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There’s a lot of information on social media that would support legal proceedings, but courts have yet to harness this.
Corruption involving contracts for personal protective equipment during the COVID pandemic in South Africa has been uncovered.
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A policy intended to help the majority of South Africans improve their lives has instead been abused to benefit only a few.
Esther Gwena, an untrained midwife in Mbare Harare.
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The future is bleak for Zimbabwe’s healthcare unless there are serious long-term reforms to build resilience.
Angolan girls in front of a patriotic slogan on a wall.
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A prolonged economic recession triggered by falling oil prices and worsened by the COVID pandemic has deeply affected the everyday lives of Angolans.
Waste pickers at the Olusosan landfill work in a hazardous environment.
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Lagos waste pickers were dissatisfied with their unhealthy working conditions, poverty and stigmatisation.
A Ukrainian solider is seen in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Aug. 15, 2022.
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While Russia and Ukraine’s war wages on, previous peace talk discussions didn’t appear to include women. Changing that can make a difference, research shows.
Chinese president Xi Jinping addressing the China-Africa Summit via a video link from Beijing on 17 June 2020.
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The latest cancellation reflects the pressure China feels it’s under in the international debt debate.
Hawkers carry their produce to the market walking past a truck yard on on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Countries in southern Africa should start focusing on greater regional interconnectedness and collaboration.
ANC supporters show support for corruption accused and suspended party secretary general Ace Magashule outside court in Bleomfontein.
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To his credit, former South African president Thabo Mbeki set up anti-corruption institutions that survived his own efforts to erode them.
South Africans and migrants demonstrate against xenophobia in Johannesburg.
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South Africa’s healthcare services are overburdened. But this is not because of non-nationals.
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In Kenya’s parliamentary system, lack of a clear party majority makes it hard for a president to deliver on election promises.
New train services like this, in Lagos, are designed to boost economic activities and ease movement of passengers.
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Bola Tinubu will be saddled with a near comatose economy. Here are four priorities that would make the difference.
Central Bank of Nigeria, Ibadan zonal office.
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Nigeria’s banking sector is dominated by local players born out of state policy.
Adalberto Costa Junior, leader of Angola’s opposition party, The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) arrives to cast his vote.
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The loss of a two-thirds majority in parliament would be seen as a significant defeat for the MPLA.
A protest against human trafficking in Lagos.
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Human trafficking has become a global concern. Nigeria’s efforts at reintegrating survivors into society have been largely unsuccessful.
Opening ceremony of Chad’s national inclusive dialogue, in N'Djamena on August 20.
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Chad’s ongoing national inclusive dialogue appears great on paper but there are serious gaps and little hope for peace and democracy.
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo (R) during Macron’s visit in July 2022.
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Macron’s recent visits to Africa tell a story in which France is doing penance for its colonial crimes while trying to maintain influence gained through colonialism.
Ongoing conflicts in many countries mean that women will continue to seek protection in South Africa.
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The continuing precarity and vulnerability to violence has long term consequences for these women’s health and well-being.
ECOWAS struggles with ensuring mobility within its region.
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Rules to regulate the free movement of people in the ECOWAS countries must be adapted to local realities.
The University of Lagos is one of the institutions affected by the lecturers’ strike in Nigeria.
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Creating more universities in Nigeria has serious implications for quality of graduates.
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Activists and scholars must rethink their neglect of male victims if South Africa is to better understand and resist sexual violence.
Young African children are at particular risk of heat stress impacts.
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Newborn babies are particularly vulnerable to hot conditions. They have a limited ability to control their body temperature.
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Twitter users’ responses suggest that southern Yahoo boys are more criminalised by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission than their northern counterparts. We explain why.
Thandi Modise, South Africa’s defence minister.
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South Africa’s foreign policy is supposed to be guided by the principle of ubuntu (humanness), so a visit to an aggressor is hard to explain.
Kenya’s journalists have had a tumultuous relationship with Uhuru Kenyatta’s government.
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The relationship between the state and media soured just months into the Kenyatta regime.