Africa’s rich ocean resources - from fish to minerals and hydrocarbons - are important to the continent’s economy and food security, but they’ve also drawn the interest of foreign nations. Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood and Freedom Onuoha reveal how this has created a situation in which, when it comes to issues of ocean security, foreign nations influence decisions and actions which are in their best interests, and not those of African countries and citizens.
The most common explanation for the conflict in Sudan is that it’s about a clash between two military men – the head of the army and the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. But, as Harry Verhoeven explains, the roots of the violence are much more complex. He sets out how overlapping energy, food and political crises led to violent competition between rival elites for control of lucrative niches in sectors such as the supply of fuel.
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Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, University of St Andrews; Freedom C. Onuoha, University of Nigeria
The current focus by extra-regional actors is an elite project that undermines a maritime security strategy that would benefit the African people.
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Harry Verhoeven, Columbia University
The Sudanese crisis is the culmination of three decades of contentious energy politics among rival elites.
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Joleen Steyn Kotze, University of the Free State; Benjamin Roberts, Human Sciences Research Council
A threshold has been crossed, with a pessimistic outlook becoming more dominant than an optimistic one.
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Abier Hamidi, Bournemouth University
This researcher found that even in traditional Arab communities, social media is a better way of reaching people than using family networks.
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Sikanyiso Masuku, University of Cape Town
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit gave holders the right to live and work in the country but did not grant them the right to permanent residence.
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Lamine Savané, Université de Ségou; Fassory Sangare, Université des sciences juridiques et politiques de Bamako; Mahamadou Bassirou Tangara, Université des Sciences sociales et de Gestion de Bamako
Deux organisations djihadistes la katibat Macina et l'Etat islamique au Sahel se livrent une guerre sans merci. Voici les raisons et les enseignements de cette guerre fratricide.
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From our international editions
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Nicholas Leach, University of Oxford
Afghanistan and Central America have growing populations, limited resources, and the potential for more extreme heatwaves.
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Hisham Mehanna, University of Birmingham
Oropharyngeal cancer has now become more common than cervical cancer in the US and the UK.
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Mark Lorch, University of Hull
An article written for Time Magazine, but never published, could have rewritten the history of how DNA was discovered.
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Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University
China is reportedly developing technology to allow it to take control of other countries' satellites.
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