Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College After two postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later for logistical challenges, millions of Ethiopians go to the polls on…
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John J. Hogan, University of Groningen The African Union (AU) held its first summit in 2002, establishing itself as a new international organisation. It also launched…
Dr Velisha Ann Perumal-Pillay, University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa has started the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The aim is to vaccinate essential workers,…
Tjitske de Groot, Vrije Universiteit Brussel The light physical appearance of people with albinism is caused by an inherited condition which results in a lack of…
James Boafo, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Kristen Lyons, The University of Queensland Global businesses, donors and governments have each pursued a…
Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison President Yoweri Museveni, who has led Uganda since 1986, has appointed a woman, Jessica Alupo, as vice-president and another woman,…
Winter chokes the highveld in Johannesburg, South Africa, and takes from me, from our entire culture, a mighty mountain. Gabriel Mabi Segwagwa Thobejane, the diminutive tower…
The controversial Nigerian televangelist, faith healer, and neo-Pentecostal pastor Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua has died at the age of 57. He was the leader of Nigeria-based…
Taking a selfie during the #ENDSARS protest in Lagos in 2020. Social media was used extensively to mobilise demontrators. Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty Images Nigeria’s decision…
Recent events in Mali have caused consternation among state actors, domestically and externally, in addition to non-state actors such as jihadi groups operating across the Sahel.…