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There are too few toilets in Africa and it’s a public health hazard – how to fix the problem

Omololu Fagunwa, Queen's University Belfast and Helen Onyeaka, University of Birmingham Africa's…

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Health risks at home: a study in six African countries shows how healthy housing saves children’s lives

Hellen Gitau, African Population and Health Research Center; Blessing Mberu, African Population…

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Projects funded by the World Bank Group’s private sector arm fuel violent conflict – it’s time to reform the system

To what extent does private investment help developing countries to reduce conflict…

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Egypt’s strongman president faces election amid economic slump and anger over inaction on Gaza

The bitter conflict between Israel and Hamas could not have come at…

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What is the rule of proportionality, and is it being observed in the Israeli siege of Gaza?

Robert Goldman, American University GAZA: More than a month after Hamas fighters…

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ICYMI: British king acknowledges colonial atrocities in Kenya – here’s what could happen next

Tonny Raymond Kirabira, University of Portsmouth On his official visit to Kenya,…

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‘Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds’ – the Bhagavad Gita explained

Debjani Ganguly, Australian Catholic University In our Guide to the Classics series,…

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More than one journalist per day is dying in the Israel-Gaza conflict. This has to stop

Peter Greste, Macquarie University According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the…

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Israel-Hamas war puts China’s strategy of ‘balanced diplomacy’ in the Middle East at risk

Andrew Latham, Macalester College On Oct. 30, 2023, reports began to circulate…

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