Congolese women in the eastern town of Bunia. Even in conflict zones women are more likely to face violence in their homes than outside.
EPA/Murizio Gambarini
Elisabet le Roux, Stellenbosch University
Shocking new findings show that even in conflict-affected countries where soldiers and rebel fighters are a daily danger to women, their husbands and boyfriends are the bigger threat.
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Health + Medicine
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Festus Njuguna, Moi University
Most children who have cancer live in the developing world where their survival rate is less than 25%. In Kenya awareness about childhood cancer is low and treatment isn't always readily available.
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Environment + Energy
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David Obura, The University of Queensland
Kenya can explore at least four key actions, based on past commitments and institutional structures, to transform the economic future of its oceans.
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Yemi Oke, University of Lagos
The centralised regulation of electric power in Nigeria is stalling progress in the sector. To achieve stable power supply, the country must obey its constitution and decentralise regulation.
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Business + Economy
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Andries Bezuidenhout, University of Pretoria
The membership base of South Africa's trade union movement has undergone significant changes which begs the question: has it moved away from its working class roots to become a middle class movement.
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David Titley, Pennsylvania State University
More and more research shows that we are likely to pass the 2 degree Celsius temperature limit much of the world has agreed on. Where did that limit come from, and what if we miss it?
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Nicholas Dodman, Tufts University
Sometimes a dog can have very good reasons for hating its humans.
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