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Lesotho’s election brought change. Six things needed to promote peace ...

November 7, 2022 no comments

Outgoing Lesotho prime minister Moeketsi Majoro, right, hands over the national flag as the symbol of passing power to his successor, Sam Ntsokoane Matekane, on 28 October 2022. Molise Molise/AFP via...

Netanyahu on track to win in Israeli election – but there are many cha...

November 7, 2022 no comments

Abir Sultan/EPA/AAP Ran Porat, Monash University More than 71% of Israel’s 6.5 million eligible voters, a 20-year high, cast their votes in Israel’s November 1 elections. This is the fifth Israeli el...

Africa in space: continent has a lot to gain, but proper plans must be...

November 2, 2022 no comments

iStock / Getty Images Plus Etim Offiong, Obafemi Awolowo University Every year in October nearly 100 countries organise activities to mark World Space Week. The theme this year is space and sustainab...

The scourge of sexual violence in West Africa, unveiled

November 2, 2022 no comments

Respectively 60.6% and 62% of women in Liberia and Sierra Leone have experienced at least one act of sexual violence in their life. IStock Adama Ouedraogo, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Clair...

Poor quality leadership and weak institutions has led to poor governan...

November 2, 2022 no comments

Regular elections have not translated to development in Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Abiodun Fatai, PhD, Lagos State University Since gaining independence on 1 October 1960, Nigeria...

Legal sex work in South Africa won’t create new problems, just help so...

November 2, 2022 no comments

Activists hold placards as they call for the decriminalisation of prostitution. MATTHEW KAY/AFP via Getty Images Rinda Botha, University of the Free State South Africa’s post apartheid government has...

Elon Musk takes Twitter private – here’s what that means for the compa...

November 2, 2022 no comments

Elon Musk has said he intends to complete his purchase of Twitter after earlier trying to wriggle out of the deal. Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP Erik Gordon, University of Michigan Elon Musk has finally ...

Kenya’s new Finance Minister Njuguna Ndung’u has good credential...

October 14, 2022 no comments

Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images XN Iraki, University of Nairobi President William Ruto has nominated Njuguna Ndung’u to head Kenya’s National Treasury. A Central Bank of Kenya governor for...

Zulu monarchy: how royal women have asserted their agency and power th...

October 14, 2022 no comments

EPA-EFE/Phill Magakoe/AFP Pool Jill E. Kelly, Southern Methodist University and Liz Timbs, University of North Carolina Wilmington The passing away of South Africa’s Zulu king Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu ...

Lesotho bungles political reforms, risking fresh bout of instability a...

October 14, 2022 no comments

Lesotho citizens queue to vote in a previous national elections. EPA-EFE/ Kim Ludbrook Hoolo ‘Nyane, University of Limpopo The Kingdom of Lesotho – a small landlocked country in southern Africa...

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