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It’s a decade since US beekeepers first noticed that their bees were mysteriously dying. Now we know much more about Colony Collapse Disorder, raising hopes that we can turn bees’ fortunes around.
Never before in French presidential elections have commentators and pundits expressed alarming concern about the size of the blank voting.
French voters should understand what it means to live in a country where autocratic populism is the rule.
France’s two presidential candidates diverge markedly on many issues, but nothing is as divisive as France’s relationship with the EU.
Too many able-bodied Paraguayans are underemployed, fuelling frustration and entrenching inequality.
Trump’s encouragement of Duterte suggests that US pressure on regimes around the world to uphold civil liberties may have become a thing of the past.
Africa’s energy potential remains under-exploited, the energy entrepreneur is well-positioned to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the energy sector.
Trump’s review on H1-B visa will directly impact high-skilled Indian workers.
(UPDATED) If the military abandons Venezuela’s power-grabbing president, it’s game over for the Maduro regime.
By committing ourselves to understanding how interventions work on the ground, we have the opportunity to save the millions who die unnecessarily each and every year.
More than 788 health facilities have been destroyed in parts of North-Eastern Nigeria captured by Boko Haram insurgents, crippling health services in the area.
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform the eurozone if elected is easier made than implemented.
The person who takes office on July 1 2017 will have significant impact on the organisation, and on all of global health.
Laws cannot keep pace with technological advances – but that may not be a bad thing.
On World Press Freedom Day, we must deal with the threat data collection and surveillance poses to journalism.
People in some of the most unequal countries in the world think theirs is the paradigm of meritocracy. Can the data help explain this phenomenon?
A global approach to African history complements the radical post-colonial histories, while also asserting the role of the continent in the world’s global pasts and present.
To tackle diseases like meningitis, African governments must find fresh ways to fight for lower cost vaccines.
Migration and asylum issues have come to epitomise France’s political tensions and to reflect the critical decisions that will face its next president.
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore
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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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Open Evidence Research, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
