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Editor's note
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Over time, the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has been effective in reducing conflict. But Adam Day and Charles T. Hunt suggest that these missions have their limitations. To achieve sustainable and long-term peace there should be more focus on making it possible for people to move freely across more areas of the country.
The UK has lurched from crisis to crisis since it decided to leave the European Union two years ago. The impasse has led to fundamental questions being asked about the state and future of Britain's democracy. Some South Africans might be tempted to rejoice at seeing their former colonial masters becoming increasingly decrepit. But, Roger Southall warns, they can’t afford to be smug: there are plenty of questions, too, about South Africa's own electoral system.
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Julie Masiga
Peace + Security Editor
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Top stories
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A United Nations protection camp in Juba, South Sudan.
JM Lopez/EPA
Adam Day, United Nations University; Charles T. Hunt, RMIT University
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has had a mixed bag of success and failure.
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South Africans go to the polls on 8 May, 2019.
EPA/Nic Bothma
Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
The current crisis in British politics is significant for countries like South Africa where a change in electoral systems is needed.
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Education
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Isaac Adebayo Adeyemi, Nigerian Academy of Science
Government funding in Nigeria's education sector has been chronically low and needs to be changed.
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Aaron James Wendland, Russian National Research University The Higher School of Economics
We need to accept the incomplete nature of our knowledge, question and adopt alternative views.
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Environment + Energy
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Victor Ongoma, The University of the South Pacific
Some areas in Kenya haven't experienced "long rains" for three consecutive years causing crop failures and food insecurity.
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Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki; Christoph Fink, University of Helsinki
Social media offers good conditions for wildlife trafficking to thrive.
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From our international editions
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Meera Selva, University of Oxford
In a country with a weak press, social media played a key role in exposing the truth and building bridges between Sri Lanka's different ethnic and religious groups.
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Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Suicide bombers struck Sri Lanka's churches and hotels on Easter Sunday, killing and injuring hundreds of people. Seven percent of Sri Lanka's population is Christian – most of them Roman Catholics.
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Rohit Chopra, Santa Clara University
India's parliamentary elections, now underway, will show how social media is affecting Indian society and government.
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Emmanuel Stamatakis, University of Sydney; Joanne Gale, University of Sydney; Melody Ding, University of Sydney
Getting enough exercise to offset the health impacts of sitting might be easier than you think, new research shows.
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En français
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Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud, Université de Bordeaux
La série d’explosions meurtrières visant des églises et hôtels, lors de ce dimanche de Pâques, ouvre un nouveau chapitre dans les tensions communautaires de l’île.
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Cyrille Bret, Sciences Po – USPC
Vladimir Zelenski dispose de la force d'un succès électoral massif, rapide et incontestable. Mais il a, sur le long terme, la faiblesse d'un leader sans programme, sans équipe et sans idéologie.
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