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Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, will lead a deeply divided country whose fault lines deepened under the current government. Olayinka Oyegbile, selects five books to help the new president in leading Africa’s most populous country. The list is eclectic. It includes fiction, non-fiction, autobiography, and political economy. One book is recommended for its slim size - The Trouble with Nigeria - which could give the president-elect a quick start.
The decriminalisation of sex work has been a hot topic in South Africa where lawmakers are reviewing public comments on a draft amendment bill that, if passed, will decriminalise the buying or selling of sex. If passed, South Africa will become the third country, after New Zealand and Belgium, to take this step. While there is opposition to this bill, Marlise Richter and Monique Huysamen unpack why fully decriminalisation is the best approach.
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Wale Fatade
Commissioning Editor: Nigeria
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Olayinka Oyegbile, Trinity University, Lagos
What a new president needs to know as he takes the reins of a deeply divided and disillusioned country.
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Marlise Richter, University of the Witwatersrand; Monique Huysamen, Manchester Metropolitan University
The repeal of outdated apartheid-era laws would have a far-reaching, positive impact on individual sex workers’ health and well-being.
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Science + Technology
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Marian Selorm Sapah, University of Ghana
Internet access opens up the world in many ways.
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Abiodun Fatai, Lagos State University
The use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System or BVAS and the result-viewing portal IReV improved the running of the elections.
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Health + Medicine
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Winston Morgan, University of East London; Shazma Bashir, University of East London
The danger from contaminated cough syrups is that early symptoms of poisoning, such as drowsiness, are sometimes observed in children without contamination.
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Arts, Culture + Society
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Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town
Mass Country was intended to be AKA’s masterpiece, but he needed certified hit makers to get it there.
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Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University
On at Cape Town Pride, Melanie Chait’s documentary is about her life partner Nancy Diuguid.
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Environment
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Titilope Funmbi Onaolapo, University of Pretoria; Christina Breed, University of Pretoria; Kristine Engemann Jensen, Aarhus University; Maya Pasgaard, Aarhus University
South Africa needs to integrate urban green spaces as part of valuable infrastructure and provide framework for their sustainability.
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Business + Economy
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Kayenat Kabir, Purdue University
Better food supply, a reduction in population growth rate, and greater integration into global markets are three key steps Niger must take.
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Philippe Burger, University of the Free State
In being grey listed South Africa joins a list of countries with poor governance. Others are war zones or countries with jihadist terror groupings operating on their land.
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Education
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Mpho-Entle Puleng Modise, University of South Africa
Lecturers need to be adept at both the theories of online learning and the technology used to do it.
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Politics
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Al Chukwuma Okoli, Federal University Lafia
With the controversies surrounding his electoral victory, Bola Ahmed Tinubu would need to build legitimacy, goodwill and demonstrate capacity to govern effectively.
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John J Stremlau, University of the Witwatersrand
The motivations for Carter’s interest in Africa are deeply personal. His record should remind all democrats, including those in Africa, to hold leaders accountable to high ethical standards.
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TC Afrique
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Aly Tandian, Université Gaston Berger
L’accueil des migrants n'est pas motivée par les seules raisons humanitaires. En Allemagne et d’autres pays d'Europe, l'immigration apporte des solutions aux problèmes démographiques et économiques.
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Simon Ngono, Université de la Réunion
La coupure du signal de Walf TV pose la question du retour rampant de la politique de la censure médiatique et du contrôle de la liberté de la presse, à moins d’un an de l’élection présidentielle.
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