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The world faces compounding crises in food availability. Efforts in Sierra Leone to address these challenges could serve as a foundation for wider food security initiatives.
China’s interests in Africa stretch back decades.
Gaz the farmer clears his throat, and we begin again to talk about Gaz the gangster.
Virologist Wolfgang Preiser and paediatrician Ndia Sam-Agudu talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the latest mpox epidemic and how the disease has been ignored in Africa.
We can’t rely on rich countries to donate mpox vaccines. Here’s what we need to do instead.
Millions more are now at risk from the escalating violence in the east of the DRC.
The name Africa was given to the continent by European explorers, exploiters, slavers and colonists. It ignores the indigenous people and their accomplishments.
The world’s youngest nation set a date for its first post-independence elections as intense anticipation reflects both an urgent need for stability and the high stakes involved.
For the majority of the population, the risk appears to be very low. And for the higher-risk groups, we should be able to manage any outbreaks.
A 2010 constitution offered Kenyans economic and social rights that have faded in the face of mounting national debt.
Africa has the high-quality iron ore needed to make green steel along with abundant energy and a local demand set to climb ten-fold.
WHO’s declaration this week is not for a pandemic. The measures it triggers are designed to prevent mpox from becoming one.
Africa’s Sahel region is engulfed by violence, and now there are fears that the conflict could take another bloody turn.
Dozens of Russian fighters were killed in confrontation with rebel groups in Mali amid speculation that Ukrainian intelligence played a role.
Research in Africa needs to ensure that the voices of indigenous communities are recognised and respected.
For want of state support or formal employers, slum dwellers in South Africa and Kenya rely on street savvy, friends and a strong tolerance for hardship and precarity to do business.
Outside fighters are not merely mercenaries – they are participants in a deeply rooted, historically complex struggle for resources.
In South Africa, huge stockpiles of rhino horn are kept, even though there’s a global ban on trading it.
Humans aren’t the only animals that have names for each other − and studying animals that use names can teach researchers more about how human names evolved.
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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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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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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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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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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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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Visiting Professor of Sustainability Science, Technical University of Denmark
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
