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Editor's note
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It took remarkable judicial boldness to overturn the presidential vote in Kenya where, as Justin Willis writes, the powerful have often flouted the law with impunity. The Supreme Court ordered a repeat presidential election but in so doing, Dominic Burbidge says, the court created an impossible timeline for organising re-elections in less than 60 days.
Amphibians around the world are going extinct faster than other vertebrates. But finding out more about what’s affecting them is the challenge. Sharon Kahara describes her approach which uses new techniques to fill critical gaps in data and information about Kenya’s amphibians.
The mudslide in Sierra Leone that killed nearly 1,000 people and rendered thousands homeless, could have been avoided. Joseph Macarthy explains how and sounds a warning that it could happen again.
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Top stories
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Dominic Burbidge, University of Oxford
By failing to provide details on what invalidated Kenya's election, the country's Supreme Court has created an impossible timeline for organising re-elections within 60 days.
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Justin Willis, Durham University
For decades, power in Kenya has lain with the government and administrative organisations that serve it. The Supreme Court's decision calling for a new election suggests that this may have changed.
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Sharon Kahara, Humboldt State University
A recent study shows how the number of vulnerable and endangered amphibians is nearly double that of birds or mammals. Strategies need to be put in place, and fast.
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Joseph Macarthy, Njala University
Unless urban planning is taken seriously in Sierra Leone, there's a risk that similar disasters like the mudslides could occur with potentially more devastating consequences.
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Arts + Culture
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Abigail Gardner, University of Gloucestershire
The search for old or new African sounds is based around a nostalgia culture that is endemic to Anglo-American popular music.
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Environment
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Solomon Kibret, University of California, Irvine
Lake Tana in Ethiopia has been massively affected by the invasive weed, water hyacinth. Control methods are available but there are challenges.
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Nelson Odume, Rhodes University; Andrew Slaughter, Rhodes University
Nigeria is rich in water resources. but poor management has led to water scarcity in the country.
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Politics + Society
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Matthew Graham, University of Dundee
The ANC has worked hard to monopolise the history of the anti-apartheid struggle – meaning transformational figures are being left out.
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Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape
South Africa's Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, claims the intelligence services are being used to discredit him and prevent him becoming the country's next leader.
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Jane Duncan, University of Johannesburg
It would be no surprise if Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's claims of the state spying on him turn out to be true. After all, state spy agencies have been abused before in ANC factional battles.
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Health + Medicine
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Jason Bantjes, Stellenbosch University; Daniel Goldstone, Stellenbosch University; Lisa Dannatt, University of Cape Town
In South Africa one of the biggest barriers to suicide prevention is that psychiatric and substance use services are often not integrated.
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Business + Economy
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Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg
South African business can beat back the toxic 'white monopoly capital' title by doing things differently and not by shouting from roof tops.
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Mohammad Amir Anwar, University of Oxford
South Africa's recently announced economic recovery plan failed to break away from the cumbersome neo-liberal line.
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Ivan Turok, Human Sciences Research Council
South Africa should look towards inclusive growth to push back the growing levels of poverty within the population.
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