Power cuts continued to plague some African countries.
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There has been no progress in expanding national electricity grids in most African countries since 2016.
Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi.
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Building connections and grassroots efforts will sustain conservation over the long term.
Dealing with grand challenges: It’s not about the rains, it’s about the drains.
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Companies can make a significant contribution to the resilience of communities, and they need not do so only for philanthropic or regulatory reasons. At times, it makes good business sense.
The first female president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, at the Budapest Water Summit in 2016. She left office in 2018.
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In Mauritius there’s been little change in cultural norms and values to genuinely support gender egalitarianism.
Nigeria must invest more in solar panels like this to generate electricity
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The Buhari government must do more to solve Nigeria’s intractable energy problems.
Anti-government protesters in Chile defend themselves against a police water cannon, Santiago, Nov. 15, 2019.
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There’s much more going on in the world than the Trump impeachment and Brexit. Here are five momentous global stories to track in 2020.
Transactional sex is linked to an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections.
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Family structure and family support are protective factors against transactional sex among adolescents and young adults.
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Legislation as well as academic research governance bodies have failed to safeguard the rights of participants from Africa in genomics research.
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Most of Kenya’s biodiversity needs protecting outside protected areas in human‐dominated landscapes that are undergoing rapid change.
Internet accessibility in Africa is hampered by high prices.
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African countries are among the lowest internet speed but it has the most expensive communication and internet costs.
Detail from a poster for the Codesa talks.
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A retrospective exhibition displays the key works from the life and times of activist and artist Judy Seidman. She has used political posters as a galvanising force in the fight against injustice.
University students have different motivations for their social media use.
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Political actors can actively engage with university students by taking cognisance
of their political information needs
Many Kenyan students have had limited access to computers.
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Integrating technology into schools involves understanding the dynamic relationship between technology, how it’s used in the classroom and the content of the curriculum.
Cyril Ramaphosa is president of South Africa as well as president of the governing African National Congress. The party has scuppered coalition building at local government level.
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Coalitions work best when parties in the partnership are aligned politically.
Former leader of the Democratic Alliance, Mmusi Maimane. The politics of race in the party ended his tenure.
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There is no moral equivalence between apartheid’s use of race categories and their continued use by the democratic government.
In India, dark skin is often associated with poverty, partially due to the hierarchichal caste system.
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For migrants, prejudice can be a life and death matter. Research in India and South Africa shows life is considerably harder if migrants have a darker skin and come from a poorer country.
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Legislation in the democratic era has been amended to reduce access to citizenship.
US service members practising water rescue techniques during a routine training exercise off the coast of Djibouti in 2007.
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Kenya and Djibouti are building a more secure and sustainable domestic maritime sector.
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The United States may violate the World Trade Organisation rules if it punishes South Africa for adopting a new copyright bill, explain two US trade experts.
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Photographs give unprecedented insight into the lives and humanity of those involved in the Ugandan rebel movement.