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Adolescent girls face unique challenges in situations of violent conflict. Their experiences are often different from those of women, boys and younger children. However, in spite of their unique vulnerabilities, girls between the ages of 10 and 19 are often overlooked when programmes are being designed to support peace efforts. Based on interviews they did with adolescent girls in conflict-affected communities in South Sudan, Uganda, and Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon in the Lake Chad Basin, Katrina Lee-Koo and Eleanor Gordon provide insights into why this is counter-productive.
A number of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have already been identified. It’s highly likely that there are others circulating that haven’t been detected yet by genomic surveillance, and that there will be additional new variants in the future. Two issues are causing global concern: will new variants cause more severe disease? And will they be more resistant to the COVID-19 vaccines coming onto the market? Ed Rybicki, Anna-Lise Williamson, Don Cowan and Stephanie G Burton unpack some of the basics about new variants and what to watch out for.
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Adejuwon Soyinka
Regional Editor West Africa
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Civil rights activists at a rally calling for the rescue of abducted Chibok school girls in Nigeria.
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Katrina Lee-Koo, Monash University; Eleanor Gordon, Monash University
Adolescent girls face unique challenges in times of conflict and crisis yet they are rarely consulted about how to engender peace in their communities.
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Ed Rybicki, University of Cape Town; Anna-Lise Williamson, University of Cape Town; Don Cowan, University of Pretoria; Stephanie G Burton, University of Pretoria
Occasionally, a mutation will give the virus a better chance of surviving and reproducing itself, and will result in a new population (known as a new lineage).
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Politics
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Richard Calland, University of Cape Town
The former president is in a corner and largely isolated. His only option is to stir the pot so much that it gives him some kind of bargaining power.
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Ashwanee Budoo, University of Pretoria
Having four female Commissioners out of six is a good start, but that alone will not erase the vulnerabilities that women face in leadership and everyday life.
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Some birds may effectively possess an in-built, global GPS system.
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El concepto de cambio climático o cambio global resulta demasiado difuso para definir el fenómeno que vivimos. Nos encontramos ante un proceso de deterioro ambiental; ante una pandemia ambiental.
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Francisco Belzagui Elder, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech; Carmen Gutiérrez-Bouzán, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech
Los filtros de cigarrillos liberan millones de toneladas de microfibras que pueden viajar largas distancias por el aire o por el agua y ser ingeridas por todo tipo de organismos, incluido el hombre.
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