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Following devastating drought in parts of the country, Kenya is experiencing torrential rainfall. Maimbo Malesu explains how rainwater harvesting would ensure the country had sufficient water to meet its needs in the dry periods and that, when it does rain, the risk of damage and flooding was significantly reduced.
Just before Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was ousted last year he’d been laying the ground for the country to resume hanging - 12 years after its last execution. Mai Sato writes that the country is primed to completely abolish the death penalty under its new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who once escaped the noose himself and is opposed to capital punishment.
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About 40% of Nairobi’s water supply gets lost on the way to consumers.
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Maimbo Malesu, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
The beauty of rainwater harvesting is that anybody can do it.
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Politics + Society
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Mai Sato, University of Reading
Survey shows Zimbabwean policy makers need not fear a public backlash if they choose to abolition of the death penalty.
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Environment + Energy
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Francis Massé, University of Sheffield
The death penalty and military intervention to combat poaching, isn't the answer to saving endangered species.
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Health + Medicine
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Renée Blaauw, Stellenbosch University; Lisanne Du Plessis, Stellenbosch University
South Africa must ensure that healthcare workers understand the importance of nutrition and that they transfer the correct messages to caregivers.
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Nebil Achour, Anglia Ruskin University
Ebola has spread to a large city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Perhaps the expert handling of the Fukushima nuclear leak could provide a template for what to do next.
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From our international editions
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Barry Godfrey, University of Liverpool; Steven Soper, University of Georgia
Digitized state records help to tell the stories of African-American prisoners in the 19th and 20th century.
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Leanne Cullen-Unsworth, Cardiff University; Lina Mtwana Nordlund, Stockholm University; Richard K.F. Unsworth, Swansea University
Seagrass meadows play a significant role in supporting world fishery productivity.
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Yi Li, University of Connecticut
GMO crops have been rejected in many countries where food shortages are dire. Now, a scientist at the University of Connecticut has figured out how to create better crops with DNA editing.
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