Excavating Nok terracotta figurines at the research site.
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The study yields the first direct chemical evidence for honeybee product exploitation in West Africa.
The first container ship to dock in the new Lamu Port.
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The Lamu port is part of an ambitious transport corridor with the aim of integrating marginalised northern Kenya into the Kenyan economy and the nation.
Tanzania’s Mbwana Samatta (right) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations match with Kenya in Cairo.
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National sports victories increase nationalism and national pride, but can also influence attitudes towards refugees.
Muslim worshippers perform the evening Tarawih prayer during the fasting month of Ramadan around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca, on April 13, 2021.
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Entertainment, sports and tourism industries can learn valuable lessons from how Saudi Arabia managed the annual pilgrimage during a pandemic.
A child walks along a road in Mathare informal settlement.
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Residents of Nairobi’s informal settlements use names as a way of voicing the issues that they struggle with every day.
Kenya’s 2010 constitution expressly permits judicial activism but many in government are opposed.
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The issue of whether judges should exercise judicial activism or judicial restraint revolves around the doctrine of separation of powers and the proper remit of judicial power in a democracy.
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A small child buried almost 80,000 years ago in a cave in Kenya shows how ancient humans treated the dead.
A community health worker attends to a baby during a free mother and child clinic for the public.
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Our findings provide an additional tool for determining what to prioritise, where to target and when to intervene.
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, receives the COVID-19 vaccine. Leaders have publicly taken the vaccine to encourage others to do the same.
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Recent uncertainty over blood clots and vaccine expiration dates have taken a toll on public confidence.
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Digital media shutdowns in Africa will lead to higher economic costs and greater public outrage.
Kenyan journalists and members of civil society marching on the World Press Freedom Day in 2018.
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No matter what tactics are used to muzzle, restrict, limit, or censor information, trustworthy information that serves the public good can still find its way to those who matter most: the citizens.
Education for children growing up in northern Nigeria is fraught with danger.
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This is a transcript of episode 12 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including a story on the reasons why Kenyan women who join Al-Shabaab.
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Despite clear concerns about the global impact of problem betting, more governments are making it easier to access
A group of boys abducted by Boko Haram in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, after their release in December 2020.
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Plus, why women join Al-Shabaab in Kenya. Listen to episode 12 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Appropriately designed taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages would result in proportional reductions in consumption.
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Without reliable, local and timely data, countries will miss the potential of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation as a public health intervention.
The consumption of a lot of soft drinks is linked to increased obesity.
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Between 2018 and 2019 Kenya registered a 30% spike in sugar production and an increase in sugar consumption.
The competing interests of economic growth and public health aren’t being managed well.
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Implementing a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in all African countries will require sufficient political will and support from civil society.
A man shops for vegetables in a low income settlement in Nairobi.
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To cope with loss of income, some Nairobi households opted for cheaper foods, or conserved their cooking fuel by preparing smaller meals.
Countries that adopt ethnic recognition go on to experience less violence, more economic vitality, and more democratic politics.
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On average, countries that adopt ethnic recognition experience less violence, more economic vitality, and more democratic politics.
A woman sorts through some maize kernels received as part of a food donation amid a devastating drought in Marsabit County, Kenya.
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Building business skills to improve livelihoods is increasingly recognised as bringing value to the fight against poverty. But it can also set up identity conflict and community-level tension.