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"Fake news" even rears its head in academic spaces.
Sudanese protesters are demanding the departure of President Omar al-Bashir.
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Sudan’s academics have been instrumental in bringing regime change and negotiating transitions.
Militants stand on gun-mounted vehicles as they prepare to move to the frontline to join forces loyal to the UN-backed unity government, in Tripoli.
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A serious concern is the possibility of a long, drawn-out siege of Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
Cattle rustling is big business in Northern Nigeria.
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Northern Nigeria’s cattle rustling problem is aggravated by the regions ungoverned forests.
Riot police on the outskirts of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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There is an urgent need to improve the training of both the army and police in the DRC.
Women Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Canada last year.
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South Africa has a long history of women at the helm of its foreign affairs ministry but this hasn’t translated into a gender balanced foreign policy environment
Raya Dunayevskaya believed “Marxism is a theory of liberation or it is nothing.”
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The book, Marxism and Freedom was written in 1958. Yet, it remains relevant today.
Security is tight in Rwanda’s authoritarian state.
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Rwanda has overcome its past to become a development miracle but if it’s not careful, history could repeat itself.
Professor Greta Dreyer, head of the Gynaecological Oncology Unit at the University of Pretoria, being interviewed by SABC TV.
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The new White Paper can help scientists understand better why public engagement is crucial.
West Africa experienced the worst Ebola outbreak between 2013 and 2016.
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The current Ebola outbreak in the DRC is devastating vulnerable communities already affected by displacement and violence.
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Cyclone Idai hit poor countries the hardest and shows why disaster resilience is a necessity.
British air force and aid workers offloading supplies in Mozambique.
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The international community responded quickly to Cyclone Idai as the African Union dragged its feet.
Doctors at a hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.
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East African countries use a scorecard to monitor maternal and child health progress in the region.
Algerians protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers, Algeria, 29 March 2019.
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Algeria’s elite has built its legitimacy on a distorted memory of the war of independence.
Inside the Sainte-Famille Church which was the scene of killings during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
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Stories about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been evolving as descent narratives telling about journeys through hell.
Lessons learned from the threat of Cape Town’s “Day Zero.”
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Cities need to pay attention to how extreme weather events effect their resources.
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To fight fake news, it's crucial that science is spread in an understandable way.
Copper was part of the deal between the DRC and the Chinese company Sicomines.
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The deal between the DRC and the Chinese company Sicomines didn’t take into account how the Congolese people would benefit.
The Korle Gono beach in Accra covered in plastic bottles and other items washed ashore following weeks of heavy flooding in 2016.
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Focusing on everyday politics can help explain why powerful interest groups undermine policies that might improve the public good.
Understanding how people move through job sectors is crucial.
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Little is known about how many people transition between the informal and formal sectors, a phenomenon called “churning”.