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There have been major political developments in two African countries over the past few days. In Zimbabwe, citizen protests turned violent as police officers were caught on camera beating people who’d taken to the streets to show their displeasure with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. Brian Raftopoulos argues that Mnangagwa’s strategies since coming to power in 2018 have failed. And in Sudan, an agreement between the military
and the country’s civilian movement has sparked hopes that a new start is on the horizon for the beleaguered nation. The African Union was key in negotiating the agreement and, writes Femi Amao, has been rightly praised for that. But he suggests there are lessons on how to do things even better in resolving future conflicts.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spent a year fighting a deadly outbreak of the highly contagious Ebola Virus Disease. The World Health Organisation recently declared the epidemic a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern”. C Raina MacIntyre and Obijiofor Aginam explore the reasons for this and what help it may bring. Elsewhere, Abdhalah Ziraba examines the implications of any disease outbreak for a country’s economy and social fabric. And in today’s episode of Pasha, Janusz Paweska discusses what must be done to tackle the epidemic.
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Zimbabwe’s crisis is deepening on all fronts.
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Brian Raftopoulos, University of the Free State
The Mnangagwa regime's coercive acts are a continuation of the violence and brutality of the Mugabe era, while he seeks global re-engagement and selective national dialogue.
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The Chairman of Sudan’s transitional council, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, speaks during the power sharing agreement ceremony.
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Femi Amao, University of Sussex
The African Union's role in Sudan's political crisis proves that it's legal framework is strong enough to resolve regional disputes
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Health + Medicine
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Abdhalah Ziraba, African Population and Health Research Center
Epidemics can have massive social ramifications where prohibitions are imposed on travel, socio-cultural events and schooling.
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C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Obijiofor Aginam, United Nations University
Timing is everything when it comes to making a decision about declaring a disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
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Podcasts
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
The current Ebola outbreak in the DRC is incredibly difficult to manage.
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
The Ebola vaccine alone is not enough to deal with the outbreak in the DRC.
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From our international editions
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Abdullah Yusuf, University of Dundee
The current repatriation deal signed by Myanmar and Bangladesh fails to guarantee the safety and citizenship of the Rohingya people or address issues of justice for crimes perpetrated against them.
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Malte Phillipp Kaeding, University of Surrey
Who are Hong Kong's protesters?
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Guilberly Louissaint, University of California, Irvine
Voodoo is often seen as a practice involving magic. In Haiti, Voodoo is a religion born out of the struggle of slaves. And today, it is used as a form of healing and protection.
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Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong
Violence has returned to West Papua over the arrests of students for allegedly desecrating a flag. So much for the new push for reconciliation under Indonesia President Joko Widodo.
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