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Politics often makes its way onto the football field in the form of protests, boycotts and racist incidents, but seldom is the military called on to intervene. That happened in Nigeria in a little-known tale from 1977. The tension between the country’s Igbo and Yoruba people lived on for many years after the country’s civil war and reared its head when each side’s favoured clubs – Shooting Stars and Enugu Rangers – faced off in the semi-final of the Africa Cup Winners Cup. The fierce rivalry was heightened by fans and the media. Chuka Onwumechili and Unwana Akpan tell the story.
The stereotypical image of the Kenyan pre-independence freedom fighter is that of an armed, typically dreadlocked never-say-die male combatant. In reality, thousands of civilians – including the unarmed women who sustained the freedom fighters – played an equally vital role. Bethany Rebisz fills in some of their untold oral histories.
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Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University; Unwana Akpan, University of Lagos
Football is about more than just sport. It also reflects political tensions in society.
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Bethany Rebisz, University of Bristol
Oral histories serve as a challenge to the evidence in the colonial archive.
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Business + Economy
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Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University
To stabilise the new currency the government must address its habit of printing money, overspending on its budgets and failing to expand the economy.
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Kevin P. Gallagher, Boston University; Abebe Shimeles, University of Cape Town
The $33 billion that African countries received under the IMF’s special drawing rights after COVID didn’t add to their debt, came without conditions and didn’t cost donors a cent.
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Health + Medicine
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Anna-Mart Engelbrecht, Stellenbosch University
Breast cancer cases can differ significantly. Treatment needs to follow the individual needs of the patient.
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Politics
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Olivier Sterck, University of Oxford; Julia R Pozuelo, Harvard University; Maria Flinder Stierna, Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Raphael Bradenbrink, University of Oxford
Depression can severely hinder the ability of refugees to rebuild their lives and integrate into host communities.
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Nicodemus Minde, United States International University
Tundu Lissu’s persistence in tackling democratic backsliding in Tanzania has made him a formidable force.
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Ken Matthysen, IPIS; Peer Schouten, Danish Institute for International Studies
M23 strategies allow the rebel group to control local governance and to generate revenues from the local economy, including rents from North Kivu’s mineral wealth.
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Christopher Isike, University of Pretoria; Samuel Oyewole, University of Pretoria
Joe Biden’s proposed visit, and his record of engagement with the continent, put him one up on his predecessor, Donald Trump, who didn’t visit Africa.
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David E Kiwuwa, University of Nottingham
What will happen to Cameroon after President Paul Biya, who has been in power since 1982?
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Dostin Lakika, University of the Witwatersrand
Rituals can function as a source of strength for soldiers, providing a sense of confidence and security.
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Mpho Mathebula, University of the Witwatersrand
Interviews with women who have staged naked protests reveal this is not just a shock tactic, but a powerful way of claiming their voices and their dignity.
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Environment + Energy
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Francois Steenkamp, University of Cape Town
South Africa’s 100,000 plus coal workers need job relocation grants, skills training in renewable energy work and income support once the coal industry closes.
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Rod Crompton, University of the Witwatersrand; Bruce Douglas Young, University of the Witwatersrand
Sasol’s Secunda facility is the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. New research looks at what’s needed to move the petrochemical manufacturer away from coal.
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Gwinyai Regis Taruvinga, University of the Witwatersrand
Water in Zimbabwe needs to be managed at a local level, so that communities have a say in their own water supply. First, the government will need to upgrade water systems.
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Natasha Joseph, The Conversation
Digital immersion has many benefits – and plenty of pitfalls, too.
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Education
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Kathryn Watt, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Chris Desmond, University of the Witwatersrand
Focusing on girls’ schooling may put boys at a disadvantage and be an inefficient way to reach gender equality.
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