David Everatt, University of the Witwatersrand Statistics South Africa has embarked on its once-a-decade process to count all people in the country – including non-citizens. Census…
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Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, University of the Witwatersrand Flooding is one of the most prevalent and devastating disasters in Nigerian cities. It happens every year in many…
Dennis Penu, International Institute of Social Studies Most of the 54 countries in Africa are unitary – the power to govern them resides mostly in a…
Peter Kimani, Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) Kenya’s most celebrated author Ngugi wa Thiong’o marked his 84 birthday on January 5.…
Christopher Michael Faulkner, US Naval War College Tensions are mounting in West Africa as Mali resists pressure from the region, the EU and US, to come…
Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California and Barbara K. Hofer, Middlebury Every disaster movie seems to open with a scientist being ignored. “Don’t Look Up” is…
George Warimwe, University of Oxford Professor George Warimwe should be a household name in Kenya. He’s a leading scientist who has created a life-saving vaccine against…
Rod Crompton, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s latest fuel price increase, which came into effect on 1 December, put the cost of petrol over the…
Akhona Ndzuta, University of South Africa At many discussion panels about repairing the cultural and creative industries in South Africa, a familiar slogan is echoed: artists…
Silas Udenze, UOC – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and Chinwe Elizabeth Uzochukwu, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Social media plays a number of roles in people’s lives. These…