A makeshift memorial for the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in August 2023.
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Will the Wagner Group under new leadership uphold the ruthless modus operandi that propelled it to the spotlight in Africa?
The front cover of the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Annual Report on Ethiopia.
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Donkeys provide vital support to women but their lives are often cut short.
Abelisaurs. Art by Andrey Atuchin.
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Fossils suggest that as many as three abelisaurid species coexisted in Morocco around 66 million years ago.
Crowds gather at the Saturday market in Lalibela, Ethiopia in 2019. Sub-Saharan Africa’s population is growing three times faster than the global average.
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Environmental policymakers and scholars must listen to sub-Saharan Africans’ voices and recognize the importance of population for achieving sustainable development goals.
Former Manchester United forward, Bebé (centre), is one of the African diaspora on show at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Around one-third of the players that have been called up to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations were born outside of Africa.
Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, is home to over 17 million people.
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Charity advertising often reinforces historical stereotypes of underdevelopment that equate Africa with poverty.
A view of Iran’s Qanat of Zarch in the city of Yazd.
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Qanats are an ancient system which could be a useful way of getting water to farms in arid areas.
A Somali soldier controls the crowd at a protest in the capital Mogadishu on Jan.3, 2024.
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Somalia has demanded that a memorandum of understanding – which would see Ethiopia gain access to the Red Sea via a Somaliland port – be ripped up.
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The plant’s African past provides insight into emerging issues in humanity’s interactions with cannabis.
Empty bowls at a refugee camp in Kenya.
Budget cuts have resulted in increased hunger in camps in Uganda, Burundi and Kenya that house refugees from across the region.
Soil contains three times more carbon than the atmosphere.
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Soil contains three times more carbon than the atmosphere. As climate change has become a global threat, agriculture’s ability to store more or less carbon is under close scrutiny.
Climate action will check air pollution in Africa.
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Africa can check climate impact on health by taking 37 actions endorsed by environment ministers.
A storyline in the forthcoming ‘Wonka’ movie is that the central character can change a dutiful young girl’s life.
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The original storyline for Road Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” contained some stunning parallels to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Indian visitors look at a painting depicting the Amritsar Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh.
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Fewer than a quarter of once-colonized countries make official government-to-government requests for an apology or reparations.
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The system’s promoters must figure out how to compensate the African countries that run trade surpluses.
Drug resistance against malaria and other diseases is a growing problem.
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Africa bears the heaviest burden of antimicrobial resistance, a phenomenon fuelled largely by poverty, But there are encouraging signs that the continent is taking action to fight it.
Open sewage at Kenya’s largest slum, Kibera, in Nairobi.
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The struggle with open defecation is a silent emergency, undermining the continent’s efforts towards sustainable development goals.
Rapid urbanisation and population growth in Africa have pushed people to informal settlements.
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The impact of housing quality extends beyond health to education and subsequent economic outcomes, particularly for children.
Kenya’s supreme court judges annul the results of the 2017 presidential election.
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Two conditions enable courts to take the risk of nullifying the elections of ruling party candidates.
A Belt and Road Initiative’s bridge being built over L. Victoria, Tanzania.
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Areas such as artificial intelligence, green development, e-commerce, and tech cooperation have been added.