Kenya experienced
technological failures
during the 2013 election.
Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham
The closer the race between the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, the more Kenyans will start to worry about election rigging.
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Environment + Energy
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Ross Harvey, South African Institute of International Affairs
For the domestic ivory trade ban to be effective at preventing further elephant poaching, Chinese authorities need to signal explicitly that it will be implemented indefinitely.
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Science + Technology
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Hlonipha Mokoena, University of the Witwatersrand
As an intellectual history of the disciplines of paleontology and paleoanthropology, Kuljan’s book is especially adept at narrating the interwoven connections between science and power.
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Business + Economy
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Mias de Klerk, Stellenbosch University
Many large scale organisational changes end up as failures most of the time employers are blamed for being resistant to change. This may be convenient, but it doesn't deal with the real issues.
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Arts + Culture
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Raymond Suttner, Rhodes University
In the new introduction to his prison memoir South African anti-apartheid stalwart Raymond Suttner uses the word 'betrayal' to explain his break from the ANC.
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Politics + Society
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Hakim Abdi, Lund University
Poverty and conflict mean the nation is struggling to deal with rising temperatures.
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From our international editions
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Douglas M. Charles, Pennsylvania State University
Hoover abused his power as FBI director to serve presidents' interests. The reforms that followed were set up to prevent it from happening again.
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Matthew Skinner, University of Kent
A researcher tells the story of how he and his team discovered the oldest Homo Sapiens fossil bones to date in Morocco.
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