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The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo - the second largest ever recorded in the world - continues to take its toll across parts of the country. Many are pinning their hopes on a provisional vaccine. Shirin Ashraf and Arthur Wickenhagen explain why the vaccine is an important development in the fight against Ebola.
Protesting students angry about issues related to fees and accommodation brought several South African campuses to a standstill last week. There have been violent clashes between students and security personnel hired by universities. Salim Vally, Enver Motala, Mondli Hlatshwayo and Siphelo Ngcwangu argue that the situation could have been avoided and is a result of the government’s flawed approach to students’ demands for free higher
education.
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Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016.
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Shirin Ashraf, University of Glasgow; Arthur Wickenhagen, University of Glasgow
Without the current experimental vaccine the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has the potential to spiral out of control.
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Students shut the University of the Witwatersrand down during protest action.
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Salim Vally, University of Johannesburg; Enver Motala, University of Fort Hare; Mondli Hlatshwayo, University of Johannesburg; Siphelo Ngcwangu, University of Johannesburg
South Africa students are protesting and have brought university campuses to a stand still. This could have been avoided.
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Politics + Society
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Rod Crompton, University of the Witwatersrand
There's no easy way for Eskom to claw its way out of the crisis it's in.
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Lauren Hermanus, University of Cape Town; Catrina Godinho, University of Cape Town
South Africa's president has committed to structural reforms in the energy sector.
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Narnia Bohler-Muller, University of Fort Hare; Benjamin Roberts, Human Sciences Research Council
Corruption has, over the past decade and a half, become one of South Africans' biggest concerns.
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Suellen Shay, University of Cape Town
Education remains one of government's a key priority sectors yet it continues to be in a crisis.
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From our international editions
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Neel Ocean, University of Leeds; Peter Howley, University of Leeds
Could we eat our way to better mental health?
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Selina Jeanne Sutton, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Emoji may be becoming more inclusive, but greater engagement with those that they intend to represent is still needed.
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