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Reforms that will entrench constitutionalism, the rule of law, and political inclusion will solve Africa's security problems, not moving the US Africa Command headquarters to the continent.
Around the world, fragile coastal ecosystems are under intense pressure, and understanding and managing their complex interactions requires an integrated and interdisciplinary approach.
A small child buried almost 80,000 years ago in a cave in Kenya shows how ancient humans treated the dead.
Burials seem to have been uncommon in Africa some 80,000 years ago, although they were widespread in Eurasia.
Digital media shutdowns in Africa will lead to higher economic costs and greater public outrage.
Plus, why women join Al-Shabaab in Kenya. Listen to episode 12 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Africa’s urban challenges are increasingly well known and documented. But the amount of data produced on urban Africa still pales in comparison to other parts of the world.
Stenophylla's black cherries have brightened prospects for a coffee supply that can withstand rising disease, pests and droughts.
India and South Africa are pressing the World Trade Organization to waive patent rights to help ramp up vaccine production. There's a better solution.
Nigeria and China should work more on the relationship between their citizens so that the two countries can continue to have good bilateral relations.
Advanced techniques allowed our research team to build an open database of billions of individual trees and challenge some common perceptions about vegetation in arid and semi-arid zones.
New evidence affirms that significant, long-standing inter-group cultural differences shaped the later stages of human evolution in Africa.
African governments, firms and donor agencies should align their efforts to support the local manufacture of vaccines and other health equipment in African countries.
Data suggests that Africa as a whole suffers a relatively high rate of casualties at munition sites where there are unplanned explosions.
Whether they are winemakers, winery owners, cellar managers or sommeliers, women entrepreneurs are evolving in the wine industry - a traditional men’s world.
Engineering students in Malawi and Tanzania have used the materials and tools available to them to build ventilators, personal protective equipment and UV disinfection systems.
Despite millions of free homes built since 1994, spatial inequality in South Africa remains high. A study evaluating a programme to boost rentals in well-located areas found mixed results, however.
Biosphere reserves are the living labs in which people and nature learn how to live and thrive together. Four pilot sites in Africa show the programme's promise.
Long thought to have originated in Ancient Greece, the golden ratio that forms the basis of the Swiss design style may have first emerged in Africa.
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, University of Pretoria
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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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Gilles Pison is a Friend of The Conversation.
Anthropologue et démographe, professeur au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle et chercheur associé à l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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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
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Full Professor of Political Economy, University of Pretoria
