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Nigeria’s crude oil production has been declining since 2012. In August it fell below 1 million barrels a day, the lowest since the 1990s. And it’s lost its position as the biggest oil producer on the continent, falling to third place after Angola and Libya. Petroleum economist Omowumi Iledare identifies what’s behind the decline. It includes the fact that the assets of oil companies are no longer secure, and a fall in production due to the fact that for
nearly two decades Nigeria hasn’t put any bidding processes in place for exploration and the development of fields. He calls for better law enforcement against crude oil vandals, and more drilling.
Uganda is on high alert following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. At least three previous episodes of the highly infectious viral disease have occurred in the country. In the 2000 outbreak 224 died, in 2007 there were 37 fatalities and in 2012 seven people lost their lives. Abdhalah Ziraba explains why Uganda is better prepared for the outbreak now than ever before.
The UN recently warned that South Africa was on “the precipice of explosive violence” following a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment in the country. Anthony Kaziboni outlines what’s led to a hardening of xenophobic attitudes, and cites evidence that shows the fallacy of the five most commonly repeated accusations levelled against foreigners.
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Wale Fatade
Commissioning Editor: Nigeria
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Omowumi Iledare, University of Cape Coast
Insecurity of assets and life with declining capacity for technical and market production are responsible for Nigeria’s low crude oil production.
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Abdhalah Ziraba, African Population and Health Research Center
The Sudan strain of the Ebola virus has been identified in Uganda for the first time in more than a decade.
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Wilfred Nasong'o Muliro, Technical University of Kenya
Kenya’s new president needs to forge closer ties with regional heavyweights to create a balance of power that favours his country.
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Jessica Ronaasen, Stellenbosch University
Early childhood development principals aren’t just educators. They’re also managers and business people, and those skills are critical.
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Anthony Kaziboni, University of Johannesburg
Scapegoating immigrants will not result in significantly improved healthcare service provision, reduced crime or less unemployment.
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Deepasri Prasad, Dartmouth College; Wilma Bainbridge, University of Chicago
People are puzzled when they learn they share the same false memories with others. That’s partly because they assume that what they remember and forget ought to be based only on personal experience.
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Farsan Ghassim, University of Oxford
Reform of the UN to make it more inclusive and accountable is long overdue, the two leaders have said.
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Dinah Birch, University of Liverpool
A short guide to the Wolf Hall author’s remarkably varied back catalogue.
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