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Ever since hostilities ended between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the two countries have experienced a raft of changes to keep the newfound peace. Key among them for Eritrea are changes to the rules of national service. Conscripts will now serve no more than 18 months instead of 20 years. Cristiano D'Orsi writes that this could be an incentive for young men to remain in the country rather than seek asylum to avoid being enlisted.
We usually think of contracts as formal documents written by lawyers – using complex, impenetrable language - and entered into by people who can read and write. But, what happens when people lack the necessary literacy skills? Andrew Hutchison argues that comic contracts, which use mostly illustrations instead of words, offer an innovative solution to the problem.
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Eritrean refugees in Israel.
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Cristiano D'Orsi, University of Johannesburg
All Eritrean men between the ages of 18 – 50 have to serve in the army for more than 20 years, forcing thousands to flee. But things look set to change.
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Comic Contracts can help bridge language and literacy barriers.
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Andrew Hutchison, University of Cape Town
Comic contracts can meet all the requirements for contracts to be legally binding.
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Politics + Society
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Amanda Gouws, Stellenbosch University
Gender based violence should not be addressed only once it has happened, by jailing offenders. Prevention is just as important.
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Education
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Mia Perry, University of Glasgow
Without change, the trajectory of growth and development in the world will remain consistent with that of the past 80 years.
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Health + Medicine
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Jacqueline Weyer, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
There have been ten Ebola outbreaks recorded from the DRC between 1976 and 2018 from different locations. This implies that the virus is widely spread.
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From our international editions
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Calli Tzani Pepelasi, University of Huddersfield
Bullying isn't just linked to depression and anxiety, it can also lead to more subtle effects such as problems with trust and self-esteem.
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Bob Jacobs, Colorado College
Cells that transmit nerve impulses in the part of elephants' brains responsible for functions such as learning and memory are structured differently from those of any other mammal.
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Angela Crack, University of Portsmouth; Hilary Footitt, University of Reading; Wine Tesseur, University of Reading
The international aid sector's use of languages needs to change if it is serious about dealing with the issues raised by recent scandals.
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