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Outbreaks of cholera have become almost endemic in many Nigerian states. The main reason for the spike is poor infrastructure, particularly sanitation, as well as a public health system that desperately needs investment. Doyin Ogunyemi sets out what the government needs to do to address the problem.

South Africa has very strong mechanisms in place to provide oversight of its security services. But they’re dormant. As long as this remains the case, warns Laurie Nathan, the country’s spies will be loyal to politicians and not to citizens and the constitution, posing a severe threat to democracy.

Declan Okpalaeke

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Mauritian physics students hard at work during the project’s testing phase. Mauritius Institute of Education

Technology can help kids learn, but only if parents and teachers are involved

Yashwant Ramma, Mauritius Institute of Education

The affective domain -- motivation, interest and values and their inter-relationships -- forms an integral component in facilitating learners’ construction of physics knowledge.

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    Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Gulf University for Science and Technology

    Kitsch has slowly become the main cultural reference for all that surrounds us, and thrives in propaganda.

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