Tanzania opposition party leader Freeman Mbowe (centre) after being released from prison in Dar es Salaam in 2020.
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Despite the relative political stability over the years, Tanzania needs a new constitution to address contemporary challenges and strengthen institutions.
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Leaders in Africa need to develop practical ways to achieve their aspirations.
African countries must include all migrant populations in their vaccination plans.
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Failure to ensure access for all to prevention and treatment, including vaccines, undermines national responses to COVID-19.
An inmate busy in the woodwork area of The Leeuwkop Correctional Facility.
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One way to break the cycles that return offenders to prison is through the way society treats ex-offenders, providing them with basic human needs such as employment.
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Investment in preventing violence against children is a long-term strategy for a sustainable future, and it requires urgent action.
Women from the Tana River delta carrying water.
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With higher warming levels, most of the spaces in which species can survive will be lost and the potential for restoration will become more limited.
The Bui Dam is a tangible reminder of China’s influence in Ghana.
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China’s engagement with Ghana was solidified by its willingness to undertake an expensive project Western partners had run away from.
South African Defence Force troops on patrol in Alexandra, Johannesburg, following recent violence and looting.
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The army may help create a more stable and secure environment in the short term, but this is unlikely to result in sustainable and lasting peace.
Ghanaian students attend a class in a madrasa or Muslim school.
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Although Ghana has not been affected by religious conflict, the ways youth from the Muslim minority relate to their nation is an important question.
Hope Masike performs at Gallery Delta in the documentary Art for Art’s Sake.
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Gallerist and writer Robert Huggins and his wife, the artist Helen Lieros, have passed away. But their lives are a testament to what kind of impact one African art gallery can have.
Demonstrators in Johannesburg march against environmental damage done by coal.
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There is significant potential for the community trusts to improve the financial position of communities. But it’s not happening.
Ghana’s population has expanded its data categories
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Ghana’s latest population census offers a window into the contested terrain of population statistics.
Trucks and business were looted and burnt during recent riots in South Africa.
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The violence wreaked its damage because South Africa’s journey to democracy remains incomplete. It sends a sharp message that the country must look its past far more squarely in the eye.
Nigerian naval members sit in a vessel during a multinational maritime exercise.
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For the Deep Blue Project to work the government must address the factors that enable piracy and insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a speech next to a statue of the late former president Nelson Mandela in Cape Town in 2020.
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The extent to which presidents adhere to the constitutional written code will have profound implications in relation to their use of executive power.
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Hunger is not the cause of the current social upheaval. But, taken along with other deep-rooted structural inequalities, it provides additional fuel for socio-political conflagration.
Machine learning can change patient care in Nigeria for good.
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Machine learning offers improved access to affordable testing and quality of care for those who are unaware of their hepatitis B status.
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South Africa's recent violence is a cause for concern but there are opportunities to build a stronger nation.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives to cast his vote during the country’s parliamentary elections in Beshasha, Oromia, in June.
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Instead of fanning the flames, the West needs to be even-handed in bringing the warring sides to the table.
Despite protests, sexual harassment in newsrooms in Africa remains common.
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The negative cycle of sexual harassment is entrenched because not much is done about it when it is reported in newsrooms.