Fertility levels remain relatively high in Nigeria. The rate is slightly over five children per woman. This is one of the highest fertility rates in the…
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The early childhood years, particularly ages 0-3, are the building blocks of life. In 2018, the World Health Organisation, UNICEF, the World Bank and the Partnership…
The recent “joint declaration” of the Namibian and German governments on dealing with the 1904-08 genocide marks the first time a former colonial power has officially…
The number of girls who marry before their 15th birthday has remained unchanged for 20 years in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has the…
The demographic profiles of countries like Kenya, where a high percentage of people are young, would suggest that it’s swiftly renewing its workforce with fresh talent.…
At the start of the last decade, Mozambique’s prospects looked stellar. Following from the early 1990s, when peace finally arrived after a devastating and protracted armed…
Damilola Agbalajobi, Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria has very few women participating in politics. Only seven out of 109 senators and 22 of the 360 House of…
On the afternoon of May 24, the Malian transitional president, Bah Ndaw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, were arrested by members of the armed forces and…
Bruce M Biccard, University of Cape Town In March 2020, those of us living on the African continent were terrified about what would happen. We had…
Leah R. Rosenzweig, Stanford University and Yang-Yang Zhou, University of British Columbia Using sports to understand social and political phenomena has become a common avenue for…