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Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili wants to be Nigeria’s next president. She’s held high positions in the private and public sectors, but is perhaps most famous for her founding role in the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. She’s a strong candidate. But the experience of past female presidential candidates suggests that the probability of Ezekwesili winning is slim, writes Sharkdam Wapmuk.
South Africa’s new finance minister Tito Mboweni had very little room to manoeuvre when he delivered the country’s mid-term budget yesterday. Seán Mfundza Muller explains how Mboweni has had to postpone making decisions that would exacerbate the country’s already fragile finances.
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Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili is a candidate in Nigeria’s upcoming 2019 elections.
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Sharkdam Wapmuk, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
Can Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili become the next Nigerian president?
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South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni must walk a fiscal tightrope.
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Seán Mfundza Muller, University of Johannesburg
South Africa's finance minister has chosen to walk a tightrope rather than face tough choices about cutting expenditure or raising taxes.
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Arts + Culture
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Archie Dick, University of Pretoria
South Africa has a history of burning books. The ashes of burnt books tell of the barbarism to which a society can descend.
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Science + Technology
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Brenda Wingfield, University of Pretoria
Scientific articles are the way in which scientists communicate their results to their peers.
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From our international editions
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Abigail Stepnitz, University of California, Berkeley
A scholar who has worked with asylum-seekers for a decade explains why the legal path to safety is challenging for the migrants currently traveling through Mexico.
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Florian Siebzehnrubl, Cardiff University
When it comes to treating cancer, focus for decades has been on killing the fastest growing cells. New research finds that this approach may be too simple.
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