Palestinian protesters run for cover from Israeli teargas in May.
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The UN’s Responsibility to Protect framework for safeguarding civilians against atrocities could help resolve the Gaza crisis.
Clinical trials can bring important benefits to African countries.
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African countries should be looking to initiate or host more clinical trials to improve the continent’s health systems.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Russian President Vladimir Putin. Egypt seems likely to be the next African country with nuclear energy.
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Are there cheaper alternatives to nuclear power to alleviate energy shortages in Africa?
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At first, the 2010s seemed full of hope for democracy. The picture today is rather more complicated.
An Egyptian street vendor selling bread walks past as a tear gas canister (background) fired by riot police during clashes with protesters near Cairo’s Tahrir Square on January 29, 2013.
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In Morocco, bread is not only a symbol for wider demands but also the material basis of affordable and just living conditions.
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Egyptians’ revolutionary demands for ‘bread, freedom and social justice’ are a distant memory.
Protester mocking President al-Sisi.
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Public disaffection in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries betrays deep-seated tensions beneath the surface.
Turkish ships on patrol.
The prospect of gas wealth has been escalating old rivalries and disputes between Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Greece.
Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila. Time to step aside.
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Africa needs strong institutions. But they can only be built if there’s a change in leadership.
The River Nile flows through 11 African countries.
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One of the major scenes of a potential water crisis and conflict is the Nile River.
Bottlenose dolphins, are very coastal and subsist on small fish connected to reefs and smaller bays.
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A new report will supply some information needed for science based conservation measures in the Red Sea.
Children must be taught to read for comprehension, not just to parrot what they hear.
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The problem in learners’ reading performance lies in how reading is taught in most South African schools. Learners are not taught to understand the written word and make sense of it for themselves.
A cemetery where victims of the November 24 mosque attack were laid to rest.
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Much of Sinai is almost beyond Egyptian state control altogether.
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
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The Libyan warlord and presidential hopeful looks likely to avoid a summons to The Hague.
Guests and delegates attend the opening of the Pan African Parliament’s second sitting in Midrand, Johannesburg.
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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.
Soviet troops advancing at Stalingrad.
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Two big battles which turned the tide of World War II can tell us a great deal about some important present-day challenges.
Biomedical innovations can work with traditional methods like x-rays to guide doctors’ decisions.
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African countries need to start producing and developing their own medical devices. Suitably skilled biomedical engineers are needed for this sort of innovation to take root.
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Personal freedoms and self-expression have come under attack.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Oct. 5, 2017.
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When it comes to foreign policy, Saudi Arabia has recently become far more aggressive. A historian of the modern Middle East sees three possible causes for the shift.
The Valley of the Kings in ancient Egypt proved a useful testing ground for examples of osteoarthritis.
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Bones and texts showed how decades of strenuous hikes led to higher levels of osteoarthritis in workers’ knees and ankles in an ancient Egyptian village.