Sudan Armed Forces have made a series of military and political blunders that could hasten the collapse of the state.
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Coca-Cola has often been entangled with key political moments in Africa since its arrival in the early 1900s.
Ghana and other west African cocoa growing countries must harness their combined bargaining strength to address the challenges plaguing cocoa farming.
China is moving beyond oil and extractive commodities towards industrial production, job creation and investments that lead to exports.
Ethnic politics, the presence of foreign troops and the weaknesses of past responses to coups encouraged Niger’s recent military takeover.
The restitution of looted objects from former colonies in Africa is an essential component of post-colonial reparation.
The strong trade relationship with the EU means policy changes like the border tax may have disproportionately significant effects on African economies.
Africans should get more credit for the abolition of the slave trade.
This was an area in which early anatomically modern humans survived, evolved and thrived, before spreading out of Africa to other continents.
Butterflies are sentinel species – their interactions with landscapes help scientists understand other insects better.
Biological and chemical substances are the most common food contaminants and account for over 200 food-borne illnesses.
Both cults and violent extremist movements have similar push and pull factors at the individual level.
Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries
Instead of the deluge of external interventions, ways must be found to build resilience from below, drawing on local practices and networks.
The Ugandan militant remains on the run despite a US$5 million bounty on his head for war crimes committed between 1987 and 2006.
Cholera has persisted longer in Africa largely due to worsening hygiene and sanitation situations in urban areas.
Ahead of 2023 general elections, there are increasing concerns that the current spate of violence in Nigeria, if unchecked, could undermine electoral outcomes.
Leaders at the centre of the Ethio-Tigray war don’t believe in equal partnership. In their political cultures, winners take all.
Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
Nigeria must strengthen its democratic institutions and improve governance for economic development.
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Assistant Professor, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Emeritus Research Professor of African Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Head of the Chemistry Divison, Ain Shams University
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Professor, Weber State University
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Professor of Sociology and Global and Africana Studies, University of Tennessee
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Chief Research Scientist and Director, Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Professor of Comparative and Evolutionary Neurobiology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Historical climate and weather, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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