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African countries are struggling with high debt, demands to spend more and collapsing currencies: the policy fixes that could help

Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University Highly indebted African countries are facing stark trade-offs…

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Jacob Zuma, the monster South Africa’s ruling ANC created, continues to haunt it

Mashupye Herbert Maserumule, Tshwane University of Technology Former South African president Jacob…

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El Niño: Malawi’s harvest of maize – its staple food – may fall by 22.5% this year

Joachim De Weerdt, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ; Channing Arndt,…

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Descendants of Holocaust survivors explain why they are replicating Auschwitz tattoos on their own bodies

Alice Bloch, University of Manchester Rony Cohen doesn’t remember any particular moment…

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Africa’s savannah elephants: small ‘fortress’ parks aren’t the answer – they need room to roam

Celesté Maré, Aarhus University and Robert A.R. Guldemond, University of Pretoria Africa…

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How much influence does Iran have over its proxy ‘Axis of Resistance’ − Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis?

Sara Harmouch, American University and Nakissa Jahanbani, United States Military Academy West…

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South Africa’s ANC marks its 112th year with an eye on national elections, but its record is patchy and future uncertain

Sandy Africa, University of Pretoria The speech President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered at…

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Why a controversial Hindu temple in India could prove pivotal to Narendra Modi’s party in upcoming elections

Aviroop Gupta, Curtin University Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, famously opposed…

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