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South Africa

South Africa’s unity government: 4 crucial factors for it to work

    By Joleen Steyn Kotze, University of the Free State     Governments of national unity built on power-sharing arrangements are common in Africa and elsewhere in the world. Now South Africa also has a unity government, following the 2024 general election in which no party won a majority. These governments foster stability through collaboration in grand coalitions. The premise is that in divided societies, stability can be achieved […]

today19 June, 2024

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Lifestyle

Visual artist Bambo Sibiya celebrates everyday women in “Ngemva Kokuqubuka – After Precarity

      By Phendu Kuta, bird story agency     Inspired by his single mother, who raised three children while working as a domestic worker, visual artist Bambo Sibiya has framed her as a superhero for his solo exhibition, “Ngemva Kokuqubuka – After Precarity.” Sibiya’s exhibition, currently showing at Circa Gallery in Johannesburg from June 1 to July 27, is an ode to the beauty, dignity, and strength of […]

today18 June, 2024

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Africa

Mauritius’ next growth phase: a new plan is needed as the tax haven era fades

      By Pritish Behuria, University of Manchester     Mauritians will head to the polls by November 2024 and politicians are considering the economic direction of the island country. For the last two decades, the country’s economic growth has depended heavily on its offshore sector – the provision of financial services by banks to foreign firms. As an isolated country located in the south-western Indian Ocean, Mauritius has […]

today18 June, 2024

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Africa

AI can make African elections more efficient – but trust must be built and proper rules put in place

Election officials confirm a voter’s biometric details during Kenya’s 2022 elections. James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket     By Shamira Ahmed, European University Institute and Mehari Taddele Maru, European University Institute     Time magazine has dubbed 2024 a “super election year”. An astonishing 4 billion people are eligible to vote in countries across the world this year. Many are on the African continent, where presidential, parliamentary and general elections have already […]

today18 June, 2024

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Africa

Zimbabwe’s new dinosaur discovery: inside the find

        By Paul Barrett, Natural History Museum; Jonah Choiniere, University of the Witwatersrand; Kimberley E.J. Chapelle, University of the Witwatersrand; Lara Sciscio, Jurassica Museum, and Michel Zondo, University of the Witwatersrand     Visitors to Lake Kariba – the world’s largest man-made lake, along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe – come to enjoy the abundant wildlife, fine fishing or spectacular scenery. However, in 2017, our crew […]

today17 June, 2024

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World

Supreme Court unanimously concludes that anti-abortion groups have no standing to challenge access to mifepristone – but the drug likely faces more court challenges

  Activists on both sides of the abortion battle are gearing up for it to be a major issue in the 2024 election. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images     By Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia and Sonia Suter, George Washington University     On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously decided to uphold access to mifepristone, one of two pills used in medication abortion. Mifepristone […]

today17 June, 2024

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Africa

Ghana’s economic crisis was caused by government borrowing – the central bank did the best it could: economist

      By Emmanuel Ameyaw, Tohoku University     Ghana is going through its worst economic crisis in a generation. The past two years have seen record high inflation in the country. Ghana’s central bank (the Bank of Ghana) has been criticised in some quarters for its role in the country’s economic malaise, which has hit the profitability of Ghanaian banks. The Conversation Africa’s Godfred Akoto Boafo speaks to […]

today17 June, 2024

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Africa

World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years

Purple spring flowers growing on termite mounds in Namaqualand. A Potts, Author provided     By Michele Francis, Stellenbosch University     The landscape along the Buffels River in South Africa’s Namaqualand region is dotted with thousands of sandy mounds that occupy about 20% of the surface area. These heuweltjies, as the locals call them (the word means “little hills” in Afrikaans), are termite mounds, inhabited by an underground network of […]

today17 June, 2024

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Africa

Sudan food emergency: local researcher unpacks scale of the disaster and what action is needed

    By Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)     The UN recently warned of the risk of famine in Sudan. The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed civilians and devastated livelihoods on a massive scale. Around 18 million people are already acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children who are acutely malnourished. Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, who co-authored the Sudan National […]

today13 June, 2024