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  • Students graduating from Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria. Credit: Rajmund Dabrowski/ANN.
    Editor's PicksNigeriaPolitics

    “We copy it from them”: How campus politics sets scene for big man politics

    By Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga
    June 16, 2022
    Nigeria has one of the lowest rates of female political representation in the world. This culture is established and reinforced early. One morning before ...
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  • Tunisia's President Kais Saied meeting with then US Defense Secretary Mark Esper at Carthage Palace, Tunisia, in September 2020. Credit: DoD/Lisa Ferdinando.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTunisia

    Is Tunisia’s democracy slipping away?

    By Raed Ben Maaouia
    June 16, 2022
    President Saied has been running the country unilaterally for almost a year. The July referendum will further strengthen his rule without resistance. Those sincerely ...
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    One day I will learn to speak my mother tongue

    By Nyawira Githae
    June 8, 2022
    I know some people think local languages are second class and that speaking English indicates a superior IQ, but I’m not one of them. ...
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    “Fully embraced”? Bostwana’s queer struggles since decriminalisation

    By Ngozi Chukura
    May 31, 2022
    The landmark 2019 ruling has been upheld, but Botswana’s LGBTQ community still face numerous challenges.  In November 2021, Botswana’s Court of Appeal upheld a ...
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  • Riot police take to the streets of Port Louis. Credit: Vel Moonien.
    Editor's PicksMauritiusPoliticsSociety

    Mauritius protests: “When people feel lost, they resort to revolt”

    By Vel Moonien
    May 26, 2022
    Cost of living protests descended in riots last month. Food and fuel prices are set to rise further. In late-April, protests against the soaring ...
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  • Rasha Mekky with her adopted son Mostafa. Credit: Rasha Mekky.
    Editor's PicksEgyptFellowsSociety

    “People said it’s haram”: Happy mums show reality of adoption in Egypt

    By Lara Reffat
    May 25, 2022
    Individuals telling their stories and shifts in popular culture are gradually eroding the stigma around Kafala adoption. When Rasha Mekky reached her mid-20s, she ...
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  • Girls line up during a basketball drill in Mogadishu, Somalia. Credit: AU UN IST/Tobin Jones.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsSomalia

    To counter al-Shabaab, Somalia’s new govt must do something for the kids

    By Liban Obsiye & Liban A. Hussein
    May 24, 2022
    President Mohamud must honestly examine why thousands of children have been recruited by the militants, whether forcibly or otherwise. Earlier this month, Somali legislators ...
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  • Doctors perform obstetric fistula surgery in Eldoret, Kenya. Credit: Heidi Breeze-Harris/One By One.
    Editor's PicksSociety

    The solvable health issue that kills more than malaria, AIDS and TB

    By Desmond Jumbam
    May 24, 2022
    In most African countries, quality surgery is only for the rich. For decades, global health donors have understandably prioritised infectious diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, ...
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  • The climate crisis has made weather patterns more extreme and unpredictable in northern Cameroon. Credit: Carsten ten Brink.
    CameroonClimate crisisEditor's Picks

    The climate crisis tinderbox in northern Cameroon

    By Nalova Akua
    May 12, 2022
    Amid growing resource scarcities, dozens have died and tens of thousands have been displaced by fighting triggered by a cow drowning. Last August, two ...
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  • Editor's PicksNigeriaSociety

    Nigeria’s official language is English. Why do its citizens have to prove it? 

    By Muhammed Akinyemi
    April 29, 2022
    The UK  requires Nigerians to take an English test to study or immigrate there. Critics say it must be cancelled or at least reformed.  ...
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