Africa’s powerhouse is about to elect its president in a highly volatile climate. Scholars have noted that each election gives way to violence, resulting in a high death toll.
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Average farm machinery use in Africa is among the lowest in the world.
There has been an epidemic outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea for the first time. Here’s what you need to know about the virus, and how it spreads.
Member states need to arrive at binding, transparent and enforceable priorities to see progress.
Africa has been slow in embracing Open Science.
After nearly 40 years of effort, Guinea worm disease is on the cusp of being the second human disease – after smallpox – to be eradicated on Earth.
A pioneer of cinema, his films established a truly African cinema for Africans.
Kenya, Malawi, Gabon, Nigeria and Togo are already interested in scaling carbon credit production.
Many developing nations have little cold storage and lose much of their perishable food before it gets to markets. Climate-friendly refrigeration can provide huge environmental and social benefits.
It’s likely that free movement will advance first among groupings within regional communities.
African Catholics are growing in number. They are also reinventing and reinterpreting Christianity.
Countries that lean towards democracy are less likely to welcome Chinese labourers.
If the situation doesn’t change, Africa – indeed, the world – may lose one of its most iconic animal species.
The Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to make tourism more sustainable in Africa, improving the lives of local communities rather than just catering to international visitors.
Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
The World Cup is drawing to an end. Will the tournament be remembered for a Messi moment to rival that of Maradona’s? Or as a breakthrough yeah for African nations?
There are advantages to a regional force overseen by the East African Community – particularly as the bloc is leading new political talks.
China’s international lending projects have big potential impacts on oceans and coasts. By cooperating more closely with host countries, Beijing can make those projects more sustainable.
As US-Africa leaders meet, it should be clear that aligning respective goals, priorities and actions is in the interests of the US and of African countries.
The film sees myths created by the Black diaspora come alive as Wakanda is presented as a Black utopia.
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Scientific Officer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Visiting Professor of Sustainability Science, Technical University of Denmark
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
