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Kenyan authorities have pressed ahead with a controversial decision to forcibly evict people living in Kibera - the country’s biggest slum. By some estimates, 30 000 people will be affected. Kefa Otiso explains why these types of forced evictions are so prevalent in the country’s capital Nairobi, and what can be done to prevent them.
In less than a week, Zimbabweans will cast their votes to choose a new leader after Robert Mugabe’s disastrous 37 years in power. Dumisani Moyo writes that the stakes are high and that the fierce competition for power between the ruling Zanu-PF, led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition MDC-Alliance, led by Nelson Chamisa, has led to an upsurge of fake news in the battle for votes.
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About 250,000 people live in Kibera slum in Nairobi.
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Kefa Otiso, Bowling Green State University
Kenya needs to complete its national digital land registry to increase transparency and efficiency of the city’s land.
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Protesters from the MDC-Alliance march in Harare demanding electoral reforms.
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Dumisani Moyo, University of Johannesburg
Zimbabwe's upcoming elections potentially marks the start of a new order in the country, where the stakes are extremely high.
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Health + Medicine
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Dr Morna Cornell, University of Cape Town
Women and children remain the focus of HIV while men are disadvantaged in accessing testing and treatment in Africa.
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Politics + Society
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Christopher Williams, University of the Witwatersrand
Mandela did not make the decision to jettison Taiwan and recognise China. He adhered to a decision by the governing ANC.
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From our international editions
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Adam de Paor-Evans, University of Central Lancashire
There are many sub-genres of Hip Hop, so why is all non-Anglophone music lumped under the label 'world music'?
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Andrea Freeman, University of Hawaii
American support of the formula industry comes at the cost of the health and lives of Black and brown babies, at home and abroad.
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Rachel Sullivan Robinson, American University School of International Service
The story of how Nigeria and Mississippi implemented comprehensive sexual education programs despite local opposition offers important lessons about how to boost adolescent sexual health.
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Jody Mason, Carleton University; Dessa Bayrock, Carleton University
The meanings of Ondaatje's Golden Man Booker win is complicated and demonstrates the contradictions of literary value. Literary prizes permit us to imagine that literature is more than a commodity.
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