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The Kenyan media came into this election struggling with the ghosts of post-election violence that almost brought the country to its knees after the 2007 poll. On that occasion, the media was accused of fanning the flames of violence. In 2013 coverage of the election was muted. So, how did it perform this time? George Gathigi set out
to find the answer. As far as voting patterns went, Yvonne Rowa Woods argues that both opposition leader Raila Odinga and incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta played the ethnic card and their supporters demonstrated a stubborn fixation to vote along tribal lines.
An Andy Warhol exhibition has opened in Johannesburg. Stacey Vorster explains why the exhibition embodies so many of the contradictions, complications and conflicts in both art and society in contemporary South Africa.
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George Gathigi, University of Nairobi
Kenya has just gone through a charged campaign period, followed by a contested election result. The media has been out in force covering it all. But did they do a good job?
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Yvonne Rowa Woods, University of Adelaide
Despite concerns about corruption, the high cost of living and a stagnating economy, Kenyans may have handed Uhuru Kenyatta a second term.
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Politics + Society
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Mashupye Herbert Maserumule, Tshwane University of Technology
South African President Jacob Zuma, should be worried about the outcome of the no confidence vote in him. His legitimacy in the ANC and the country has plummeted.
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Arts + Culture
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Stacey Vorster, University of the Witwatersrand
The Andy Warhol exhibition embodies so many of the contradictions, complications and conflicts in both art and society in contemporary South Africa.
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Science + Technology
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Julien Benoit, University of the Witwatersrand
The Moschops fossil was discovered in South Africa in 1911 and a new study of a complete skull shows how its dense braincase protected the brain and sense organs during head-to-head combat.
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Health + Medicine
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Agnes Binagwaho, University of Global Health Equity
Rwanda's vaccination programme for girls against HPV, the most common sexually transmitted disease was a huge success, thanks to implementation science.
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From our international editions
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Robert William Walsh, University of Central Lancashire
The eclipse will be one of the most digitally recorded events ever. Here's how to be part of it.
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Stephen Serjeant, The Open University
Gravity waves recorded in the sun for the first time reveal some interesting facts.
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