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In South Africa, huge stockpiles of rhino horn are kept, even though there’s a global ban on trading it.
Elephants have close social bonds, which may have led to the evolution of name-like calls.
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Humans aren’t the only animals that have names for each other − and studying animals that use names can teach researchers more about how human names evolved.
Economic development is a primary factor contributing to rising obesity rates in developing countries.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a continent just grappling with hunger and starvation — it is now also dealing with obesity and overweight.
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Giraffe necks are a hot topic among biologists. A new study contradicts an older theory that says male giraffes need long necks to fight over mates.
ANC leader and South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, attends an election rally at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2024.
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Polls suggest the ANC is set to lose its majority in South Africa.
Inadequate logistical support inflates costs and deters trade in Africa.
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African countries require efficient infrastructure networks to boost trade within the region and with the rest of the world.
Demonstrators rally near the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan in April 2019. Protests led by neighbourhood resistance committees and the Sudanese Professionals Association - an umbrella group of unions - forced President Omar al-Bashir from power on April 11, 2019.
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In Sudan, amid a growing humanitarian crisis caused by a year-long and ongoing war, neighbourhood organizations have stepped in as first responders, and to lead the call for peace.
Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces on Aug. 14, 2023.
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Tehran is supplying weapons to the Sudanese Armed Forces as they fight a paramilitary group for control of the nation.
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Social media platforms need to open up data to Africans and researchers in the global south.
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As climate change ravages coastal livelihoods, piracy is on the rise, imperilling seafarers and trade.
Much of Haiti is in the control of armed gang leaders such as Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier.
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Kenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African leader − and one that comes as Haiti’s crisis spirals.
Neanderthal skull (foreground) contrasted with that of a modern human from the Palaeolithic.
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The two human species had many similarities but their communication would have been different.
Fighting between the army and paramilitaries has seen Sudan descend into civil war.
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With both sides in Sudan’s civil war accused of recruiting Islamist militiamen, terrorist groups look set to capitalize on a power vacuum.
People parading a Russian flag around the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Niger’s military government sides with Russia in the latest sign of Moscow’s growing influence in Africa.
Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, in June 2023, as fighting between the SAF and the RSF continues.
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Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
Pygmy blue whale subspecies.
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The first dedicated scientific surveys have confirmed the presence of blue whales in Seychelles.
Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma: two very different styles of governing.
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The second episode of What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa?, a three-part podcast series on The Conversation Weekly. Featuring interviews with Mashupye Maserumule and Michael Sachs.
Nelson Mandela casts his vote in South Africa’s 1994 election.
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The first episode of What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa?, a three-part podcast series on The Conversation Weekly. Featuring interviews with Steven Friedman and Sandy Africa.
While racist stereotypes have faced increasing criticism in recent years, anti-Black racism endures, sustained in part by a form of white fragility.
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Insights from the book White Fragility also shed light into racism in Arab society.
Nelson Mandela takes the oath as South Africa’s president in Pretoria on 10 May 1994.
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A lot of good has happened since apartheid ended in 1994. Sadly, 30 years on, the country is in a political and economic crisis. Many are questioning the choices of the past three decades.