West African cuisine makes significant use of fermented condiments.
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Fermented foods are a key component of west African cuisine. Making them safer for consumption should be a priority.
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With the right investment in health and education, Nigeria’s high population can spur economic development.
Access to clean water is a major issue in Nigeria.
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Nigerians lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities despite investment in these areas. Procurement law contributes to this inadvertently.
Mozambican Armed Defence Forces being inspected in Cabo Delgado Province.
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In parts of Nigeria and Mozambique, the central governments and state institutions are either absent or unable to address the dire socio-economic conditions and related instability.
Nigeria’s Senate president, Godswill Akpabio (middle), takes the oath of office on 13 June 2023.
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Nigeria’s National Assembly must not shirk its oversight responsibilities, focusing on four priorities will be a good place to start.
European Union election observers in Zimbabwe during the 2018 general elections.
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Observers regularly face dangers owing to political instability, insecurity, violence and other crises in some countries.
President Bola Tinubu takes oath of office at his inauguration ceremony in Abuja on 29 May 2023.
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For Nigeria’s new security chiefs to succeed, there is the need to depoliticise, demilitarise, and optimise operational capabilities of the armed forces.
10 tons of ammunition previously laid in civilian settlements by Libyan militia and Wagner group mercenaries .
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The Wagner rebellion in Russia has implications for African countries that depend on mercenaries and non-state armed groups for security.
Mobile money operators using point of sale machines are increasingly popular in Nigeria.
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More Nigerians are using mobile money but it is fraught with inherent dangers that must be tackled.
Increases in the number of women lawyers does not equate institutional change in the legal profession.
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Philanthropic investments must support the capacity of women in law and leadership.
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Africa contributes less than 1% of research worldwide on movement behaviours in children. This means that research on movement behaviours has largely excluded over 16% of the world’s population.
Lack of a proper storage and transport medium is a challenge to organ donation in Africa.
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Demand for human organs has surpassed supply. This is leading to serious problems including a flourishing black market for organ trafficking.
A man exchanges Nigeria’s Naira for US dollars in Lagos in April 2021.
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Nigeria’s new foreign exchange policy promises to discourage rent-seeking, attract foreign investment, boost exports and prevent the dollarisation of the economy but consistency is key to success.
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Health workers with relatives in positions of power were frequently absent from work.
Rice is widely eaten in Nigeria.
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Nigeria can produce more rice to feed its burgeoning population by harnessing its wastewater.
People fleeing war-torn Sudan on 13 May 2023.
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A spiralling Sudan will affect peace and security in the Lake Chad Basin region, of which Nigeria is a member.
Trucks, with goods, abandoned on Nigeria’s East-West highway cut off by flood in October 2022.
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Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu faces a number of challenges. But climate change cannot be ignored.
An internally displaced person prepares a meal for her family inside an IDP camp in Benue State in northcentral Nigeria in January 2022.
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Two formidable forces have converged to push Nigeria’s food security to the brink: climate change, with its unpredictable weather patterns, and terrorism.
The late Peter Enahoro.
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Peter Enahoro, Nigerian journalist, columnist and author, died on 24 April 2023.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives to attend his swearing-in ceremony at Eagle Square venue, Abuja, on May 29, 2023.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherits major security challenges. Job creation, poverty alleviation and inclusive growth may be the solution.