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Raila Odinga has launched new initiatives in his battle against what he sees as a dysfunctional electoral system in Kenya. Sekou Toure Otondi argues that the developments spearheaded by Odinga are good for Kenya’s democracy because they’re putting citizens at the centre of the struggle for electoral reforms.
There’s a great deal that the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights can be proud of as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. It has advanced the rights of individuals as well as groups and has held member states accountable for human rights violations. But, warns Frans Viljoen, the African Union needs to patch up a disagreement between its executive and the commission if this track record is to be protected.
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Kenya’s National Super Alliance opposition leader, Raila Odinga.
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Sekou Toure Otondi, University of Nairobi
Raila Odinga has been at the forefront of the struggle for democracy and upholding the rule of law in Kenya. His latest battles are bound to cement his legacy as a progressive force for good.
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Politics + Society
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Frans Viljoen, University of Pretoria
A dispute between the African Union's executive and the commission responsible for overseeing human rights could weaken the protection of peoples' rights.
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Business + Economy
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Henning Melber, University of Pretoria
Scholars have started to investigate what it really means to be middle class in Africa.
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Education
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Willem Fourie, University of Pretoria
Linking policymakers with research relevant for implementing the SDGs is difficult. But building strong relationships between them and researchers is a good place to start.
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From our international editions
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Pamela Smith, Flinders University; Keryn Walshe, South Australian Museum
The local Aboriginal people told stories and painted images of a massacre of their ancestors in the early 20th century, but there was no other evidence that the incident took place. Until now.
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Anthony T. Bryan, The University of the West Indies: St. Augustine Campus
Guyana is on the verge of an oil bonanza that could bring in US$1 million a day. But if it's not careful, this poor nation – population 750,000 – could fall prey to the dreaded 'resource curse.'
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Jane Ogden, University of Surrey
How food is labelled and presented determines how hungry you will be later.
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Harriet Dempsey-Jones, University of Oxford
Some people can see at a finer resolution than the spacing between individual photo-receptors in the eye – and it's all down to their brains.
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