Farmers working the land in the Western Sahara, Egypt.
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A changing climate threatens the balance that communities in drylands have created.
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal decision ends years of confusion over the status of prisoners on death row.
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The Malawi court’s decision provides a roadmap for future challenges to the death penalty in other southern African countries.
Workers mount a billboard of Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed on the eve of his campaign visit in Jimma.
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Ethiopian politicians, both opposition and incumbents, have found it difficult to undo the political culture of winning by elimination.
Anerood Jugnauth won his last election at the age of 84.
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Sir Jugnauth considerably shaped the economic and political contours of contemporary Mauritius.
Makeshift shops have mushroomed as people try to make ends meet amid South Africa’s excessive unemployment.
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Many unemployed young people are engaged in a variety of economic activities. These may not necessarily be recognised as a form of self employment or informal employment.
Students at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Joblessness has hit even those with degrees.
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Promoting entrepreneurship will help reduce unemployment in South Africa. But the government has to step up its game.
Workers sort coffee beans at a coffee estate in Ruiru, a suburb on the outskirts of Nairobi.
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Kenya needs to address spending inefficiencies to attain the goals outlined in the budget.
Ghana’s Green Revolution has not been as successful as portrayed.
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Realities on the ground tell a different story from the claim that a Green Revolution ensures food security and increased income for smallholder farmers in Ghana.
The establishment of the African Union shows how social context is important in international organisations.
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Formation of the African Union shows how social context is important in international negotiations.
Many black South Africans live in appalling conditions with no running water or electricity 27 years into democracy.
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The new governing elite mistakenly believes that the goal of a democratic South Africa is simply to extend to everyone what whites enjoyed under apartheid.
Science should guide the debate about legalising marijuana in Nigeria
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Legalising marijuana in Nigeria should start with what science is required and what scientific capability the country has.
Railway bridge over the river on the border with Tanzania.
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Governments must ensure that transport infrastructure is developed with the ability to cope with current and future climatic shifts.
Informal businesses face numerous challenges which hinder their growth.
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It’s time African governments supported the development of online platforms designed to support local people in the informal sector.
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African governments risk repeating mistakes of the 20th century with damaging consequences for poverty, food security and economic development.
TB Joshua was one of Africa’s most revered preachers.
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TB Joshua came from nothing, but he redefined African Pentecostalism in many ways.
In happier days. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (centre) and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (left) pose as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg takes a selfie during his visit to the country in 2016.
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Nigeria risks losing its recent status as Africa’s most attractive tech hub following its decision to suspend Twitter’s operations.
A queue of eager voters in Hawassa, Ethiopia, during the Sidama referendum in November 2019.
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Ethiopian history shows that the demands of its young people can’t go unaddressed for long.
Taking a selfie during the #ENDSARS protest in Lagos in 2020. Social media was used extensively to mobilise demontrators.
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s Twitter shutdown will be hard to enforce and could have dire consequences for Nigeria’s fragile democratic institutions and economy.
Men cross the front of the still smoking lava rocks from an eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo on May 23, 2021 in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Nyiragongo is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of its fast-moving lava. It can flow at a speed of about 100km per hour.
Kitwe Food and Farmers’ Market, Zambia.
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As the global South transitions to a predominantly urban future, food offers a way to understand the role of cities in future development.
Vendors sell fruits and vegetables at an informal food market.
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When it comes to food safety solutions, models which enforce bans and regulations don’t fit.
A convoy of Malian armed forces escorts the vehicle of the country’s coup leader as he returns from a recent ECOWAS summit where Mali was suspended.
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Mali’s state decay must be halted before it collapses: here are five areas that need attention.
Men largely determine the fertility rate in Nigeria. These men are drumming for dancers at a festival.
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The Nigerian government must design more interventions to improve education, employment opportunities and the economy in order to control the country’s population growth.
A woman sweeps outside her shack in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. South Africa is among the most unequal societies in the world.
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Rethinking capitalism requires that the primary focus should be on the distribution of economic power as the potential leading causal factor driving inequality.
The mortal remains of some of the victims of German atrocities in Namibia that Germany handed over in 2018.
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German’s commitment of €1.1bn for development projects in Namibia over 30 years is too cheap a price to pay for remorse.