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…
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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…
A world where BIG is definitely beautiful. In a remote village in Southern Ethiopia, men dream and compete to be the fattest. The men here have…
Marilyn Naidoo, University of South Africa Race is an issue that’s always simmering below the surface in South Africa. One of the ugliest aspects of the…
Sheriff Folarin, Covenant University The traditional leadership and redeemer posture of Nigeria in Africa has, in recent years, been put into question. Issues like corruption and…
Janerose Mutegi Kibaara, Kenyatta University More than a million students completed primary school in Kenya last year. All were expected to join high schools in early…