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Following the resignation of its prime minister, and the imposition of a state of emergency, Ethiopia finds itself on the precipice of widespread political unrest. Yohannes Gedamu explains why increased turmoil could spell trouble for the entire Horn of Africa.
Nairobi has failed to prioritise waste disposal which means that it has a massive garbage problem. As Leah Oyake-Ombis explains, the problems go back a long way. But the new regime can learn from past mistakes to address the problems.
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Protests are taking place in Ethiopia’s Amhara region an opposition stronghold.
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Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College
Ethiopia's recent upheavals could potentially destabilise the entire Horn of Africa.
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Environment + Energy
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Leah Oyake-Ombis, University of Nairobi
Nairobi's new governor should learn from the mistakes of the past
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Education
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Sandra Nogry, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
Laptops have introduced the children of Nosy Komba in Madagascar to previously inaccessible tools.
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Arts + Culture
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Adam de Paor-Evans, University of Central Lancashire
Following the explosion of screen-based personal devices, the risk of users slipping into hyper reality has multiplied enormously since the television age.
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From our international editions
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Jon Piccini, The University of Queensland
Peter Dutton’s call for 'civilised nations' to rescue white South African farmers draws explicitly on a long history of equating civilisation with a global white identity.
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Mark Turner, Nottingham Trent University
A new study suggests that high blood-sugar levels are an effect rather than a cause of type 2 diabetes.
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Robert Hodierne, University of Richmond
If Americans remember My Lai, they likely know that something awful happened there. On this 50th anniversary, it is worth recalling the grotesque details, in the hope of preventing a future My Lai.
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