Soldiers patrol the Nigerian border with Niger Republic as both countries battle the Boko Haram insurgency.
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Islamic State West Africa Province appears to be consolidating its dominance in the region. This means Nigeria and other countries in the Sahel region have a lot more to be worried about.
A volunteer delivers food parcels in Masiphumelele informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
Attacks on police officers have dire consequences for the security and wellbeing of Nigerians.
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Attacks on police officers and their stations can damage police legitimacy in Nigeria
Workers at a textile factory in Cape Town, South Africa. Differences between wages and executive pay isn’t currently in the public domain.
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Companies being required to go public with information about executive and workers pay packets is increasingly becoming the norm.
Water flows from the Vaal Dam after several sluice gates were opened in February 2021. Heavy rains in the Gauteng province resulted in a spike in dam levels.
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Gauteng citizens need to know the uncomfortable truth: for the next six years, their water supplies will increasingly have to be restricted.
Congolese women at the border crossing with Uganda at Bunagana in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Within already economically perilous border areas, informal cross border trade is even more vulnerable during a pandemic.
Understanding how different bodies of water connect across South Africa may drive improved conservation and awareness.
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A greater understanding of interconnectedness created by river maps could influence people to become more engaged with conserving river systems.
The first container ship to dock in the new Lamu Port.
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The Lamu port is part of an ambitious transport corridor with the aim of integrating marginalised northern Kenya into the Kenyan economy and the nation.
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When policymakers reduce electricity scarcity to a few factors like theft and vandalism, to be solved with technology and stiff penalties, they miss other factors that contribute to electricity theft.
Children in a classroom in Gondar in the Amhara Region. Ethiopia has signed a deal to register 5 million school children using blockchain.
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It’s time to shift focus away from bitcoin and to pay more attention to other blockchain projects promising to make real contributions to the world.
Banks must innovate to include financially vulnerable people.
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Banks can deploy artificial intelligence to create an understanding of current and prospective consumers and develop products that meet their needs.
A certification mark, such as Coffee Kenya, can be used by small businesses to indicate a guarantee of quality.
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Small and medium-sized businesses play an important role in economic growth and development but are hamstrung by their lack of adequate resources to market their goods and services.
Protesters chant “Stop the genocide in Tigray!” during a demonstration against Ethiopia’s war against Tigray regional forces on May 07, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.
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Establishing whether a genocide is happening in Ethiopia requires an independent and objective investigation – which probably won’t happen.
Protesters gather in the middle of the road during a demonstration in Johannesburg.
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The problem in municipalities is not that the wrong people are being chosen. It is that the wrong people are doing the choosing – not only of candidates but of what they do if elected.
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Scientific knowledge is a critical driver for human health and wellbeing, economic development and environmental sustainability.
Violent protests in Dakar, Senegal, after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is arrested on a rape charge.
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The Senegalese culture of discretion, called “sutura”, inhibits survivors of sexual violence from publicly denouncing perpetrators.
Tanzania’s Mbwana Samatta (right) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations match with Kenya in Cairo.
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National sports victories increase nationalism and national pride, but can also influence attitudes towards refugees.
Delft after protests against the local government. One of South Africa’s first social impact bonds funded a project in the town.
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Two social impact bonds that have concluded in South Africa showed that they got innovation going where it was desperately needed.
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The way foreign aid is disbursed needs to be revisited to avoid the traps it’s fallen into in the past.
An unaccompanied foreign minor does lessons provided by a volunteer in a park in Toulouse, France, October 2017.
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Governments and agencies should prepare second chance opportunities for formal education as emergency situations may last for several years and create a backlog of education.