleeing fighting between DRC and rebels backed by Ugandan forces shelter at a refugee camp in Zambia in 2003.
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The case raises the question of what happens when a court that’s designed to keep international peace starts assigning crippling damage awards.
African Union and European Union flags the AU-EU Summit in Belgium.
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African participants have decided to press the reset button and begun to act as equal partners – but more can be done to improve the summit process.
Loading packed fertilisers at Russia’s PhosAgro Group in the town of Pochep.
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The ultimate crop yields that farmers harvest depends on the use of fertilisers.
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Governing a city like Lagos, with deep-seated socioeconomic inequalities, is not a job for the fainthearted.
Inequality polarises societies and makes them less inclined to act for the common good.
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The reduction of inequality is crucial from an ethical point of view as well as the fact that will open new possibilities on how to tackle climate change.
A gang member shows his tattoos.
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The study revealed a link between youth, troubled behaviour and a lack of access to recreational spaces in marginalised communities.
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La gestion internationale des épidémies, consiste parfois à céder leur contrôle à un groupe d'experts étrangers qui possèdent une compréhension superficielle d’une région très complexe.
Des milliers de personnes ont fui les affrontements interethniques dans le Nord du Cameroun.
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Les échecs des gouvernements élus de manière symbolique ont privé les dirigeants – ainsi que le système démocratique – d'une base populaire avant-gardiste.
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Africa runs the risk, yet again, of being an onlooker while others make policy for the continent.
A deserted Lagos road during the pandemic lockdown in April 2020.
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Lockdown and stay-at-home orders may not benefit societies dominated by informal economies.
Ama Ata Aidoo.
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Ama Ata Aidoo recognises the differences between humans and the existence of a history in which some humans are dehumanised.
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The Nigerian government must do more to combat increasing plastic pollution in the country.
Among the most exposed cultural sites are the iconic ruins of Tipasa in Algeria.
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Hundreds of Africa’s heritage sites are exposed to sea-level rise and coastal erosion in the future.
Traditional media, particularly print, are in decline as audiences move online.
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Today’s journalism students are less likely to find full-time jobs as professional journalists. The craft has become ‘post-industrial’, entrepreneurial and atypical.
Citizens of the Indian Ocean island of Chagos at the High Court in London.
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Attention is on the UK to relinquish its hold on the islands. What’s missing is an acknowledgment of the enduring role of the US in this international crime.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (L) and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa perhaps need to extend their hand shakes into the outer space.
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Nigeria-South Africa bi-national commission is a laudable initiative but missing the space cooperation element.
South Africa has borrowed US$7bn from international financial institutions since the start of COVID.
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A liaison group with large financial institutions has worked in the US and the Netherlands.