Kenya’s capital Nairobi is notorious for appalling traffic congestion. City officials are making ambitious plans to introduce car-free days to help ease the situation. The benefits would be enormous, ranging from improving people’s health to reducing car accidents as well as noise and pollution. Haneen Khreis and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen explain.
Africans’ massive interest in the World Cup finals in Russia is testament to the fact that football is tantamount to “an African religion”. Many religious leaders and ordinary believers don’t approve. But, writes Mohammed Girma, there’s a way out of the impasse: to understand how the beautiful game can be used to address African challenges.
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Afternoon traffic into Nairobi’s CBD.
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Haneen Khreis, Texas A&M University ; Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Australian Catholic University
Research shows that cities benefit from car-free days in many ways.
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Arts + Culture
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Mohammed Girma, University of Pretoria
Africa is a deeply divided continent along ideological, ethnic and territorial lines. Religion and football can produce consensus.
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Environment + Energy
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Keith Somerville, University of Kent
Botswana is launching a consultative process to review the current ban on elephant hunting.
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