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    A drug development model for the diseases the world forgot

    By Monique Wasunna
    August 24, 2023
    Eschewing profit, over the past 20 years researchers at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative have developed a dozen drugs accessible to the world’s ...
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    Uganda’s boda bodas: Half a century of getting to places, madly

    By Tom Courtright
    August 20, 2023
    50-odd years ago, Ali Mayende’s innovation in the border town of Busia sparked a revolution that has become the lifeblood of East African public ...
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    Kenyans look to the foggy heavens for water amid state neglect

    By David Njagi
    August 11, 2023
    With millions lacking decent access to water, growing numbers are using cheap innovations like fog harvesting to take it straight from the air. Each ...
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    Ep 1: Race, Migration, and Decolonisation

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    E. Tendayi Achiume explains why we need to keep putting race on the table in debates about migration. Introducing Curated Conversations Welcome to Curated Conversations: ...
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  • A farmer wades through his garden after floods destroyed it in Kasenyi village, Albertine region, western Uganda. Credit: John Okot..
    ClimateSocietyTop storyUganda

    “Danger is imminent”: Ugandans blame EACOP tree clearings for floods

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    June 23, 2023
    Floods submerged farms near TotalEnergies’ 700-acre industrial area. The oil major has compensated 88 people. Officials say thousands were affected. Floods first ripped through ...
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  • University graduates in Nigeria. Credit: Rajmund Dabrowski/ANN.
    ClimateNigeriaSocietyTop story

    Degrees of heat: Northern Nigeria students wilt in climate extremes

    By Abdulganiyu Abdulrahman Akanbi
    June 15, 2023
    What can universities do as a hotter and longer dry season impacts students’ health and performance? When Sayedi Umar Muhammad first enrolled at Usmanu ...
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  • The Darling Wind Farm in Cape Town, South Africa. Credit: warrenski.
    ClimateSocietyTop story

    We analysed climate research on Africa. Here’s what we found

    By Prudence Dato
    June 7, 2023
    Just 25% of academic articles on energy transitions in Africa are by researchers on the continent. African countries today face a dual challenge: development ...
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  • The remains of buildings lost to the sea in Ayetoro. Credit: Abiodun Jamiu.
    ClimateEditor's PicksNigeriaSociety

    Nigeria’s Happy City is on the brink of being swallowed by the sea

    By Abiodun Jamiu
    June 6, 2023
    As the community await international funding and national action, the once reputed coastal town is disappearing in rising ocean surges. On a spring morning ...
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  • CultureEditor's PicksNamibiaSociety

    Drag Night Namibia: “What we are doing here today is massive”

    By Chris de Beer-Procter
    May 16, 2023
    Amid momentous legal victories and disappointing let-downs, Namibia’s queer community and activists celebrate a radical joy. It’s Drag Night in Namibia and The Loft ...
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  • Students wait for daladala after school at Kawe bus stand in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Credit: Mweha Msemo.
    Editor's PicksSocietyTanzania

    “They wish we didn’t exist”: Tanzania school goers speak of transport woes

    By Mweha Msemo
    May 4, 2023
    In the daily sharp-elbowed jostle to board daladalas, school students find themselves at the back of the queue. Every weekday morning, Basilisa Isaka Ishengoma, ...
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