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In recent days, Sudan’s capital Khartoum has been hit by air strikes and shelling as the country’s warring factions – the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – continue to fight. Battlefield seizures and a loss of weapons stores have affected both sides, but as Khristopher Carlson sets out, both still have enough arms to keep the conflict going.
Ethiopia has one of Africa’s most ambitious mass housing programmes. Launched 17 years ago, the government initiative sells housing units to low-income first-time buyers. The units are distributed to applicants through a lottery system. While the programme has improved living conditions for Ethiopians who previously lived in dense, slum-like conditions, it’s been plagued by several challenges. Hone Mandefro explains.
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Khristopher Carlson, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
The Sudan army’s superiority is in its air force and arsenal of ground forces while the rival paramilitary force relies on nimble mobile units.
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Hone Mandefro, Concordia University
Ethiopia’s mass housing project has built and transferred half-a-million houses in two decades – but it’s damaging the social fabric of communities.
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Nikitta Dede Adjirakor, University of Ghana
Women who shaped modern Ghana have been erased from history. A children’s book aims to restore them to their rightful place.
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Chijioke Nwosu, University of the Free State; Alexis Habiyaremye, University of Johannesburg; Thomas Habanabakize, Tshwane University of Technology
A mismatch between the skills employers want and what young people have is the major cause of youth unemployment in South Africa. Soft skills are key.
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Peter Tiako Ngangum, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Des programmes intensifs de formation à la sécurité sont nécessaires pour assurer la sécurité des journalistes lors des manifestations, des conflits et des guerres.
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From our international editions
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Marc Hudson, University of Sussex
In May 1953, scientist Gilbert Plass made some extraordinarily prescient comments.
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Andrea Wigfield, Sheffield Hallam University; Jan Gurung, Sheffield Hallam University; Laura Makey, Sheffield Hallam University
A statistic from a 2010 study is doing the rounds again. But is it helpful?
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Edel Hyland, Queen's University Belfast
Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, is one example of a fungus which can alter the human mind.
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A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
From Tupac to Jay-Z, many a rap artist has set pen to paper to pay homage to the women who gave them birth.
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