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Cameroon’s worsening wave of terror in the country’s Anglophone cities is exemplified by the kidnapping of 79 pupils from a boarding school this week. The challenges facing the West Africans barely a month after elections are grave, writes Julius A. Amin, but they're also a perfect opportunity for President Paul Biya to step up and save his legacy.
November is malaria season in southern Africa, where four countries have committed themselves to eliminate the disease by 2023. To mark the region's malaria week, academics unpack some of the issues that stand in the way of this ambitious goal. Givemore Munchenga explains how a new technique is being piloted to reduce infection rates. Successfully used on other insects, it involves introducing sterilised mosquitoes into the wild so that they can’t reproduce. Elsewhere, concerted efforts are underway to find an effective vaccine. Faith Osier writes about the research she and her team are working on to understand how antibodies kill malaria.
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Cameroon President Paul Biya during the presidential elections in October.
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Julius A. Amin, University of Dayton
Cameroon's Anglophone crisis must be addressed by the president within the first hundred days.
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Fight against malaria
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Givemore Munhenga, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
South Africa is piloting a new technique as it drives to eliminate malaria.
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Faith Osier, Wellcome Trust
Progress in malaria control has stalled. Research towards an effective vaccine is underway.
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Education
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Dr Diane Bell, Cape Peninsula University of Technology; Estelle Swart, Stellenbosch University
South African universities aren't catering to students with hearing problems. Here's what can be done.
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Eric Joyce, University of Bath
Genetic research on human behaviour has long been linked with eugenics and continues to attract interest from far-right groups.
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US mid-term results
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Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham
The Democrats took the House of Representatives, but uncertainty remains and Trump is still standing. All eyes are now on Robert Mueller.
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Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
While a divided Congress will likely mean gridlock, there are two economic policies likely to see significant change: trade and infrastructure.
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Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Protecting democracy requires more than just technical solutions. It includes education, critical thinking and members of society working together to agree on problems and find solutions.
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Paul Resnick, University of Michigan
The Iffy Quotient measured misinformation on social media in the run-up to the recent elections. Facebook has gotten better at combating untrustworthy links, but Twitter still struggles.
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