Governments are purposefully using laws that lack clarity, or ignore laws completely, to carry out illegal surveillance of their citizens.
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Studying ancient DNA in Africa is valuable for understanding human evolution, population migrations, and human history locally, regionally and globally.
Globally, about 1 million deaths annually are related to exposure to second-hand smoke. Thirteen African countries have implemented comprehensive smoke-free bans.
Statistics show that about 41% of women in Kenya have reported physical or sexual violence from their husbands or partners in their lifetime.
African countries cannot be ignored, or just listened to. Their needs should shape the agenda.
The UN’s Security Council is dominated by the veto-wielding permanent five members and attempts at reform continue to be plagued by obstacles.
The next year appears likely to bring another sequence of La Niña-related droughts to eastern East Africa. The time to act is now or many will suffer.
It sounds like a mammoth plan, but bringing back large herbivore species to Europe could help mitigate ecosystem collapse.
Kala-azar, already one of the most neglected diseases on the planet, is in danger of becoming even more neglected.
Ghana is losing out the booming global cashew industry in terms
of job and revenue generations.
Research questions the idea that getting commercial seeds and fertilisers to smallholder farmers will double yields and incomes.
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The place names of Nairobi’s informal settlements offer a glimpse into the realities of people who live there.
Corporate governance reforms should be viewed as a cog within a big wheel and accompanied by appropriate changes to the enabling infrastructure.
Countries must be encouraged to distribute essential healthcare provision - like diagnosis - to where people most need them and where they can be accessed more easily.
Every increase in one degree of global warming will increase losses of crops to insects from 10% to 25%.
Kenya’s dominance in distance running has been repeatedly tested, most recently by the emergence of Ethiopia as a powerhouse.
Uganda is making an effort in a neighbourhood where few other countries have the same enthusiasm.
Most countries in Africa have chosen to separate the issue of the Palestinians from economic cooperation with Israel.
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Eurobonds are costly for governments. But they are also attractive because investors buy them without preconditions.
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