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Africa’s multilateral development finance institutions risk losing their preferred creditor status if major lenders from developed countries have their way. The loss of the preferred status could have dire consequences for these institutions and the African continent. Misheck Mutize explains how African governments and the African Union can defend the continent’s development finance institutions.
Social media dominates our lives with more than half of the world’s population on one platform or the other. But its popularity comes with a heavy price – it’s also a place for misinformation and toxicity. Both can lead to online stress and depression. Herkulaas MvE Combrink, a specialist in computational infodemiology, unpacks his new research which explains the Social Stress Indicator, a computational tool he devised for quantifying social media stress in
real time.
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Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town
Africa must challenge the misleading narrative on preferred creditor status of its multilateral development banks.
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Herkulaas MvE Combrink, University of the Free State
Social Stress Indicator is invaluable for digital governance, crisis response, mental health monitoring, and platform design to track and respond to social stress.
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Jacques Matthee, University of the Free State; Grey Stopforth, University of the Free State
Instead of banning AI and ChatGPT, students in the law sector should be taught to use them responsibly.
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Thulani Andrew Chauke, University of South Africa
A lack of political will is one factor preventing youth work from becoming a formal profession.
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From our international editions
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Matt Barlow, University of Glasgow
Argentina still faces entrenched economic challenges and many consumers are still struggling to get by despite falling inflation.
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Serdar Yalçin, Macalester College
Cylinder seals were intimately tied to their owner, showcasing their identity, beliefs and social status.
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Giuditta Fontana, University of Birmingham; Argyro Kartsonaki, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg; Natascha Neudorfer, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf; Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham
A comprehensive study of recent civil wars highlights the role women can play in sustainable peace processes.
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Dan Baumgardt, University of Bristol
Keratin is the tough protein that forms hair, nails and hooves. It’s also responsible for something far stranger: human horns.
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