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Covax Misses 2021 Delivery Target – What’s Gone Wrong in the Fight Against Vaccine Nationalism?
Rory Horner, University of Manchester The latest supply forecast for Covax – the programme for sharing COVID-19 vaccines…
Angola’s President Has Little to Show for His Promise of a Break from the Authoritarian Past
Albano Agostinho Troco, University of the Witwatersrand It’s four years since João Lourenço was sworn in as Angola’s…
How Big is the “Islamic” Threat in Mozambique? And Why are Rwandan Troops There?
Phil Clark, SOAS, University of London Rwanda has sent troops to Mozambique to assist the government in fighting…
South Africa’s Troubled Power Utility is Being Reset: CEO Sets out How
Anton Eberhard, University of Cape Town Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, is facing a litany of challenges.…
Marburg in Guinea: The Value of Lessons from Managing other Haemorrhagic Outbreaks
Michelle J. Groome, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and Janusz Paweska, National Institute for Communicable Diseases As the…
Breastfeeding Trends Show Most Developing Countries May Miss Global Nutrition Targets
Exclusive breastfeeding,the practice of giving only breast milk (no other food or water), is the ideal for an infant’s first six months. Breast milk contains all the essential nutrients an infant needs at this stage.
Virtual Exhibition Breathes Life into Lesotho’s Musical Tradition and Clay Art
Sylvia Bruinders, University of Cape Town The start of the news broadcast on Radio Lesotho is signalled by…
Zimbabwean Artist Kudzanai Chiurai Has Reinvented the Idea of a Library
Tinashe Mushakavanhu, University of the Witwatersrand Zimbabwe born artist Kudzanai Chiurai is a phenomenon. He is one of…
African Leopard Sighting Raises Hopes for Their Conservation in Southern Cameroon
Robert Weladji, Concordia University and Alys Granados, University of British Columbia In recent years, ecologists have been able…
South Africa’s Labour Market Trends from 2009 to 2019: A Lost Decade?
Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape and Charles Adams, University of the Western Cape Unemployment remains one…