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Terrorism, attacks by bandits and kidnappings in Nigeria are starting to spread from the north of the country to the south. This has raised fears that Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital and the country’s largest city, could be a target. Adewumi Badiora, an urban and community safety researcher, unpacks why this is a real concern and explains what needs to be done to address it.
Rarely a month goes by without reports of fisher people drowning on Lake Victoria. And these tragic incidents look set to rise. Environmental scientists Ranaivo Rasolofoson and Kathryn Fiorella conducted a study from the Kenyan side of the lake and found that, due to climate change, an increase in extreme weather will make the conditions even more dangerous.
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Adewumi I. Badiora, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Large banditry and terror attacks were relatively rare in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria’s south-west region until recently.
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Ranaivo Rasolofoson, University of Toronto; Kathryn Fiorella, Cornell University
A new study into drownings of small-scale fishers on the Kenyan side of Lake Victoria has found that extreme weather and boat owners’ failure to provide life jackets are a cause.
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Neil Carrier, University of Bristol
Khat is classified as a cash crop in Kenya, but its detractors say it is a harmful product and some regions have moved to ban it.
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Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, University of Pretoria
Digital technology has revolutionised healthcare. But it only works if data connectivity is good enough.
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Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia
The Wikileaks founder will return to Australia after years behind bars and in exile. What happens now?
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Asher Kaufman, University of Notre Dame
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Natalie C. Tronson, University of Michigan
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Joel Gray, Sheffield Hallam University
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