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Just months after a bitterly fought election, Kenyans are toying with the idea of running a national referendum, ostensibly to fix governance and constitutional weaknesses. David Kiwuwa thinks this would be a bad idea because it would rekindle political divisions and communal conflicts. Kenya can ill afford to enter into another prolonged period of politicking.
South Africa’s ruling party the African National Congress is increasingly losing support due to large scale looting of public coffers under former president Jacob Zuma. This is expected to make a difference in next year’s national elections. Roger Southall argues that the one thing that might help the ANC’s fortunes is its new leader, President Cyril Ramaphosa, who seems to be more popular than the party.
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Supporters of Kenya’s draft constitution attend a “Yes” campaign rally ahead of the 2010 referendum.
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David E Kiwuwa, University of Nottingham
Weary Kenyans are entitled to wonder if the latest referendum push will be any different from the past two.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is now more popular than his governing party, the ANC.
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Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
The ANC has lost so much support among its traditional voters it's now forced to look beyond them to retain power.
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Environment + Energy
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Jerry Chati Tasantab, University of Newcastle; Jason von Meding, University of Newcastle; Kim Maund, University of Newcastle; Thayaparan Gajendran, University of Newcastle
Ghana needs to deal with the underlying causes of floods and prepare people for them.
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Education
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Leti Kleyn, University of Pretoria; Denise Rosemary Nicholson, University of the Witwatersrand
Globally, the scholarly publishing system is in dire need of financial and legislative change.
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From our international editions
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Matthew Stallard, University of Manchester
The chances of your genetic data being recorded by the state depend on who you are.
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