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Uganda’s Constitutional Court has increased the age limit of presidential candidates, allowing President Yoweri Museveni to stand again. On the downside for the president, the court declined to extend the life of parliament from five to seven years, a change he was very keen on getting. This means that Uganda’s next elections will be held in 2021, rather than in 2023 as Museveni had hoped. Gabrielle Lynch and Justin Willis explain the implications.
South Africa is approaching the unfolding land reform chapter with a wide range of differing views from different groups. Roger Southall characterises these varying opinions and argues that they need to find one another.
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President Yoweri Museveni has been given the legal go-ahead to run for the presidency again.
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Gabrielle Lynch, University of Warwick; Justin Willis, Durham University
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has been given the green light to run for another term. He should be happy, but he's not.
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South African land reform debates reflect a tricky balance of power post Jacob Zuma’s rule.
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Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africans can't afford to let the land debate be reduced to a shouting match.
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Arts + Culture
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Stephanus Muller, Stellenbosch University
South African-born composer Stanley Glasser's musical legacy is in many ways unknown in his motherland which he left under political duress in 1963, and awaits critical engagement.
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Science + Technology
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Dominique Anderson, University of the Western Cape; Alan Christoffels, University of the Western Cape; Carmen Swanepoel, Stellenbosch University
Most biobanks, whether small or large, have high quality assurance and control measures in place.
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Environment + Energy
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David Kimemia, South African Medical Research Council; Ashley Van Niekerk, South African Medical Research Council
Paraffin stoves are used all over South Africa in millions of households and are the riskiest.
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Health + Medicine
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Laura Eramian, Dalhousie University; Myriam Denov, McGill University
Is it always good to talk about violent pasts? Sixty Rwandan youths participated in a research project that aimed to understand the perspectives of people born of rapes committed during the genocide
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From our international editions
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Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill, University of Cambridge
Strange frond-like sea creatures are among the planet's earliest animals, but new research dates them and the entire animal kingdom to much earlier than first thought.
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Jena Martin, West Virginia University; Karen Kunz, West Virginia University
Insider trading, like what Rep. Chris Collins is accused of engaging in, is one of the sexier crimes in securities law.
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Bobby Duffy, King's College London
We all think men are at it way more than they are. But estimates of how much nooky young women are getting are basically ludicrous.
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