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Mountain flora in the Kaokoveld deserve priority conservation efforts.
Landmines are killing thousands in Ukraine. Clearing the land and making it safe for people is likely to take decades.
The region’s forces are seen as important in addressing the long-running conflict in the DRC – but their involvement is complicated.
Debt forgiveness isn’t the answer. History is replete with examples of countries that are serial defaulters.
Policies that reduce poverty, inequality and socioeconomic insecurity lower the incentive to engage in or tolerate terrorism.
Carter’s work in Zimbabwe forms a significant and under appreciated part of his legacy
The relationship between Pretoria and Moscow was forged in the apartheid era with the then Soviet Union giving support to banned ANC fighters.
The Angolan Highlands are hydrologically and ecologically important - and the region’s newly mapped peatlands are valuable “carbon sinks”.
The global realignment triggered by the end of the Cold War and Gorbachev’s reforms ushered in a period of transition on the African continent.
A prolonged economic recession triggered by falling oil prices and worsened by the COVID pandemic has deeply affected the everyday lives of Angolans.
The loss of a two-thirds majority in parliament would be seen as a significant defeat for the MPLA.
Angola’s 2022 election is the first in which citizens born after the war are old enough to vote.
Despite international and national responses to the drought, the situation is dire. The government’s response is a lesson in how not to deal with drought.
Removing red tape for new renewable energy projects will see additional energy coming online quite quickly.
The chances of surviving Marburg are improved if there’s early supportive care with rehydration and symptomatic treatment.
Thousands of plant species are used in African traditional medicine. Extracts from some of these plants are part of important pharmaceutical drugs.
A return to debt sustainability will create room for African policy makers to stave off risks to the post-pandemic recovery.
Museums allow us to delve deep into the past with eye-catching displays of artefacts, ancient textiles, high-quality images and short films that narrate how our ancestors lived.
Africa can make important contributions to the issues on the agenda: defending against authoritarianism; fighting corruption; and respect for human rights.
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Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Johannesburg
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NRF/British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the SA-UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, University of the Witwatersrand
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SNF Eccellenza Professor, University of Basel
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Resarch Associate in Human Geography, Saarland University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, North-West University
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Research Associate, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of History, Indiana University
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Reader in Comparative Politics, Queen's University Belfast