The increasingly well-coordinated global anti-vaccine movement has repurposed itself to challenge the very reality of COVID-19.
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A safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be developed in record time and may be approved for production, distribution and acceptance some time in 2021.
Professor Christian Happi, director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, displays one of the most advanced automated acid extractors being used in the laboratory.
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To effectively control COVID-19 and prevent a future pandemic, Nigeria needs to start investing heavily in science research.
A child who fled from Central African Republic attending a class at a refugee camp in Chad.
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Attacks on schools and children evoke a strong emotional response, which is a definitive goal of terrorist groups.
Anger continues in Nigeria after a shooting in Lagos during ongoing protests against police brutality.
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The International Criminal Court has been called to investigate the shooting of unarmed protesters in Lagos.
Young Nigerians display placards in support of the ongoing protests against police brutality.
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With 70 percent of its people under 30 years, Nigeria needs to harness the strength in its youthful population.
Children playing in a village in Ondo state in Nigeria.
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Large numbers of young people can represent great economic potential. But this only works if Nigeria can invest in their health and education and new economic opportunities.
Densely populated areas, like Mathare in Kenya, enable viruses to spread rapidly.
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Slums are a challenge for controlling the pandemic. Strengthening their fragile healthcare provision would help mitigate the effects of COVID-19 and future pandemics.
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It's time to talk about police in Nigeria and the issues around special forces.
Nigerian youths are often stereotyped and harassed by the police for being in possession of a laptop or iPhone.
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They are often framed as lazy and fraudulent and are constantly harassed by the police. Now, it seems they have had enough. We explore what it takes to be a young Nigerian living in Nigeria.
Nigerian youths protest against police brutality.
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Although the Nigerian government has announced the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, protesters have not let up. They are now calling for wider reforms.
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Genetic diversity of a parasite population might help us watch for drug-resistant parasites.
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The fact that the colonial system was essentially a commercial expedition meant that the outcome was the creation of corporate entities rather than nation states.
Journalists need to be sensitised to the need for gender representation in media content.
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The media’s muting of women’s voices when reporting the COVID-19 crisis keeps women on the margins.
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For young Nigerian protesters on social media and on the streets, #ENDSARS is as much an expression of a will to modernity as it is a yearning to be treated with dignity.
Nurses working in a South African COVID-19 clinic, based on a train, which travels to reach different communities.
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When it comes to leadership and innovation, there’s much that industrialised nations can learn.
Plastic pollution remains a topmost environmental concern
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Microplastics could pose a threat to the sustenance of aquatic biodiversity when ingested by animals.
Young Nigerians protesting against the excesses of a special police squad in the country.
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The dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad is the first step, but Nigeria needs a complete reform of its police.
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Despite same-sex relations being criminal, social media is a space to come out and speak back to homophobia for the Nigerian tweeters in the study.
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, holding a placard, leading a protest in Lagos.
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Religion has often been a key motivation for philanthropy and economic fairness. Africans in the diaspora champion this.
Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), arrives at Parliament wearing a hard hat and overall to show solidarity with coal mine workers.
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From red berets to full-on cosplaying, leaders across the continent have a robust relationship with fashion.