The aftermath of tropical cyclone Idai, which made landfall near Beira, Mozambique earlier this year.
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As storm directions change, countries that are outside the usual tropical storm zones need to ready themselves.
Activists celebrate outside the High Court in Gaborone, Botswana on June 11, 2019. Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex.
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The recent ruling to decriminalize same sex behaviour in Botswana may have a positive impact on the rest of southern Africa.
Senegalese women cast their ballots in the presidential elections in February.
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Africa’s democracies have grown stronger during a period in which the world is backsliding on democracy.
Aerial view of Port Louis, Mauritius.
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A significant change in political mentality is required to shore up one of Africa’s leading lights.
Botswana’s LGBTI community is celebrating the decriminalisation of gay sex.
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By placing less emphasis on public opinion, and questioning public morality as the basis of its decision, the latest High Court decision shows that times have indeed changed.
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The UK must accept that colonialism belongs in the history books, and that it must comply with its obligations under international law.
Smoking is a threat to public health.
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Ghana is the latest country in Africa to mandate the use of pictures on cigarette packages to convey health warnings.
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The UK has been humiliated by a judgment that offers hope to other nations looking to unburden themselves from the legacy of imperialism.
The change in leadership is one of the factors that led to the decriminalisation of homosexual relationships in Angola.
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Angola’s new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
Different approaches to e-governance could bear fruit for African countries.
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African countries’ adoption of e-government platforms hasn’t served the majority of their citizens.
A pink pigeon in the wild of Mauritius.
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Pink pigeons may make more charismatic subjects for our adoration, but their feral relatives who keep us company in towns and cities are just as deserving.
Physics teachers often pass on misconceptions to their pupils.
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By improving trainee physics teachers’ content knowledge and skills, we make them better.
A significant number of South Africans can’t find jobs and scrounge for a living on the sidelines of the economy.
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South Africa’s jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
Malagasy people take part in famadihana, the ritual of the dead, to honour their ancestors.
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Africans have steadfastly responded to oppression through culture.
Diego Garcia, as seen from space.
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The UK is increasingly isolated in its claim to the Chagos Islands. If an international court finds in Mauritius’s favour, the implications could be huge.
The myth of the empty sea is largely the product of European imperialisms and their map-making.
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A new project takes a different look at the role of oceans.
People from the DRC flee the fighting. Movement of people is restricted across the continent.
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The free movement of people between African countries could facilitate economic development.
Child marriages remain a problem in Mauritius.
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Laws in Mauritius allow minors to marry while some cultures on the island are tolerant of child marriage.
President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni refuses to relinquish power.
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Not all African leaders are willing to be swept by the democratic reforms of the early 2000s.
Education empowers young people like Sarah Nasira, a Kenyan pupil leading a class.
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Authors Lutz and Klingholz explore how mass literacy became a revolution that changed the world.