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African academics are performing cutting-edge research that helps unpack the minute details of the HIV virus. Their combined knowledge, writes Thumbi Ndung'u, could be translated into effective vaccines or other novel interventions to prevent the spread of the virus. It could also achieve a functional cure that would enable people, eventually, to live without antiretroviral drugs.
As Zimbabweans consider life after Robert Mugabe two camps are emerging: those who want elections to be held as soon as possible, and those who say the polls should be postponed and a transitional government established. Nic Cheeseman examines the two options.
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Thumbi Ndung'u, University of KwaZulu-Natal
To get an effective vaccine for HIV/AIDS, scientists need to understand exactly how the virus works and immune system responds to it. African scientists have come one step closer.
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Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham
After the fall of autocratic ruler Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe faces a difficult choice between the stability of a transnational government or a potentially divisive election contest.
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Politics + Society
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Babatunde Fagbayibo, University of South Africa
The limited "consultative and advisory powers" of the Pan African Parliament hamper the African Union's ability to achieve a prosperous and peaceful Africa as envisioned in its Agenda 2063.
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Environment + Energy
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David Fig, University of Cape Town
Even if the nuclear plan can be massaged in South African President Jacob Zuma’s interests, it won't be enough to ensure the deal goes through.
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From our international editions
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Robin Poole, University of Southampton
A new analysis shows that coffee is associated with a host of positive health effects.
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Jim Wild, Lancaster University
Scientists have finally been able to prove that thunder and lightning drive nuclear reactions.
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Kenneth Morrison, De Montfort University
Bosnian Serb general found guilty of genocide.
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