South Africa’s embrace of international conventions has buttressed the country’s reputation in statistical circles. But these global standards prove a poor fit for the country.
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The grim facts are undisputed: the current Ebola outbreak is expanding, largely unabated.
The data suggest that boys experience as much disadvantage as girls.
Kidnapping in Nigeria has blossomed into a burgeoning criminal enterprise.
The presidents’ wives hold a lot of sway within the political power structure.
It’s an achievement in itself that Malawi is holding its sixth multi-party national elections since its transition from dictatorship under former President Kamuzu Banda.
The African Union’s policy offers no wriggle room for a discretionary response to coups, a scourge that imperils the consolidation of democracy.
The recent election has shown again that the extremism which worries democrats in much of the world has little traction in South Africa.
In matters of policy-making and governing, understanding the systemic complexity of interrelated forces is crucial to avoiding failure.
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In Ethiopia, boys are more likely to go to school than girls are. Role models can change this.
Africa is home to the world’s fastest growing cities. However, poor governance has robbed the continent of the benefits of people and firms clustering together.
In Nigeria, the government often uses the army to restore order and to keep the peace, largely because the police are unable to contain internal violent conflicts.
There are challenges that Sudan must overcome before power is transferred to its people.
Women in disaster zones are frequently targeted by sexual predators who take advantage of their vulnerability.
In some Nigerian universities, wealthy female students engage in trasnactional sex for pleasure, while those that needed financial support did it for the money.
The EFF’s militarised aesthetic is more than a sideshow. It forms a key part of its spectacle-oriented brand of politics.
Despite taking a step backwards, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights can redeem itself by continuing to protect the rights of LGBTQ persons on the continent
Over the past few years, heads of department and chief financial officers in South Africa have been placed under enormous pressure by politicians to bend compliance rules.
Links between groups within the Kivu province and the Islamic state are not new.
The mere presence of NGOs, no matter their size or aims, inadvertently reduced the legitimacy of local village headmen.
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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