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Editor's note
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Suggestions that the US might revise its military rules of engagement in Niger come with great risk. Instead of simply pursuing jihadists, Washington should ask how it can contribute to existing peace efforts in the region and, argue Yvan Guichaoua and Andrew Lebovich, it should make an effort to understand the intense pressure that people are living under along the Mali-Niger border.
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has won admiration for tackling corruption and wasteful expenditure. But, writes Dan Paget, two years into his presidency he has also developed a reputation for declaring war on democracy.
Internationally revered South African musical, Hugh Masekela, started making music in the 1950s. Gwen Ansell writes that he has managed to stay relevant through the decades by creatively reinventing himself as new music genres have become popular.
Technology has redefined the professional field of astronomy. Pioneering telescope designs have allowed professional astronomers to unravel ever more complex questions about the universe. This work requires equally complex control rooms. Christopher Justin Hendrickse explains how clever design can make them the best possible working spaces for star-gazers.
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Julius Maina
Regional Editor East Africa
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Top Stories
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Yvan Guichaoua, University of Kent; Andrew Lebovich, Columbia University
If the US, simply focuses on trying to hunt down jihadist leaders in Niger it will be missing an opportunity to address the underlying causes of violence in the region.
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Dan Paget, University of Oxford
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has brought dramatic change and his intolerance for corruption won him worldwide admiration. But his repressive means to stay in power are being questioned.
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Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria
South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela has made an impact across the world during his decades-long musical career – not enough attention has been paid to his innovative imagination though.
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Christopher Justin Hendrickse, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Technology has redefined astronomy. Pioneering telescope designs have allowed astronomers to unravel ever more complex questions about the universe and its mysteries.
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Business + Economy
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Lorenzo Fioramonti, University of Pretoria
The problem with Africa's model of industrial growth is that it privileges the formal at the expense of the informal and big corporations at the expense of small businesses.
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Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
Years of political instability and economic mismanagement under the rule of ZANU-PF have left Zimbabwe’s financial system in chaos. The country is living on borrowed time and borrowed money.
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Owen Skae, Rhodes University
South Africa's finance minister Malusi Gigaba failed to impress when presenting the eagerly awaited 2017 medium term budget.
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Politics + Society
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Sekou Toure Otondi, University of Nairobi
Raila Odinga has been at the forefront of the struggle for democracy and upholding the rule of law in Kenya. His latest battles are bound to cement his legacy as a progressive force for good.
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Dominic Burbidge, University of Oxford
Key institutions steering Kenya’s election have evidently broken down, leaving the country open to an iron fist to reestablish political stability by any means necessary.
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Anine Kriegler, University of Cape Town
Poor leadership in crime intelligence and a struggling detective service are affecting the ability of South Africa - where a murder happens every 28 minutes - to bring down crime.
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Andrew Faull, University of Cape Town
While many South African police officers, who were born into poverty, grew to appreciate the job, they want more for their children - careers requiring degrees - and work to provide them.
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Science + Technology
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Yashwant Ramma, Mauritius Institute of Education
Gathering data and testing teachers' knowledge allows researchers to develop scientifically-grounded advice for teacher education institutions.
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Environment + Energy
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Bianca op den Brouw, The University of Queensland
Indian-made antivenoms, common throughout Africa because they are affordable, showed little-to-no neutralisation of the African Echis venoms.
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Health + Medicine
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De Wet Swanepoel, University of Pretoria
In most developing countries hearing services are not available at primary healthcare clinics and those who need it the most are not screened for hearing loss.
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Moses Masika, University of Nairobi
A strike by Kenyan nurses points to the country's failure to manage the devolution of responsibility for health care from national to county governments.
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Arts + Culture
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Nuraan Davids, Stellenbosch University
With its "Pro hijab" Nike has mainstreamed what is generally considered as an oppressive and marginalised garment.
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Education
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Heidi Matisonn, University of KwaZulu-Natal
We want our children to flourish. To ensure that they do, we need to help them develop their sense of good and evil, justice and injustice. Engaging in politics is crucial to this development.
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Brenda Wingfield, University of Pretoria
South Africa must act to halt the decline and save its universities' well deserved global reputation of excellence.
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