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The survival of Nigeria’s elephants hangs in the balance. Over the last 30 years their population has crashed and there are only 300-400 animals left today. Conservationist Tajudeen Amusa unpacks the threats they face and the four urgent steps that are needed to save them.
When African countries gained independence from colonial powers in the 1960s, higher education became a priority. Public universities were tasked with driving national development, and many large flagship institutions were successful in doing this. James Ransom wanted to know how 10 of the continent’s flagship universities, in countries including Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Nigeria, were faring with a different task today - serving their local communities. He explains what he found.
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Tajudeen Amusa, University of Ilorin
Nigeria has only a few hundred elephants left. They are worth saving, for several reasons.
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James Ransom, UCL
Societal challenges may be national or global in scale, but need local knowledge and local partnerships to solve at the local level.
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Rennie Naidoo, University of the Witwatersrand
A business-centric approach can overshadow the broader goals of social and environmental sustainability.
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Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Sol Plaatje University
Increasing grant payments to extremely poor South Africans would alleviate poverty and help economic growth, a modelling exercise shows.
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Njabulo Chipangura, University of Manchester
The film restores the agency of the objects at the heart of the Dahomey restitution case by transforming them into a living culture.
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From our international editions
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Ava Green, City St George's, University of London
It is possible to glean some insights into someone’s personality without meeting them – but diagnosing them with a psychiatric disorder isn’t ethical.
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Albert Van Wijngaarden, University of Cambridge; Adrian Hindes, Australian National University; Chloe Colomer, UCL
The risks of solar geoengineering will be magnified if critics are ignored and researchers are allowed to self-regulate.
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Jialu Shan, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Pragmatism fuels the country’s innovative strategy.
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Chen Hou, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Understanding the differences in growth rate between animals can help clarify the mechanisms behind aging-related diseases and offer ways to treat them.
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