Despite Nigeria’s draconian laws against homosexuality, authors like the award-winning Akwaekwe Emezi are important new voices that add complexity to the question of identity.
Lagos state officials disinfecting roads in the state.
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A continuous lock down is detrimental to Nigeria’s large population of people living below poverty lines, but lifting the restrictions without a proper plan is equally dangerous. Here’s what to do.
Lagos State plans to embark on mass planting of trees
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In football, a number of African teams draw heavily on their European-born diasporas, a reflection of a colonial past and deeply entrenched migration routes.
Africa needs to be better prepared to deal with future pandemics. That should start with a re-assessment of how countries invest in – and support – local research.
An injured woman and her children arrive at a hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State, after a Boko Haram suicide bomb attack.
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Nigeria’s pre-eminent position in Africa, lost to corruption and political patronage over the years, can be regained by putting its house in order.
Many African researchers feel they should do research that would be acceptable for publication in Western outlets.
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The Lagos state government must go beyond food packages as stimulus, and build capacity for poor people.
A market area in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, crowded with people despite the coronavirus pandemic, May 12, 2020.
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Robert Muggah, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) dan Richard Florida, University of Toronto
COVID-19 is spreading fast through not only the world’s richest cities but also its poorest, ravaging slum areas where risk factors like overcrowding and poverty accelerate disease transmission.
Refugees who fled xenophobic attacks recently protested in Cape Town demanding to be sent elsewhere.
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The policy and law applying to refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa is largely progressive. But, in practice, they continue to endure hardship and unfair treatment by officials.
Lack of technology infrastructure is a barrier to mobile healthcare in Nigeria
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Mobile technology has great potential to improve healthcare in Nigeria but government must provide regulatory framework.
Community members wearing protective face masks as they queue for aid in Zandspruit informal settlement, north of Johannesburg.
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Wearing masks is being introduced in conjunction with maintaining a physical distance of at least 1.5 metres and following hygiene measures such as hand washing.
Electronic waste heap from used discarded computer parts and cases
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