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High quality antenatal care can improve maternal health in West and Central Africa by identifying and addressing underlying problems that can cause pregnancy complications.
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The shrinking of Lake Chad contributes to instability in the countries which sit around its expanse.
Jean-Pierre Bemba during his trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, The Netherlands.
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The court’s decision has wider implications for international criminal law.
Supporters of Cameroonian President Paul Biya outside the French embassy in Yaounde.
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The African Union’s intervention track record in conflict situations is mixed.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the opening of the new Turkish embassy in Mogadishu in June 2016.
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Turkey harbours strong national ambitions, and a willingness to grow and use its military muscle alongside economic instruments.
The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
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Unless member states try to solve the contradictions in expectations, UN peacekeeping will not be fit for purpose in the future.
U.N. technicians prepare an unarmed drone for flight over the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Drones could help United Nations peacekeepers save civilians’ lives – but there are obstacles.
TB is still a leading cause of death around the world.
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Many of the most fundamental aspects of TB disease remain unknown. For example, after exposure to the organism that causes TB, why do only some people get infected and only some of those fall ill?
Nigerian soldiers clearing Boko Haram camps in Borno State. The government has contracted private security companies to help.
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Private military and security companies are increasingly being contracted in Africa. But there are big gaps in understanding their impact.
Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
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Our work represents the first assessment of what social and economic factors are connected to environmental degradation across the entire African continent.
A chicotte (a whip with rubber bands) lies alongside a teacher’s materials in the CAR. Violence is common in classrooms.
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The most effective way to provide children in the CAR with access to education is to aim interventions at them directly.
Many have been displaced by violence in the Central African Republic.
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The volatile conditions in the Central African Republic make the administration of justice difficult.
While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health.
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Data suggest that people are living many years in poor health in Africa.
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.
An example of woody plant encroachment over Eagle-Siding in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. D Edwards (1954) and James Puttick (2010).
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Woody plants’ cover has increased across large swathes of the continent in the past three decades.
A global survey claims South Africans don’t trust their police.
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The Law and Order Index says South Africans feel less secure than people in Yemen, the DRC and Libya, countries all affected by violent conflict.
French soldiers patrol in Diabaly, Mali, in 2013, following the failure of the African Support Mission.
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Conflict patterns in Africa have changed rapidly in recent years posing a challenge to peace and security.
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (right) in the ICC courtroom during his trial in 2016.
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Sexual violence, a staple of war, has long been absent from international criminal law’s charge sheets.
Child marriages remain a problem in Mauritius.
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Laws in Mauritius allow minors to marry while some cultures on the island are tolerant of child marriage.
The head of the UN mission in Congo William Swing (second left) in 2003.
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The UN promotes local ownership in peace building, which is difficult to achieve.