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The need for sub-Saharan Africa to up its agricultural game is well documented. But the region continues to struggle to improve its output. Renu Modi argues that the region can learn what to do - and what not to do - from India’s Green Revolution.
Free maternal services introduced in Kenya four years ago immediately increased access. But, writes Estelle Sidze, the policy revealed a divide in which the richest 20% of women were the biggest beneficiaries.
The granting of diplomatic and other immunities is one of the oldest practices in international law. But immunity comes with responsibilities too. Under international law, envoys have a duty to respect the laws of the country that they’re in, says Hennie Strydom. It’s questionable whether Grace Mugabe did so.
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Renu MODI, University of Mumbai
Faced with a massive food production shortfall, Africa can look towards India's Green Revolution to jump start its agricultural output.
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Health + Medicine
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Estelle Monique Sidze, African Population and Health Research Center
Free maternal services introduced in Kenya in 2013 had the immediate impact of increasing access. But it exposed a divide in which the richest 20% of women were the biggest beneficiaries.
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Politics + Society
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Hennie Strydom, University of Johannesburg
According to South Africa's department of international relations, Grace Mugabe didn't have immunity when she entered the country.
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Business + Economy
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Jannie Rossouw, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa's Public Protector, has been exposed as incompetent after trying to meddle with the constitutional mandate of the country's central bank.
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From our international editions
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Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Move over millennials, there's a new generation in town. Dubbed 'iGen,' they differ from their predecessors on a range of measures, from mental health to time spent with friends.
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Tae Hoon Kim, University of Cambridge
Unlike the more abstract idea of global climate change, pollution is tangible and its effects are obvious.
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