Kenyan police arrest journalists protesting against a controversial media bill in December 2008.
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Important factors, such as conflict, are central to understanding a country’s degree of press freedom, development and democratisation.
Protesters barricade a street in reaction to postponement of the presidential election in Dakar, Senegal on 9 February.
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Attempts to postpone Senegal’s election indefinitely reflect deeper governance problems within Macky Sall’s administration, and the shortcomings of his chosen heir, Amadou Ba.
Senegalese police rank among the worst for brutality against protesters.
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Negative perceptions of police professionalism and corruption go hand in hand with low public trust in the police, poor marks on government performance, and citizens’ sense of insecurity.
Prof Eddie Webster.
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Eddie Webster inspired generations of scholars with his vision and practice of critically engaged scholarship, in South Africa and worldwide.
African leaders meeting at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on 18 February 2024.
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African leaders have a worrying track record of prioritising narrow domestic gains over transferring supranational, binding powers to the AU.
The Nairobi skyline.
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The winds passing over Kenya flow in waves and periodically bring hot weather, the kind that has prevailed recently across east Africa.
People carry some of their belongings as they flee clashes between M23 rebels and government forces near Sake on 7 February 2024.
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Regional countries are embroiled in a geopolitical struggle over influence and survival.
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A new study reveals that from 2050, Africa will suffer from food and water scarcity, and a massive loss of jobs in agriculture, unless climate change mitigation measures are put in place now.
Somali soldiers at a military training given by the Turkish Armed Forces in Mogadishu.
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The persistence of the Al-Shabaab terror group has convinced Turkey it needs to provide more active military support in Somalia.
People wade over a road destroyed by flood in Tana River County, Kenya after a heavy rainfall.
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In African coastal communities, traditional knowledge helps residents to anticipate and prepare for potential flooding events.
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Africa needs to advocate more aggressively for its own interests when it comes to negotiating debt terms.
A protester holds a placard reading ‘down with Ecowas’ during a rally in Bamako on 1 February 2024.
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Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have much to lose if they cannot migrate to and from neighbouring countries in Ecowas.
South Sudan delegates sign a peace deal to end civil war in 2018.
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A major hurdle in South Sudan is the presence of detractors who could undermine the successful implementation of peace agreements.
People attend a demonstration to bring awareness to the mass ethnic cleansing of Amharas in Oromia region of Ethiopia in June 2022.
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The peace agreement was short-lived largely due to the absence of open and genuine commitments by both sides.
Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits a marine base in Port Sudan on 28 August 2023.
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Sudan Armed Forces have made a series of military and political blunders that could hasten the collapse of the state.
People protest against the conflict in eastern DRC during an African Union assembly in Addis Ababa on 17 February 2024.
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Protests in Kinshasa are an indictment of the lack of attention to the Congolese crisis.
Women work in a field in Oromia, Ethiopia. The region is one of the country’s most important food producers.
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Oromia is a cultural, economic and political powerhouse. It significantly shapes Ethiopia’s identity and trajectory.
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A significant number of older adults in rural South Africa are HIV-positive. Awareness programmes and self-testing would reduce cases.
Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat (L), US president Jimmy Carter and Israeli premier Menachem Begin at the Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement signing in 1979.
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Undermining the delicate relations between Israel and Egypt could potentially grant Hamas a strategic political achievement.
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?