South Africa has no comprehensive national media literacy programme. Often it comes down to individual teachers and schools to make learners more media literate.
General Service Unit officers, part of Kenya’s police service, stop a commercial vehicle at a checkpoint.
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Drug discovery research in Africa receives modest but essential international funding through philanthropic foundations and selected pharmaceutical companies.
Plastic waste from land based sources pollute the beaches and other water bodies.
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Being gay in Africa can pose culturally specific challenges which the dominant, heterosexual culture may find difficult to accept.
A man sits next to dead livestock in the village of Hargududo, Ethiopia, where there’s hardly been a drop of rain in 18 months.
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Widows in Nigeria are still exposed to harmful practices.
Candidates are always willing to outspend each other to boost their visibility during the campaigns amid fierce competition for the elective posts.
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The transactional nature of politics reduces opportunities for debate and dialogue between elected officials and their constituents.
Family members wash away blood at the scene of a shooting in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, where seven people were shot dead in May.
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The study highlights the flimsy boundaries between different forms of violence: torture and extrajudicial punishment, lawful arrest, and an unlawful kidnapping.
After being displaced by drought, nearly 300 people, mostly women, and children arrived at Qansahley camp in Dollow, Jubaland, Somalia.
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Internal affairs of the bloc may dominate the summit which seeks to address a wide range of international issues.
Parents and relatives of abducted students demanding the release of their families who had spent 55 days in captivity as at March 12, 2021.
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