White voters are the most loyal to one party among the South African electorate.
Racial identities continue to shape voter behaviour in post-apartheid South Africa.
South African foreign minister Naledi Pandor addresses the media outside the ICJ at The Hague.
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The country will see more foreign policy continuity if the ANC partners with smaller parties that share its world view.
Live broadcasts of court proceedings are rare in Ghana.
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Ghana’s supreme court will rule whether the anti-LGBTQI+ bill is constitutional. The proceedings are being broadcast live on television, a rarity. .
Workers in a car factory in South Africa.
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Power outages in South Africa pose a threat to employment.
Electoral agents test a voting machine ahead of the DRC’s 2023 elections.
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Digital technologies can help more people to participate in building their countries’ democracies.
The new MK Party’s slogan #Mayibuye and its green, gold and black colours share the ruling ANC’s own branding.
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Former president Jacob Zuma’s MK Party borrows the slogan “mayibuye” from the liberation party to make a point about the ruling African National Congress.
South Africans in the UK and other foreign countries voted ahead of the polls opening at home.
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The growing loss of support for the governing ANC raises the possibility of South Africa having its first national coalition government since 1994.
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Social media platforms need to open up data to Africans and researchers in the global south.
A woman cheers at President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration for a sixth term in 2021.
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Women are constantly battling stereotypes that seek to maintain the status quo of male dominance in political spaces.
Twee Toring Church in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
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Political secularism in South Africa is shaping into a tense contest between the relative ambitions of state and religious actors.
Acid Mine Drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto.
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Uncontrolled pollution from hundreds of disused mines has contaminated the water and soil used by Soweto’s urban farmers.
Africa Union soldiers at a security cordon in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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The concept of the African Standby Force needs to adapt to the modern realities of conflict.
African countries have a history of not exploiting their mineral wealth fully.
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Africa hosts substantial reserves of critical minerals.
Zanzibar island has been a Tanzanian territory since 26 April 1964.
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Many Tanzanians agree that the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar should be reformed to reflect contemporary realities.
Rwanda’s Hope Hostel gets ready to welcome the migrants from the UK.
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Countries could face major legal consequences if they send people to countries where they could suffer harm.
African National Congress supporters in Durban days before the historic poll on 27 April 1994.
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The electoral commission had only four months for work which normally takes two to three years. In the end, the election succeeded because the nation wanted it to succeed.
A woman wades through flood waters at an inundated residential area in Garissa, Kenya.
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Kenya’s preparedness for and response to extreme weather events has numerous gaps.
Demonstrators in France wave a placard – which reads “M23 OUT” – in solidarity with victims of conflict in eastern DRC.
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For the vulnerable millions in eastern DRC, it is not enough that international courts exist.
LGBTIQ+ Angolans share their stories in an oral history project: (from left) David Kanga, Roquiana Gunza, Ema Domingos.
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LGBTIQ+ life in Angola can be traced to before colonialism, though it has not been well documented. A recent project brings these stories to life.
Vaccination against hepatitis E is not widespread yet globally.
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Hepatitis E is a global health problem with about 20 million cases occurring annually, three million symptomatic cases, and 60,000 deaths.