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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari recently requested that the US relocate its Africa Command headquarters from Germany, where it is currently located, to Africa. This, he reasoned, would make for a more effective tackling of growing armed violence on the continent. Apart from this being a complete volte-face from the previous position of Nigeria on the US Africa Command, Kester Onor explains why relocating the headquarters will not
solve the region’s security problems. He adds that reforms that will entrench constitutionalism, the rule of law, and political inclusion are the keys to making Africa more secure.
In different parts of the world, cybercrime is a major concern and Nigeria has its fair share of this challenge. While public sentiment is against cybercrime, Oludayo Tade unpacks how some local music encourages internet fraudsters and launders their image.
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Kester Onor, Covenant University
Reforms that will entrench constitutionalism, the rule of law, and political inclusion will solve Africa's security problems, not moving the US Africa Command headquarters to the continent
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Olu Maintain’s hit song Yahooze is an ode to cybercrime.
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Oludayo Tade, University of Ibadan
Poverty aside, cultural factors like the influence of hip hop songs may also play a role in making a life of cybercrime attractive to young people.
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Health + Medicine
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Patrick Ngassa Piotie, University of Pretoria; Elizabeth M. Webb, University of Pretoria; Paul Rheeder, University of Pretoria
In 2019, 89,834 people died of diabetes. This number exceeds the capacity of Soccer City, the biggest football stadium in South Africa.
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Charles Wambebe, Tshwane University of Technology
What's needed is a prioritisation of the health and medicinal values of the food that's consumed in African countries.
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Katie Kuschminder, United Nations University
UN and NGO reports of 'pushbacks' at borders suggest 2,000 deaths linked to actions supported by EU border agency Frontex, yet EU plans to greatly expand its powers.
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Jennifer Juno, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity; Adam Wheatley, The University of Melbourne
Vaccination is likely to substantially reduce virus transmission by reducing the pool of people who become infected, and reducing virus levels in people who do get infected.
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Caroline Perrin, Université de Strasbourg; Laurent Weill, Université de Strasbourg
Au niveau mondial, les hommes bénéficient d’un accès plus facile au crédit que les femmes qui remboursent pourtant mieux leurs emprunts.
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