Newspaper headlines following the decision by Nigeria’s National Electoral Commission to delay the country’s poll.
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Regardless of how the elections are conducted on the new dates announced, losing parties will blame the postponement for their defeat.
The change in leadership is one of the factors that led to the decriminalisation of homosexual relationships in Angola.
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Angola’s new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
Nigerians get ready to cast their vote on February 16.
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More than half of Nigeria’s 51% registered voters are aged between 18-35 years.
A University of Cape Town medical student doing yoga for a project that draws on ideas from medical and health humanities.
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Medical and Health Humanities conversations and collaborations about health are growing and gaining momentum in Africa.
Underwater world of Lake Malawi.
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Lake Malawi is considered a biodiversity treasure because almost all its species occurs nowhere else on the planet.
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It’s too soon for South Africa to start counting its chickens over the recent offshore gas find by global energy giant Total.
Moves are afoot to ensure 25% of Egyptian MPs are women.
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Opening up positions of political power to women will lead to effective and better implemented development policies.
Vaccines are an important health intervention.
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Effective communication strategies will be crucial if scientists want to counter the worrying anti-vaccination trend.
Kenya poverty.
Millions of people in Kenya still face poverty. But there's hope.
Having data at your fingertips isn’t enough - data scientists must know how to apply it.
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Data science is going to grow over the coming decades and requires trained graduates who can handle the work.
There is a balance to be struck between data privacy and citizens’ safety.
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Kenya needs to tread carefully. It must avoid placing the country’s security ahead of people’s privacy rights.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during his 2019 State of the Nation Address.
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Many of the crime prevention strategies South African President Cyril Ramaphosa proposed have been tried, with few positive results.
A health worker prepares to administer the experimental Ebola vaccine in north-western DRC.
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The new Ebola vaccine is yet to be licensed but evidence shows that it protects against the strain of the virus.
There’s no painless way for South Africans to deal with the power utility crisis.
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There’s no easy way for Eskom to claw its way out of the crisis it’s in.
When girls in Kenya fall pregnant, they must often deal with stigma, fear and shame.
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Mental health care for teen mothers is not part of routine health facilities in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
Is change finally on the horizon for South Africa’s power utility?
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South Africa’s president has committed to structural reforms in the energy sector.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa putting final touches to his state of the nation address in which he took a hard stance on corruption.
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Corruption has, over the past decade and a half, become one of South Africans’ biggest concerns.
Students shut the University of the Witwatersrand down during protest action.
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South Africa students are protesting and have brought university campuses to a stand still. This could have been avoided.
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Before democracy South Africa’s mining sector prioritised profits over the people and environment. Not much has changed.
Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is eminently qualified to lead the World Bank.
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The World Bank needs to change as part of rethinking the current world order, and giving rising powers and developing countries a meaningful voice.
The commission chaired by Justice Raymond Zondo has heard shocking testimony on the extent of corruption in government.
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Corruption in South Africa became increasingly organised under former President Jacob Zuma.
A new law will promote transparency in the funding of political parties in South Africa.
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Countries that regulate political party funding do so to preserve their sovereignty and integrity of domestic politics.
Angolan President Joao Lourenco and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Johannesburg in 2018.
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has new aspirations in Africa in pursuit of his country’s assertiveness in the global arena.
French president Emmanuel Macron with Nollywood artists during a live show in Lagos, Nigeria.
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One of the most potent promoters of Nigeria’s cultural soft power is arguably Nollywood.
Salty and fatty foods are driving up obesity.
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At the turn of the century, the greatest threats were posed by infectious diseases today, the biggest threats are posed by lifestyle diseases.