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A guerrilla movement has unleashed terror on the residents of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, killing 35 people in the space of just three weeks. The group, known as Al-Sunnah wa Jama’ah (“people of the Sunnah community”), also poses a huge threat to the country’s economy, putting its oil and gas industry at risk. Eric Morier-Genoud examines the history of a movement that started off as a religious sect but has morphed into a terror group.
Senegal are one of five African teams at this year’s World Cup football finals. Coached by the country’s 2002 captain, Aliou Cissé, the 2018 squad boasts a wealth of elite players from Europe’s leading football clubs. And as Mark Hann writes, they will be out to recapture the glory of their famous 2002 outing in Japan and Korea, when they sensationally beat France - the-then reigning champions and their former colonial rulers.
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Parts of Mozambique are under attack from an Islamist militia that wants to uphold sharia law.
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Eric Morier-Genoud, Queen's University Belfast
A guerrilla movement in Mozambique could upend the government's plans for stability and prosperity.
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Arts + Culture
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Mark Hann, University of Amsterdam
When Senegal face Poland in their first World Cup match in Russia, the whole nation will be roaring them on to victory.
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Environment + Energy
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Shingirai Nangombe, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keeping global warming to 1.5°C could significantly decrease the frequency of extreme climate events across Africa.
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Science + Technology
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Ruth Stewart, University of Johannesburg
Africa has a real challenge when it comes to using academic research and evidence to design policies.
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Business + Economy
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Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape
A newish method called the multidimensional poverty index is revealing new insights into the South Africa's poverty.
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From our international editions
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Jennifer MacCormack, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Missing a meal can certainly push you toward a bad mood. But new research identifies in what kind of situations hunger is most likely to tip toward hanger.
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Maria Ryan, University of Nottingham
Can decades of deadlock be broken by two of the world's most unpredictable leaders?
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Severine E Hubscher-Davidson, The Open University
Kim Jong-un may be able to "chat" in English. That's not enough to understand Donald Trump.
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Alexander Brasier, University of Aberdeen; David Wacey, University of Western Australia; Mike Rogerson, University of Hull
Following NASA's latest discovery of organic matter on the red planet, new findings in a salt lake in California could point to where to look for alien life.
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