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It has been a tumultuous time for the Democratic Republic of Congo as the country gears up for a long-awaited general election. Amid the upheaval, the United Nations has plans to scale back its mission. Reuben Loffman explains why this is not a good time for the international community to pull back.
Mosquito resistance to insecticides and antimalarial medicines in Africa threatens the gains made in the fight against malaria. Andrew Githeko argues that there is an urgent need for countries in sub Saharan Africa to scale-up surveillance programmes at a national and regional levels to track the problem.
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DRC President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa.
Kenny Katombe/Reuters
Reuben Loffman, Queen Mary University of London
The Democratic Republic of Congo desperately needs a peaceful election but with the UN threatening to scale back its DRC mission, the likelihood of a successful poll is being threatened
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Politics + Society
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Carin Runciman, University of Johannesburg; Pier Paolo Frassinelli, University of Johannesburg
Protests in South Africa have largely been confined to black working class townships and informal settlements. Is this beginning to change?
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Health + Medicine
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Andrew Githeko, Kenya Medical Research Institute
The gains made towards eliminating malaria in endemic countries is being threatened by insecticide and antimalarial drug resistance.
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Environment + Energy
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Gina Ziervogel, University of Cape Town; Lorena Pasquini, University of Cape Town
If resilience efforts don't consider justice issues, they will end up making those who are the most in need the least resilient.
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Business + Economy
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Timothy London, University of Cape Town
The framing of the prevailing political protests in South Africa shows too much focus on the role of individuals. This is dangerous in hearkening back to the flawed Great Man Theory.
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Arts + Culture
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Adam Gustafson, Pennsylvania State University
Just as Fitzgerald's career was taking off, jazz was under attack for its purported connection to drug culture. If she wanted to become a mainstream superstar, she needed to make a choice.
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From our international editions
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Devin Terhune, Goldsmiths, University of London; Steven Jay Lynn, Binghamton University, State University of New York
A review of studies in psychology and neuroscience shows we are well on the way to understanding what goes on in our brains when we are hypnotised.
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Jonathan Wai, Duke University; Heiner Rindermann, Chemnitz University of Technology
While the media glamorizes famous college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, the reality is that most successful people in the U.S. went to – and finished – college.
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