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The World Bank is on the hunt for a new president. Danny Bradlow says that despite calls for the best candidate to be selected regardless of nationality, whoever takes over the World Bank will inevitably be an American. But that shouldn't stop African countries from pressing for reforms to make the Bank more accountable.
Zimbabwe is on the edge. To help prevent the chaos from escalating even further, President Emmerson Mnangagwa - and those he can rally behind him in the ruling Zanu-PF - need urgently to take steps towards forming a government of national unity as has been done before in the country, writes Tapiwa Chagonda.
Nigerians are set to head to the polls early next month, and campaigning is in full swing. One of the biggest promises President Muhammadu Buhari made when he came to power in 2015 was that he would deal with threats to the country's security. But, argues Olayinka Ajala, Buhari has failed to live up to those promises - and that may cost him a second term.
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The race is on to see who will replace outgoing World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.
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Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria
The World Bank’s original governance arrangements have changed much more slowly than the scale and nature of its operations.
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Protesters block a major road leading into centre of Zimbabwe’ capital Harare.
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Tapiwa Chagonda, University of Johannesburg
To stem the tide of the current crisis before it totally overwhelms President Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF, he needs to immediately cease the brutal onslaught on civilians.
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Nigerian soldiers clearing a Boko Haram camp in Borno State in 2015.
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Olayinka Ajala, University of York
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is hoping to be reelected but he's fallen short on the country's security challenges.
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Politics + Society
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Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg
A great deal of analysis on South Africa and the ruling ANC seems to be based on wishful thinking, not concrete reality.
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Reuben Loffman, Queen Mary University of London
The DRC's Constitutional Court has upheld Felix Tshisekedi's presidential election win.
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Amy Niang, University of the Witwatersrand
The volatile conditions in the Central African Republic make the administration of justice difficult.
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George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire
There's been an evolution in Tanzanian laws used against the press
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From our international editions
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Jack Schneider, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Public schools were originally envisioned in the 19th century as 'common schools' where rich and poor kids could be educated together. MLK wanted the same thing – but it's not happening.
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Ian Moffat, Flinders University
No area of archaeology has seen such vibrant change in recent times than how we understand our family tree. Could 2019 be the year we learn more about our mysterious ancestor Homo erectus?
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Vincent Vicard, CEPII
Des économistes du CEPII estiment qu’en cas de non-accord, les PIB du Royaume-Uni et de l’Union européenne pourraient respectivement reculer de 2,8 % et 0,8 %.
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Divina Frau-Meigs, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3 – USPC
Pour les gilets jaunes, il va s’agir de ne pas être acculés au seul rôle de lanceurs d’alerte mais de gérer leur rôle dans le débat contradictoire et dans le suivi et la reddition des comptes.
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