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Thirty years ago the World Bank recognised that its position was untenable. It put in place mechanisms to make the bank more accountable to ordinary people.
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It is not the drought that causes disease outbreak, but instead the way society deals with dry conditions.
Banyamulenge community members at the funeral of one of their own in eastern DRC.
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The Banyamulenge have been viewed as strangers in their own country – the violence targeting them revolves around this misconception.
Joseph Kony speaks to journalists in southern Sudan in November 2006.
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The Ugandan militant remains on the run despite a US$5 million bounty on his head for war crimes committed between 1987 and 2006.
South Africa provides fertile ground for money laundering and terrorism funding.
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In being grey listed South Africa joins a list of countries with poor governance. Others are war zones or countries with jihadist terror groupings operating on their land.
Kenyan fishermen demand a say in the country’s border conflict with Somalia.
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The joint border commission between Kenya and South Sudan is a step in the right direction.
Kampala is one of the three Eastern African cities that transformed with little historical precedence.
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East Africa is one of the fastest urbanising regions in the world, but it’s still in the early phases. There’s a big opportunity to get the region’s cities right.
Head nurse Luke Kanyang'areng’ with a visceral leishmaniasis patient at the Kacheliba Sub-County Hospital in Kenya.
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Every year, 1.7 billion people, most in the world’s poorest areas, are affected by NTDs. The diseases cause suffering, stigma, disability and sometimes death.
Dominic Ongwen is the first LRA commander to be found guilty of war crimes committed in Northern Uganda.
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Ongwen’s case ends the blanket amnesty that African courts have always granted ex-child abductees over war crimes
Kenyan troops fly the flags of the East African Community and Kenya in Goma, eastern DRC.
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There are advantages to a regional force overseen by the East African Community – particularly as the bloc is leading new political talks.
Ethiopians celebrate Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Peace Prize win in 2019.
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Governments coming to power riding a wave of youth protests can employ authoritarian tactics to silence dissent from the same movements.
Digital storytelling offers a way for water researchers to capture the nuance and emotion of people’s experiences.
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Traditional research outputs like journal articles don’t often give voice to communities’ stories.
A Kenyan judicial nominee to the East African Court of Justice, Charles Nyachae, is sworn in before a summit of regional leaders in Kampala in 2018.
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The East African Court of Justice has been a keen promoter of the rule of law, democracy and human rights.
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Some countries, like Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Nigeria, have been more proactive than others, but it is still hard for many to get PrEP.
Troops drive through Goma in eastern DRC in November 2022.
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Consolidating peace efforts across the vast territory has proved difficult for close to three decades. Scholars explain why.
Extended school closures during the pandemic set Ugandan children far behind their peers.
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Young Ugandans have already fallen far behind in their learning because of COVID.
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Conflict is prevalent in the region characterised by harsh climate, vast wilderness and low levels of development.
Economic well-being is crucial to population health.
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Lockdown measures may stop the spread of the virus. But they can also lead to a larger and more protracted public health crisis in the form of deprivation and hunger.
A woman at a camp for those displaced by drought in Baidoa, Somalia, in September 2022.
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States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.
Truck drivers, clearing agents and activists protest over job losses in Mombasa, Kenya.
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Mega-projects tend to represent the interests of state and business elites.