|
No African football team has ever progressed to the World Cup semi-finals. The continent has always promised a great deal in the international showcase but delivered very little. But will it be different in Russia at the World Cup 2018 finals? Wycliffe W Njororai Simiyu looks at the pedigree of the five teams that could change Africa’s World Cup story.
Only two out of five births happen at health clinics in northern Tanzania, leading to many unnecessary deaths among mothers. This is about to change, writes Gail Webber, thanks to research that had communities in the region define the main barriers and propose solutions.
|
Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah at a training session in Cairo.
Khaled Elfiqi/EPA
Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, University of Texas at Tyler
Africa has always promised a great deal in the international showcase but delivered very little at the football world cup.
|
Health + Medicine
|
-
Gail Webber, University of Ottawa
Tanzania would like more than 80%of births to be overseen by skilled health care providers
|
|
Politics + Society
|
-
Robert Mattes, University of Cape Town
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s popularity has improved the favourability of the governing ANC among South Africans.
|
|
Science + Technology
|
-
Georgia French, University of Sussex
New research shows just how different male and female sharks can be.
|
|
From our international editions
|
-
Daniel Lowd, University of Oregon
It could seem attractive to try to teach computers to detect harassment, threats and abusive language. But it's much more difficult than it might appear.
-
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Most religions have a fundamental belief that all human life belongs to God.
-
Alan Bairner, Loughborough University
The 17-year-old prodigy thrilled the world and set the scene for Brazil's decades-long dominance of the World Game.
|
|
