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The Banyamulenge have been viewed as strangers in their own country – the violence targeting them revolves around this misconception.
Chad fulfils all conditions to be affected by Islamist terrorism. But the threat so far comes from its neighbours, not from the inside.
Average farm machinery use in Africa is among the lowest in the world.
Member states need to arrive at binding, transparent and enforceable priorities to see progress.
Lowering spatial inequalities can reduce economic and social inequities.
Indiscriminate antimicrobial use in Nigeria’s poultry value chain is putting people at risk of developing resistance to medicines.
Eight countries are projected to be behind 50% of the growth in population over the next three decades. Five are in Africa.
Researchers in sub-Saharan Africa ought to fuse conventional Western theories of knowledge and local theories of knowledge.
Algorithms can help determine what farm inputs and policies can boost food production.
Every year, seven in ten maternal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. A study examining sub-Saharan Africa’s largest metropolis find that inequalities in access play a key role.
Wole Soyinka’s writing has explored the same themes for decades.
It’s still fashionable today to promote tech startups and tech hubs based on models from the global north. But new, alternative and more sustainable models might be emerging.
The Panel of the Wise shows promise but more needs to be done to turn it into a proactive pillar of Africa’s peace and security system.
Music has often been used as a political tool to urge Kenyans to forget the sins of colonial and post-colonial regimes.
The idea of what it means to be South Sudanese is not universally accepted in the young nation.
South Sudan wants to create a professional army from rival forces in under 12 months. It’s a lofty timeline that faces many challenges.
Companies are moving their production back to developed countries. This is jeopardising the decades-long progress in global poverty reduction.
Statistics on religious affiliation in Africa are often questionable - partly because of religion’s link to ethnicity and politics.
New research quantifies the link between agricultural practices and malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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Professor of Pharmacy, University of Tasmania
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Professsor of Public Health; Co-Director Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa; Panel Member, Private Healthcare Market Inquiry, University of the Witwatersrand
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Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science and Consultant, Vice Principal for Research and Graduate Education, University of Pretoria
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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sociologue (Institut des mondes africains), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
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Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
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Director of the Africa Centre for Population Health and Professor of Virology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Assistant professor, The Education University of Hong Kong
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow, The Australasian Centre for Resilience Implementation for Sustainable Communities, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig
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Professor, UTS Business, University of Technology Sydney
