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Ottawa’s travel ban against African countries made clear its underlying policy: What matters is not your test result, but where you’ve been. It’s yet another example of anti-Africa discrimation.
The African continent stands to lose the most from climate change - here’s what local governments can do to protect it.
The pandemic has increased vulnerability and poverty for female-headed households more than for male-headed households.
Africa can make important contributions to the issues on the agenda: defending against authoritarianism; fighting corruption; and respect for human rights.
Ghanaian postcolonial intellectuals viewed terms such as development, neo-colonialism, self-reliance, and indigeneity as central to discussions of global inequalities.
African countries can’t afford to tread water waiting for the global multilateral and private financing system to become more equitable.
TikTok has exploded in popularity among young people in Nigeria. Here’s why it’s such a hit.
Bearing the burden of policies on conservation, together with the impact of out-competition by other sectors within the blue economy, has led to increased poverty in fishing communities.
Violence in Ethiopia could cause ripples across the Horn of Africa, destabilizing the region.
Military expenditure is a relevant policy option in reducing the negative effect of terrorism on economic growth in Africa.
Central banks have a responsibility in addressing the challenge of climate change. But how? Experts explore some ideas.
Livelihoods which communities have relied on for centuries are being criminalised by heavy-handed state restrictions.
Benin’s new abortion law will take a woman’s educational, professional and material situation into consideration.
Damon Galgut joins a distinguished line of South African authors, who are grappling with the complex dynamics of the country’s white community in their writing.
Migration can be a matter of life and death, but religion can help people cope.
Plus, why reusable food containers aren’t always better for the environment than disposable ones. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
Young people’s use of technology such as Twitter shows that they are interested in politics and governance and have found a way to participate.
Africans are stereotyped as having no regard for time and timing. This is a myth.
Africa was divided by European imperialists depending on what each desired in natural resources
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, 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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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 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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Instructor of Political Science, James Madison University
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Full Professor of Political Economy, University of Pretoria
