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Africa’s democracies have grown stronger during a period in which the world is backsliding on democracy.
A significant change in political mentality is required to shore up one of Africa’s leading lights.
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.
The UK must accept that colonialism belongs in the history books, and that it must comply with its obligations under international law.
Ghana is the latest country in Africa to mandate the use of pictures on cigarette packages to convey health warnings.
The UK has been humiliated by a judgment that offers hope to other nations looking to unburden themselves from the legacy of imperialism.
Angola’s new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
African countries’ adoption of e-government platforms hasn’t served the majority of their citizens.
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.
By improving trainee physics teachers’ content knowledge and skills, we make them better.
South Africa’s jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
Africans have steadfastly responded to oppression through culture.
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.
A new project takes a different look at the role of oceans.
The free movement of people between African countries could facilitate economic development.
Laws in Mauritius allow minors to marry while some cultures on the island are tolerant of child marriage.
Not all African leaders are willing to be swept by the democratic reforms of the early 2000s.
Authors Lutz and Klingholz explore how mass literacy became a revolution that changed the world.
A precursor to the Square Kilometre Array- the MeerKAT telescope - is being built right now and remarkable progress has been made in the last 12 months.
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SARCHI Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University
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Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Law, Lund University
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Professor & Head, School of Science & Mathematics, Mauritius Institute of Education
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Director and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Democracy scholar and Associate Professor in Media and Political Systems, University of Mauritius
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Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in Environment and Sustainability, Keele University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD Candidate, climate change science, Nagasaki University
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Professor of Marine Biology and Head of School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University
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Senior Economist, IFC/WBG, United Nations University
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Professor of Higher Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Director & SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria
