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Kenya’s LGBTI community will have to wait a little longer to find out if the country’s High Court decriminalises same sex relationships. Homosexual acts still carry a sentence of 14 years. Adriaan van Klinken writes about the colonial history of Kenya’s homophobic laws and the battles of LGBTI people.
Botswana is facing a serious poaching problem in the northern part of the country. The country has always been viewed as a safe haven for elephants. Ross Harvey explains why increased poaching and a potential return to hunting risk damaging the country’s conservation reputation and its status as a safe place for the big mammals.
If Africa’s fragile democracies are to survive they will need all the help they can get to resist aggressive predators on the internet and social media. Martin Plaut looks at the help South Africa will be getting to fight disinformation in the run-up to a May 8th poll.
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Churchgoers in Nairobi who support gay rights lit candles ahead of the court ruling.
EPA-EFE/Dai Kurokawa
Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds
Kenya's LGBTI community will have to wait a while longer for the High Court's ruling on whether it will decriminalise homosexual relationships.
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Botswana has about 122,000 elephants left.
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Ross Harvey, South African Institute of International Affairs
There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year.
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A man makes his mark in South Africa’s general elections on May 7, 2014.
EPA/Ihsaan Haffejee
Martin Plaut, School of Advanced Study
Concern at the role of fake sites in influencing South African public opinion has been growing over time.
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Energy + Environment
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Alessandra Giannini, École normale supérieure (ENS)
A combination of reasons have led to the drying of the Sahel.
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Shimelis Dessu, Florida International University
It's important for the Nile nations to make Ethiopia's planned dam work for all.
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Politics + Society
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Andrew Edward Tchie, University of Essex
Fed up with the high cost of living, and an oppressive state, the people of Sudan are rising up against their president.
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M Niaz Asadullah, University of Malaya; Antonio Savoia, University of Manchester
Countries with effective governments have reduced income poverty by almost twice the speed.
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Arts + Culture
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Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria
Songstress Dorothy Masuku once told South Africa's public broadcaster that music was like breathing for her.
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Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town
A progressive Afrikaans newspaper will be relaunched soon. But Vrye Weekblad can't trade on its history alone. It will need to consider the challenges of the present and the future.
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Health + Medicine
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Heather Marquette, University of Birmingham; Caryn Peiffer, University of Bristol; Rosita Armytage, Durham University
Bribery in Uganda's health care system is on a downward trend but researchers fear that it is not sustainable.
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Damazo T. Kadengye, African Population and Health Research Center
Data is essential for proper planning, budgeting and implementation of health care policies.
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