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Many African cities are set to be hit hard by climate change. To help prepare for worst case scenarios, cities are putting in place strategies that outline actions to mitigate – and adapt to – changes in weather patterns. Cape Town, which has already felt the impact of a prolonged drought, is the latest city to redraft its strategy document. Alanna Rebelo, Karen Joan Esler, Michael Samways, Patricia Holmes and Tony Rebelo set out the strengths, as well as the weaknesses, of the plan, pointing out that many cities across the continent need to apply themselves to the looming challenges.
The situation in Ethiopia continues to escalate. Government forces are still locked in battle with troops loyal to the Tigrayan government while Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has vowed to remove the region’s leadership. There are reports that hundreds of soldiers have been killed and that many people have fled to Sudan. In earlier published articles Francesca Baldwin and Heike I Schmidt weigh up the chances of all-out civil war while Yohannes Gedamu explains the serious challenges Ahmed’s government has faced from the start. The major one is ethnic tensions, for which the government has not yet designed a strategy.
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Ozayr Patel
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Fynbos, the biodiverse shrubland in Cape Town, is thought to have the third highest carbon stored per square metre for any biome in South Africa. It must be protected. Shutterstock
Alanna Rebelo, Stellenbosch University; Karen Joan Esler, Stellenbosch University; Michael Samways, Stellenbosch University; Patricia Holmes, Stellenbosch University; Tony Rebelo, South African National Biodiversity Institute
Cape Town's new climate strategy is a good start. But it falls short when it comes to nature.
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A man enters a polling station for Tigray’s regional elections, which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deemed illegal. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images
Francesca Baldwin, University of Reading; Heike I Schmidt, University of Reading
Crisis grips Ethiopia as political divisions spill over into armed conflict and potential civil war looms.
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Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College
The country must urgently address the politics of ethnicity before it can move towards a workable democracy.
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Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College
Ahmed Abiy has his work cut out to unify a nation divided along tribal lines
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Health + Medicine
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Dr Marietjie Botes, University of Pretoria
Digital contact tracing apps can successfully contribute to the management of viral outbreaks. These apps can even be designed to protect privacy rights and to work across borders.
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Raphael Taiwo Aruleba, University of Cape Town; Bernard Ong'ondo Osero, University of Cape Town; Dr. Ramona Hurdayal, University of Cape Town
Among the health conditions that might have faced a setback is leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease associated with poverty. It can cause devastating lifestyle changes, disability, and even death.
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Michael Head, University of Southampton
Every year, around 455 million get scabies. Not that you'd know, because no one talks about it.
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John Molebatsi, University of Pretoria; Christina Breed, University of Pretoria; Gary Ivan Stafford, University of Pretoria
Most healers still practice in their houses where there is little privacy. Others use more private backrooms. But these spaces were not designed for the practice of traditional medicine.
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From our international editions
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Harry Al-Wassiti, Monash University; Colin Pouton, Monash University; Kylie Quinn, RMIT University
Early analysis suggests this vaccine has an efficacy of over 90%. So if you took ten people who were going to get sick from COVID-19 and vaccinated them, only one would get sick.
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Simon Nicholas Williams, Swansea University
Success in tackling the coronavirus pandemic may rely on how well authorities maintain public trust.
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Evita March, Federation University Australia
Grandiose narcissists do not, or even cannot, recognise and acknowledge a failure could be their own.
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Regina Smyth, Indiana University; Sarah Oates, University of Maryland
Charges by President Donald Trump and his allies that the 2020 election was rigged are challenged by experts in Russian elections, where rigging the outcome is an established way of life.
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En Français
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Lucas Faure, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
Les ONG musulmanes françaises se trouvent soumises à une double injonction paradoxale comme de nombreux Français musulmans, soupçonnés soit de « communautarisme » soit de prosélytisme.
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Stéphane Dufoix, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières
« Emprise hégémonique, projet anti-Occident et pensée étrangère » : retour sur les principaux griefs adressées aux courants universitaires qui cherchent à décentrer leur regard.
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