Vulturine guineafowl groups travel together to the river in the dry season.
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Vulturine guineafowl were found to live in large, sexually mixed groups. These seem to have social preferences for certain other groups.
Online education can help meet the increasing demand for self-paced professional development opportunities for academics.
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In a resource constrained environment, doctoral supervisors can benefit from professional development courses presented fully online
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Women have to push through barriers to access higher education.
Millions of people in the Horn of Africa lack safe, reliable and affordable water throughout the year.
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Drought-driven humanitarian emergencies can be prevented if groundwater is reliably made available at strategic locations.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory.
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As Kenya and Somalia scramble for offshore oil and gas, foreign investors wait eagerly on the sidelines
Dagahaley – one of three camps that make up Kenya’s sprawling Dadaab refugee camp.
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Many African countries host large numbers of asylum seekers. But should they be held in camps, or be allowed to integrate into cities?
Primary school can be demanding and hard to follow for children without previous experience of learning in a classroom setting.
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Research shows that children who had preschool education were less likely to drop out of school and have higher levels of literacy when they reach adolescence.
The “marketisation” of universities means students are viewed as consumers.
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The commercialisation of universities in Kenya poses a serious threat to academic freedom.
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Kenya’s constitution protects children from all forms of violence, but the country’s implementation strategies are weak.
Diani Beach, Kenya.
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Government leadership is needed to manage the aquifer as a system for all, including environmental services, rather than for the powerful few.
Syringe and cooked heroin.
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Most Kenyan women were introduced into drug use by male sexual partners in their teenage years.
A UN Security Council session in New York. Kenya wants a seat at the table.
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The country has not had a seat at the Security Council table for 24 years.
The Conversation Africa is expanding in West Africa.
Nairobi River flows through a low-income settlement.
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There are huge holes in the governance of Nairobi river and city’s waste which means the river’s condition has deteriorated.
Taking a loan has never been easier thanks to the proliferation of mobile lending platforms.
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Mobile loan platforms have given Kenyans access to easy loans, but they come at a high price.
Kenyan soldiers at a prayer service in 2016 to honour compatriots killed in an attack on their Somali base by Al-Shabaab militants.
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New evidence has made possible a more accurate estimate of how many African personnel have died since the Somalia mission deployed in March 2007.
Children play on a see-saw at Nyumbani AIDS orphanage on the outskirts of the Kenya capital Nairobi.
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Kenya announced plans in 2017 for a long-term action plan to end the institutionalisation of children.
3D illustration of Helicobacter Pylori in the stomach.
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Because Helicobacter Pylori is contagious, treating it properly is key to preventing its spread.
Ghana is very protective of its cultural heritage.
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New regulations on the use of folklore are a hindrance to local artists.
Rural healthcare services are best supported by midlevel workers.
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Midlevel health workers can provide diagnostic and therapeutic services with lower entry qualification requirements and shorter training periods than doctors.