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Jair Bolsonaro is expected to win the Brazilian presidential election on Sunday. How might this affect the country’s relationship with Africa? Amy Niang outlines how his views on Africa will be narrowly informed by the prism of Brazil’s uneasy, strained and unresolved racial question. As a result, his government can be expected to scale back the country’s engagements with the continent.
Polio has almost been eradicated all over the world. But hotspots remain. The target to eradicate the disease in 2000 was missed and it’s unlikely that it will be eliminated by the latest deadline - the end of 2018. Melinda Suchard explains why it’s so difficult to eradicate polio everywhere.
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Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro on the campaign trail in Rio.
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Amy Niang, University of the Witwatersrand
Jair Bolsonaro has very rightwing views likely to put a final nail in the coffin off Brazil's Africa moment spearheaded by former president Lula da Silva.
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Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos.
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Melinda Suchard, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
The global target to eradicate polio is being missed because a number of countries are struggling to reach high vaccine coverage.
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Environment + Energy
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Melba K. Wasunna, Strathmore University
Kenya must address the needs and priorities of the oil sector in regards to environment, health and safety.
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Business + Economy
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Owen Skae, Rhodes University
South Africa's job summit ignored the great chasms that exist on how to create jobs.
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Joseph Nevins, Vassar College
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