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Each meteorite is a piece of the puzzle to understanding our solar system.
Botswana is launching a consultative process to review the current ban on elephant hunting.
Not all African leaders are willing to be swept by the democratic reforms of the early 2000s.
In practice, land expropriation in South Africa will be a matter of deciding which descendants of the dispossessed are entitled to it.
The EU and UK are fuelling the illegal trade through their continuing sale of legal ivory items.
The subject of Technology can be used to support and develop pupils’ entrepreneurial skills.
Too often developments in one country are seen in isolation. In southern Africa events in one affect others in the region.
A precursor to the Square Kilometre Array- the MeerKAT telescope - is being built right now and remarkable progress has been made in the last 12 months.
If we can keep elephants away from farms then farmers might be more inclined to help conservation efforts.
The limited “consultative and advisory powers” of the Pan African Parliament hamper the African Union’s ability to achieve a prosperous and peaceful Africa as envisioned in its Agenda 2063.
If Europe is going to reap the benefits of conservation measures at home, its experts need an understanding of where “their” birds migrate to when they head off to Africa.
A spike in the number of malaria cases in southern Africa means that the region will not meet its initial target of eliminating malaria by 2018.
Distance education for teacher training has its problems. Improved support can address these issues - but some of it should come from students themselves.
Botswana’s late president Ketumile Masire was original and daring. He should be remembered for his courage and prudence.
Until African political systems become less majoritarian and do a better job of protecting the rights of minorities, the true benefits of a democratic government are unlikely to be realised.
Politics in Lesotho can look incredibly complicated, with a mish-mash of competing political parties and repeated military interventions. It’s a mess, but it’s not that hard to unravel.
South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province is bearing the brunt of renewed rhino poaching efforts. This is a result of increased security and anti-poaching in the Kruger National Park.
The case of Zanzibar shows that, given certain political conditions, even low-income countries in Africa can introduce and pay for a universal pension programme.
Most Africans see courts as legitimate but only a slim majority trust them while one in three people believe judges are corrupt.
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