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The Kingdom of Kush was a major power for more than 2000 years in the region where, today, Sudan meets Egypt. Temples and sacred sites were a crucial part of Kushite life – and it was accepted practice for visitors to these sites to carve graffiti to mark their presence. Suzanne Davis and Geoff Emberling explore what the ancient graffiti meant, and the efforts being made to preserve it.
The new African free trade zone came into effect in May this year. All of the African Union’s member states are now legally bound to allow goods to be traded without restraint throughout the continent. But, explains Christian Abadioko Sambou, there are some security concerns that come with free trade, particularly in border areas.
It’s tough to be a smallholder farmer on the African continent. There are political, economic and social barriers to deal with, and a lack of information often makes this important work even harder. But new affordable technologies like drones, text services and apps could help with all those issues. In this week’s episode of Pasha, Abdul-Rahim Abdulai and Emily Duncan explain how.
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Graffiti bullheads carved on the temple walls.
RTI: Suzanne Davis and Janelle Batkin-Hall/IKAP, 2016
Suzanne Davis, University of Michigan; Geoff Emberling, University of Michigan
Visitors to these sites had one particular religious ritual that may strike some as strange: they carved graffiti in important and sacred places.
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Millions of people have been displaced from countries like Mali. Can a free trade zone create more security?
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Christian Abadioko Sambou, Université de Lille
Given that some states are being asked to increase their presence in border and remote areas, free trade and free movement of goods and people could become a real cause for concern.
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Science + Technology
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Nadja Snegireva, Stellenbosch University
Sports medicine clinicians see benefit in using eye-tracking for concussion diagnostics, but only few of them actually work with it.
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Andrea Ficchì, University of Reading
Tropical cyclones Idai and Kenneth have shown how important it is to integrate local information and resources with global scale forecasts and support.
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Podcast
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
Over the past two decades digitisation has steadily transformed African farming.
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
It’s not enough to simply promote healthy eating and exercise without considering South Africa's very real environmental and structural constraints.
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En français
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Cheryl Hendricks, Human Sciences Research Council; Gabriel Ngah Kiven, University of Johannesburg
Les anglophones du Cameroun souffrent d’une marginalisation flagrante et sont traités comme des citoyens de seconde zone par le gouvernement francophone.
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Colin Beale, University of York
Oui, il y a plus d'incendies en Afrique qu'au Brésil. Mais contrairement à l'Amazonie, la savane africaine a évolué pour repousser rapidement.
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From our international editions
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Darren Reid, Coventry University
After five centuries of extraction, the Amazon region stands on the brink.
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Matthew Cole, University of Birmingham
An election is on the near horizon and the Conservatives are best placed to win. But that doesn't mean they will be popular.
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Jessica Cooke, University of Calgary; Sheri Madigan, University of Calgary
Children's needs change as they grow and develop, so parents should attune themselves to talking to their children in age-appropriate ways that demonstrate ongoing care.
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David Lawrence, Newcastle University
A growing international divide over cutting-edge medical research could worsen predatory practices, medical tourism and health inequality.
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