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African governments have more influence on China-funded projects than mainstream narratives acknowledge.
Despite denunciations of discrimination against French-speaking students who want to settle in Canada, particularly Africans, the federal government does not seem to want to act.
An agreement to end conflict is only one small step in an often long process.
As the United States government builds economic and security ties with African countries, some of those countries are encouraging African Americans to establish social and economic ties in Africa.
The failure to hold the perpetrators of the Darfur genocide accountable has led to further instability in Sudan.
By generating new high-resolution maps, researchers found cocoa plantations were causing far worse forest destruction in West Africa than previously thought.
China’s population decline and intensive ageing will offer opportunities and risks to African countries.
Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.
Sudan’s location and natural resources have attracted international partners keen to benefit either geopolitically or economically.
Growing legumes could at once provide African farmers with fertilisers and food crops. However, researchers warn this is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
The voices and actions of women who were enslaved reveal how oppression works and what made a difference to those exposed to it
Plans by European states to outsource their asylum procedures to African states often fail and don’t offer political alternatives to asylum in Europe.
Violence in Sudan threatens to throw the troubled nation into chaos. A scholar of the region explains what is going on and what’s at stake.
DNA analysis sheds light on important societies within Africa that existed before colonialism.
Slow growth of exports and tourism and a resurgence of global inflation have created dollar shortages in some African economies.
Less than half of the children aged 0-14 who have TB are diagnosed – so they never even start treatment.
Aquifers are highly prevalent across Africa – but they’re not always going to be usable.
Bird flu has been recurring in Africa since 2006 and Nigeria is heavily affected. High-level biosecurity measures are required to keep people and animals safe.
The Covid-19 pandemic will long be remembered for the lockdowns it imposed and the millions of lives it stole. A recent Unesco report reveals that it has also took a large toll on world heritage sites.
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Visiting Professor of Sustainability Science, Technical University of Denmark
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Scientific Officer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Associate Professor, History, La Trobe University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Tasmania
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
