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The terror attack at a busy business and retail park in Nairobi's Riverside suburb could have been one of the worst in Africa's recent history. But thanks to the rapid and strategic response of Kenya's security forces, hundreds of lives were saved. Patrick Muthengi Maluki says that, while much has been done to improve the country's counter-terrorism efforts, more is needed.
South Africa's late struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was a divisive figure in life - and remains so in literature. Keith Gottschalk reviews two books that he says paint widely contrasting pictures of the anti-apartheid struggle icon who died in 2018.
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Kenyan police continue security measures a day after the terror attack in Nairobi.
EPA-EFE/Dai Kurokawa
Patrick Muthengi Maluki, University of Nairobi
Kenya needs to disseminate and implement intelligence so that it can effectively prevent and counter future terror attempts.
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Arts + Culture
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Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape
Controversy around Winnie Madikizela-Mandela continues in death as it did in life.
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Franz Krüger, University of the Witwatersrand
Hugh Lewin is best known for two books that arose from his early involvement in the anti-apartheid underground.
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Science + Technology
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Zakeera Docrat, Rhodes University; Russell H. Kaschula, Rhodes University
Forensic linguistics can play a valuable role in interpreting evidence.
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Tania Prinsloo, University of Pretoria
South Africa must adopt traceability systems to effectively control foot and mouth disease.
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From our international editions
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Harry Cliff, University of Cambridge
A new collider at CERN could push particle physics deep into an unexplored microscopic realm.
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Peter Cole, Western Illinois University
Most people think pf Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader who led the nation in addressing the evils of systemic racism. What many don't know is that he also championed labor unionism.
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