Supporters of MDC’s Nelson Chamisa believe he could win Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections.
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Nelson Chamisa has the opportunity to foster peace, tolerance and democracy within Zimbabwe’s main opposition party.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime has yet to show it differs from that of Robert Mugabe.
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The debate on sanctions on Zimbabwe has been lost in the southern African region and on the continent.
Women waiting to vote in Nigeria’s 2019 elections.
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While the 2019 presidential election wasn’t perfect, it showed that democracy is gradually being entrenched in Nigeria.
The collapse of VBS Mutual Bank in South Africa shows that corruption is endemic.
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Much deeper social forces underlie the struggles within the governing ANC and society over the shape of the economy.
The Miss Curvy contest in Uganda attracted a lot of local and international media attention.
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Uganda’s tourism ministry has launched a beauty pageant to use local women to attract tourists.
The racial nature of the campaign lies behind the poor uptake in Africa.
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The visibility of #MeToo makes it easy to overlook the very powerful campaigns against sexual violence in Africa.
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If the pattern of drought continues in South Africa it’s likely to affect the country’s financial standing too.
A woman weaves cane sticks to produce baskets in the Maryland community in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Nigeria, like many emerging countries, needs to educate its women at the same rate it does its men to enhance entrepreneurship.
Nigerians celebrate the announcement of Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. But can he deliver jobs this time round?
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Nigeria’s high unemployment rate has created a bloated and unproductive informal sector.
A special team on board a Dutch mission ship carrying out manoeuvres for capturing pirates at sea.
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With the exception of Somali piracy, counter-measures have failed to stop transnational criminal networks from taking to the seas.
President Muhammadu Buhari (left) and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during a campaign rally in Akure, Ondo State.
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In the end, Buhari possibly won simply because the Peoples Democratic Party wasn’t offering a viable alternative.
Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (second left) and Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta (second right).
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The legacy of colonialism’s unfinished business has now migrated to the Indian Ocean.
Stifling different or controversial views implies that academic freedom is preserved for those who are in agreement.
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Disinviting a person to speak on a university campus adds up to abandoning freedom and speech.
Kigeme refugee camp in Rwanda.
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While refugees in Rwanda have the right to freedom of movement and work, in practice it’s difficult for them.
Experts fear that Uganda’s efforts to eliminate graft in its health care system are not sustainable.
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Bribery in Uganda’s health care system is on a downward trend but researchers fear that it is not sustainable.
Sudanese protesters shout slogans during a rally against the government of President Omar al-Bashir in Sana'a.
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Fed up with the high cost of living, and an oppressive state, the people of Sudan are rising up against their president.
Over 90% of South Africa’s electricity comes from coal-fired power stations.
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South Africa needs to wean itself off coal in a way that protects jobs and the environment.
What lessons were learnt from Cape Town’s “Day Zero”?
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Cape Town’s draft strategy on water supply is out for comment, but important elements are missing from it.
Fresh produce at a market in Blantyre, Malawi.
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Across Africa less than 10% of the population is connected to a sewer system. But the waste could be used elsewhere.
The Mediterranean diet.
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A Lancet commission has come up with a new sustainable diet that’s supposed to be the way forward.