Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini, University of Eswatini The Kingdom of Eswatini, the small, landlocked southern African country that shares borders with South Africa and Mozambique, has been…
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In the last decade, many campaigns have breezed through the Nigerian public sphere, from #OccupyNigeria to #BringBackOurGirls, #SexForGrades, and even #RevolutionNow. However, none garnered such deep…
In September, a coup was botched in Sudan as the military made an attempt to overthrow the Abdallah Hamdok-led government. It had all the imprints of…
Beef is the third most consumed animal meat in the world, only behind chicken and pork, and cattle (bulls and cows) are some of the most…
Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Nicholas Bacci, University of the Witwatersrand, and Tanya Nadine Augustine, University of the Witwatersrand Lightning is one of the most powerful…
Lee Miles, Bournemouth University Sierra Leone is prone to climate-related disasters like fires, water shortages, floods and mudslides. It has also seen serious disease outbreaks like…
Taneshka Kruger, University of Pretoria and Tiaan de Jager, University of Pretoria Malaria is a risk to three quarters of the population in the Southern African…
It’s the early hours of a hot morning in the dry season, after a typical Lagos night. The inhabitants of almost every home on the mainland…
Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College Over a year ago, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari launched an economic plan designed to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since…
Still reeling from the whammy of yet another African pilferage uncovered in the Pandora Papers, last week, the continent started like a house on fire. The…