Elections, and observer processes are a big priority in Africa.
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Surveys shows that the majority of Africans prefer democracy, despite its flaws, to the alternatives.
Families and the state are equally responsible for contributing towards human capital.
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Human capital is a key contributor to a country’s economy. Here’s how families and the state can nurture this asset.
Restrictive laws mean that women resort to unsafe means.
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In Kenya nearly 120,000 women are treated in health facilities each year for complications arising from unsafe abortions
Migrants arriving on the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy in April 2011.
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It is difficult to see how the EU can allow its key African migration work to be supervised by Eritrea.
Journalists, especially those with specialised knowledge, can shed light on important issues.
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The transition to digital media is messy, and sometimes bloody – and beat journalism is among the victims.
Single parent and extended families are the dominant family forms in South Africa.
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More attention needs to be paid to aligning South Africa’s family policy with the realities of everyday life.
Heavy rains driven by a cyclone in Sana’a, Yemen.
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The frequency of intense tropical cyclones is increasing in the South Indian Ocean, a region that previously didn’t have these.
The fight for decent housing in South Africa has been unsuccessful.
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Failure by South Africa’s municipalities to provide housing for the poor violates a Constitutional Court ruling.
In Kenya, contraceptive use among teens has been consistently low.
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Teenage girls in Kenya who fall pregnant either drop out of school or risk unsafe abortions.
The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women.
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The leading causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa for adults 15 to 49 years were AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal disorders, and road injuries.
Atiku Abubakar and incumbent Muhammadu Buhari (right) are the two frontrunners in Nigeria’s presidential race.
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Despite the large number of aspirants for Nigeria’s 2019 elections, women and young people remain underrepresented.
Water quality is compromised by cultivation, pesticides, household waste and clothes washing.
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Declining water quantity and quality means people have to travel further to find good water sources.
Julius Malema and his Economic Freedom Fighter are using President Cyril Ramaphosa’s anti-corruption campaign against him.
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The Economic Freedom Fighters’ strategy of painting President Ramaphosa and his allies as corrupt is unlikely to succeed.
Over 47% of women in Kenya have experienced physical or sexual violence by their partner.
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A study in Kenya found that the lower men ranked themselves in society, the more violent they were with their intimate partners.
Violence against children hinders them from reaching their full potential.
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There’s increasing global recognition that violence against women and children often occur together in homes.
Voters during the DRC’s last elections in Kinshasa.
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It’s been an eventful year for the Democratic Republic of Congo as the country prepares for elections.
Gansbaai, a popular town in the Western Cape, South Africa, is battling illegal poaching.
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Breaking the cycle of illegal abalone poaching in South Africa is going to be tough, but not impossible.
Nigerians have the lowest trust in the country’s media, thanks to widespread misinformation.
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Disinformation in Africa often takes the form of extreme speech inciting violence and spreading racist, misogynous, xenophobic messages.
New toilet blocks in Mathare Valley informal settlement in Nairobi.
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Women in developing countries are burdened by the lack of access to proper toilets in their homes, communities, schools and public spaces.
Many children don’t receive the treatment they deserve.
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When children are drawn into their countries’ informal justice systems, their human rights are often threatened.