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The African Union wants member countries to adopt a protocol that will allow for the free movement of people across the continent. But it’s meeting serious obstacles. The biggest is that larger economies are worried that their borders will be overrun. Alan Hirsch argues that the continent must quickly find a way around these concerns to reap the proven economic benefits of open borders.
There are positive benefits across the board when women own land, from the level of individual households all the way through to national economies. But for this to happen, customs that favour granting land to men must be changed. Cynthia Caron explains how Zambian civil society organisations are driving change when it comes to women’s rights to own land.
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People from the DRC flee the fighting. Movement of people is restricted across the continent.
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Alan Hirsch, University of Cape Town
The free movement of people between African countries could facilitate economic development.
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A female farmer in Zambia tends to her crops.
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Cynthia Caron, Clark University
Civil society organisations in Zambia help women get access to land.
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Health + Medicine
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Sharon Fonn, University of the Witwatersrand
A market inquiry has looked into private health care costs in South Africa.
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Politics + Society
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Ylva Rodny-Gumede, University of Johannesburg
In Africa, biased media coverage is one of the reasons voters have little faith in credible elections.
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From our international editions
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Heaven Crawley, Coventry University
Reham and her family are among an estimated 1.5m Syrian refugees living in limbo in Lebanon.
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Herjeet Marway, University of Birmingham; Gulzaar Barn, University of Birmingham
The surrogacy industry needs international regulation to stop the exploitation of women's bodies.
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Daryl Adair, University of Technology Sydney
By using her public profile to suggest bias in drug-testing, Williams is calling into question the integrity of those tasked with the role of monitoring 'clean sport'.
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