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African countries are playing their part in fighting climate change but western nations need to come to the party.
Crowds gather to protest the coup in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
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Sudan has needed and will require compromise and principled political goodwill to realise a difficult transition from military rule.
Cocoa farming in West Africa is tinged with socio-cultural activities that are misunderstood by the West.
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Cocoa buyers and chocolate manufacturers still use various strategies to deflect when the issue of child slavery is raised
Soldiers from the French Army in Mali. The withdrawal of troops has begun.
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There are few visible results on the ground after eight years of war in Mali.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia.
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Communicating scientific findings is a potential route to reach common ground and avoid political tensions in the Nile region
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari signs a document alongside Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami
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A state of emergency can be easily abused and lead to violations of fundamental human rights.
Zimbabwe holds important lessons for the COP26 global climate change talks.
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The focus of climate talks has been on how little time is left is for global action. But climate change has already made tobacco farming, potentially a route out of poverty, unviable for some.
The world’s poorest countries will be hit hardest by climate hazards and climate change driven extreme weather events.
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Without financial support that helps communities adapt to climate impacts, climate change is projected to push tens of millions more Africans into extreme poverty by 2030.
Floodwaters in the town of Bushmans River in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
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The picture seems hopeless, but with mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies driven through COP26, southern Africa can reduce the impacts of climate change on local livelihoods.
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (foreground centre) and Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (right) tour the armed forces general command in Khartoum.
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Competing visions of Sudan’s future are coming to a head with the democratic aspirations of millions hanging in the balance.
Russia flaunts its strategic nuclear missiles during Victory Day parade rehearsals in 2019.
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African states have an important role to play in promoting a total ban on nuclear weapons.
South Africa’s current basic education system and the grading standard produce poor academic quality.
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South Africa’s Department of Basic Education is more concerned about the proportion of pupils that pass to make school leavers and their parents happy.
Soldiers gesture while standing on guard during Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri on June 17, 2021.
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The Nigerian military needs a systemic approach to solving family disruptions and strains often caused by personnel deployment away from home.
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Governments are purposefully using laws that lack clarity, or ignore laws completely, to carry out illegal surveillance of their citizens.
Resolutions should include dialogues with all parties involved in the herders-farmers conflict.
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Farmer-herder conflict is taking its toll on productivity in northern Nigeria. Efforts to solve this problem must include all stakeholders and take into account their concerns.
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Why is Rwanda getting involved in Mozambique? What does the country stand to gain?
The growth in tobacco use in Africa is a potential public health catastrophe.
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Globally, about 1 million deaths annually are related to exposure to second-hand smoke. Thirteen African countries have implemented comprehensive smoke-free bans.
Stability and peace cannot be produced by importing legal experts to hold workshops and advise on laws.
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Shari’a, most certainly, is not just a tool of violent radicals with a particular set of ideas about sexual morality and gender relations.
Former South African Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
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A strong, courageous and dedicated Chief Justice will provide the leadership desperately needed to turn the administration of justice around.
Kenyan athlete Agnes Tirop was recently killed.
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Statistics show that about 41% of women in Kenya have reported physical or sexual violence from their husbands or partners in their lifetime.