An activist poses for the camera outside Botswana High Court which ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality in June 2019.
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Predominant public sentiment remains largely anti-homosexual and overshadows constitutionally guaranteed rights in Africa.
Access to clean water remains a huge problem in Zimbabwe and many other African countries.
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The 17 goals seek to end all forms of poverty everywhere by 2030, by achieving 169 targets. Progress in achieving them does not match the hype.
Women smallholder farmers contribute significantly to the Nigerian economy.
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Nigeria needs to adopt gender specific strategies to financially include women smallholders in agriculture.
Ghanaian women are still awaiting passage of an affirmative action bill.
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Ghana has ambitious policies on gender equity but is struggling to realise them.
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In urban Namibia, performance poetry provides a safe space for women to share their experiences and challenge traditional ideas.
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The long history of racist beauty standards alone cannot explain the ongoing global use of harmful skin lighteners.
Dance troupes mark the anniversary of Ghana’s independence in the grounds of Kwame Krumah’s masuoleum in Accra in 2007.
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Studies of Kwame Nkrumah have been influenced by the political climate both within and outside Ghana.
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Women need to be included in all matters of health.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom at an Ebola treatment centre in Itipo.
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Everything starts and ends with leadership.
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The health and rights of children and adolescents, particularly the most marginalised and vulnerable, are under immediate threat from climate change, corporate actors and growing inequities.
Digital inequality remains firmly in place in South Africa.
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Policies need to address human develop challenges, if people are to be equitably brought on line.
Sudanese protestors celebrate a deal with the ruling generals on a new governing body, in the capital Khartoum, recently.
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The African Union’s staunch support for al-Bashir, cloaked in criticism of the International Criminal Court, denied justice to the millions affected by the conflict in Sudan.
Supporters of Cameroonian President Paul Biya outside the French embassy in Yaounde.
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The African Union’s intervention track record in conflict situations is mixed.
Donkey carries water for pastoralists in Marsabit, Kenya.
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Ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicine, is what’s driving demand for donkey skins the most. It consists of gelatin that is extracted from boiled donkey hides.
Sudanese protesting against the conflict in Darfur.
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Ousted president Omar al-Bashir could face the International Criminal Court for his role in Sudan’s clampdown on the non-Arab people of Darfur.
Hosni Mubarak, the late former President of Egypt.
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Mubarak held power for three decades, on the foundation of a personality cult.
A worker disinfects the cabin of an Ethiopian Airlines’ aircraft at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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A key component of how the coronavirus could be spreading is the environment.
Ebola posters in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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Experiences dealing with previous outbreaks of infectious disease can help countries with weak health systems prepare for new health emergencies.
Electoral commission officers count votes after the polls were closed during the 2019 General elections.
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Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission recently deregistered some political parties, leading to debates over whether this was a step in the right direction.
African National Congress top six leaders. The governing party’s wishes are sometimes out of kilter with the dictates of statecraft.
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South Africa suffers capability deficiencies and institutional stasis due to poor political management.