There are a number of stumbling blocks to intra African collaboration. These must be addressed to ensure that research is not duplicated and that findings are shared.
Ethiopians reading newspapers in the capital Addis Ababa. The country’s media is among the most repressed on the continent.
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Press freedom has changed little in the past decade. If the African Union is to commit to the principles of democracy, it needs to do more to uphold freedom of expression and protects its journalists.
The century since the first world war is littered with the broken promises of Muslim rulers to bring about a transition to more representative forms of government.
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The rise of Islamic State and its declaration of the caliphate can be read as part of a wider story that has unfolded since the formation of modern nation states in the Muslim world.
Free Syrian Army fighters on their smartphones.
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Giulio Regeni, a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, was carrying out research on the formation of independent trade unions in post-Mubarak Egypt.
Africa’s flagship universities have a great deal to offer as the continent continues to grow and develop.
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When talking about the role that higher education can play in developing Africa, it’s important not to forget the continuing and crucial role of the continent’s flagship universities.
An artist’s rendering of the planned Alexandria Underwater Museum.
Jacques Rougerie
The world is generally not safe for women. But some projects in North Africa provide a glimpse of hope as the world marks the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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Investigating an air crash is a delicate and complex task at the best of times – and Flight KGL9268 came down in one of the world’s most difficult regions.
Sinai: a whole lot of trouble ahead.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Whatever caused the crash of a Russian airliner over the northern Sinai, it’s finally brought the world’s attention back to a critical security crisis.
Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy is jailed for three years in Egypt.
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The news that two British journalists and their unnamed Iraqi colleague were arrested and charged by the Turkish authorities [though released following publication of this article] for “engaging in terror…