The recent spate of military takeovers, most recently in Chad, highlights a developing trend by armed forces in Africa which overtly subvert constitutional governance.
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The government of Ghana needs a more creative solution to the problem of advance rent payment
The term “citizen science” is intended to widen the network of people whose contribution to science is acknowledged. But the word “citizen” can be problematic.
Waste reclaimers save South African municipalities up to R748 million a year in landfill space. Without them, the country’s recycling economy would not exist.
The equitable participation of women in public life is essential to building and sustaining strong, vibrant democracies.
Government support for farmers, higher rainfall and grain imports have helped sub-Saharan Africa stave off food insecurity, but the region isn’t out of the woods yet.
The contributions that women in West Africa’s fisheries make to the sector are widely un(der)paid, undervalued and largely invisible.
It took black folk unimaginable resources of creativity, humanity, humour and generosity to detoxify the N-word for their own collective sanity.
Digital media shutdowns in Africa will lead to higher economic costs and greater public outrage.
Burkina Faso is still in the throes of chaos decades after the assasination of the charismatic president
Drug abuse among women farmers in Adamawa State, north east Nigeria, is rising.
No matter what tactics are used to muzzle, restrict, limit, or censor information, trustworthy information that serves the public good can still find its way to those who matter most: the citizens.
Far too often it is still an education for some and not for everybody.
The socio-economic and political factors that keep conventional energy out of reach of the poor can do the same with renewable energy.
Déby’s legacy is one of violent beginnings and fake democratic shows
For decades Somalia has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity. This is due to a combination of stagnant crop production, a rapidly increasing population and political unrest.
Nigeria’s economy is in bad shape. This has affected its ability to create jobs.
Malawi’s revamped subsidy regime is designed to reach many more farmers. But a granular look shows that women aren’t reaping the benefits.
The importance of raw cocoa beans to Ghana’s foreign exchange earnings is derailing the development of a viable chocolate industry
Chadian president Idriss Deby’s death has serious implications for stability in the troubled Lake Chad Basin and the broader Sahel region of West Africa.
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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