The sourcing of wheat has factored into the political and strategic decisions and security of many countries.
Widespread protests have followed changes in the subsidised price of Baladi bread, a traditional Sudanese flatbread.
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Clemens Breisinger, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ; David Laborde Debucquet, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ; Joseph Glauber, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ; Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) et Paul Dorosh, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Wheat and bread play a central role for food security and political stability in Sudan.
Thousands of years ago, people in this part of Sudan used underground tombs to bury their dead.
Michele R. Buzon
Promoting and practicing ethical research that includes the people who live in the area today is as important to the archaeological team as learning more about the lives of the ancient inhabitants.
Russian president Vladimir Putin and African leaders at the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in Sochi in 2019.
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Russia is attempting to export its governance model of an authoritarian, kleptocratic and transactional regime onto Africa.
Old picture of construction on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, which began generating power on February 20.
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Studying ancient DNA in Africa is valuable for understanding human evolution, population migrations, and human history locally, regionally and globally.
Sudanese protesters gather outside the main entrance to the southern port in Port Sudan.
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The grievances of those instituting the blockade are justified, to some extent. But the blockade will harm the entire nation instead of only disturbing the ruling elites.
Residents hang from a bus and hold a South Sudanese flag in the disputed Abyei region of Sudan.
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Prior to the secession of South Sudan, the rural livelihoods of people living in the 11 states were dependent on free trade and movement across the boundaries.
A nurse at Amudat Hospital in Northern Uganda, checks on a child being treated for kala-azar. The disease mostly affects children and young adults.
Lameck Ododo
Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Visiting Professor University of Buckingham, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Professor of Architecture and SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment), Tshwane University of Technology