Uganda’s English language policy isn’t applicable to schools in the the country’s rural areas.
Shutterstock
Uganda’s English language policy is at odds with the situation on the ground in the country’s rural schools.
Working conditions are one of the reasons why Ghanaians have protested.
Shutterstock
Protests in Ghana are often misunderstood which is why the root causes need to identified.
By working in roles that are typically viewed as being more appropriate for women, men can break down the notions that foster gender inequalities.
Shutterstock
South Africa has a low number of male teachers in the foundation phase. Why this must change.
Shutterstock
Efforts to regulate the lucrative mining venture are not proving successful due to collusion and corruption.
South Africa’s Constitution protects the rights of citizens. But that’s not enough. Women demonstrate against very high rates of gender violence.
Epa/Kim Ludbrook
The writing and adoption of a constitution is merely the start point, not the end of constitutional literacy
The Volta River In Ghana, downstream from the dam.
Iain Jackson
Resettlement plans for large infrastructure projects don’t always go according to plan.
Quality higher education is more than just securing a job.
Shutterstock
Higher education needs to do more than produce graduates who can get a job. It should also give students opportunities and a voice when it comes to participating in the economy and broader society.
Refugee camp in Tanzania.
Aaron Amy Tate/Flickr
Incidents of violence and growing fear and uncertainty have pushed over 400 000 Burundians to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.
Senegal’s Sadio Mane during the 2019 AFCON final soccer match between Algeria and Senegal in Cairo. He also plays for Liverpool.
EPA-EFE/Khaled Elfiqi
Football coaches can improve their chances of winning tournaments by choosing a team based on a unique combination of factors.
Students like these only stand a chance with proper resource allocation.
Wikimedia Commons
Achieving the sustainable development goals on education in Ghana requires efficient resource allocation, not necessarily more money.
Teenage girls who fall pregnant in Zambia are often mocked and feel isolated.
DFID/Flickr
There isn’t much space in Zambia’s rural areas for open, judgement-free communication with friends and parents about sexual matters.
Some parents hide their children’s HIV status.
Shutterstock
Secrecy around the HIV-positive status of young children in school is denying them the care and support they need for a good start.
A chicotte (a whip with rubber bands) lies alongside a teacher’s materials in the CAR. Violence is common in classrooms.
Author supplied
The most effective way to provide children in the CAR with access to education is to aim interventions at them directly.
Protest in London against the Cameroonian government’s attacks on Ambazonia separatists.
Karl Nesh/Shutterstock
In many instances, social media appears to be amplifying violence, creating a culture of impunity when perpetrators are not held accountable, and increasing insecurity and suspicion.
Malawian villages operate according to strict hierarchies. NGOs can unsettle these.
Ismail Mia/Flickr
The mere presence of NGOs, no matter their size or aims, inadvertently reduced the legitimacy of local village headmen.
Dadaab, established almost 30 years ago, hosts about half of Kenya’s refugees.
Sadik Gulec/Shutterstock
Human rights organisations worry that the UNHCR may be helping refugees return to war zones and, as an enabler of repatriation, are helping Kenya to violate refugees’ rights
Malaysia’s wildlife department seized 50 African rhino horns destined for Vietnam last year.
EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL
Our findings suggest that the demand for rhino horn is unlikely to fall because people’s beliefs are firmly entrenched.
Representative stone tools (handaxes) recorded in the study area.
Author Supplied
There’s almost no place on earth that doesn’t hold traces of humanity. But which routes did our ancestors follow first?
Many South African children are still in the process of learning English by the time they first start going to school.
Shutterstock
The ability of multilingual children to learn and advance academically from pre-primary has little to do with their English proficiency.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwanda has a booming economy that is controlled by an authoritarian regime
Christian Marquardt/EPA-EFE
Rwanda is a paradox – a ‘development miracle’ and an authoritarian state.