Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for COVID-19?: A researcher holds a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine at the National Primate Research Center of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe World Health Organisation (WHO) recently noted that “researchers are working at break-neck speed” to … [Read more...] about Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for COVID-19? | The Conversation
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Africa’s scientists set out their COVID-19 research priorities | The Conversation
Africa's scientists set out their COVID-19 research priorities: By setting out the continent's research priorities, scientists can focus better on what needs to be done. Maliutina Anna/ShutterstockIn April 2020, about two months after the African continent recorded its first case of COVID-19, the African Academy of Sciences undertook an extensive survey of its members. This … [Read more...] about Africa’s scientists set out their COVID-19 research priorities | The Conversation
The media often conflates malicious criticism with genuine critique: why it shouldn’t | The Conversation
The media often conflates malicious criticism with genuine critique: why it shouldn't: GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty ImagesThis is an edited extract from Tell Our Story: Multiplying Voices in the News Media by Dale McKinley and Julie Reid. “If journalism is a force of immense influence – and I think it is, and should be – then it surely deserves … [Read more...] about The media often conflates malicious criticism with genuine critique: why it shouldn’t | The Conversation
Why the African Union has failed to ‘silence the guns’. And some solutions | The Conversation
Why the African Union has failed to 'silence the guns'. And some solutions: A soldier from Niger patrols near the border with Nigeria. Porous borders with Nigeria and Mali are hotbeds for Jihadists and marauding local militias. Giles Clark/GettyImagesSeven years ago African leaders committed themselves to working towards an end to armed conflict. As they marked the 50th … [Read more...] about Why the African Union has failed to ‘silence the guns’. And some solutions | The Conversation
Nairobi’s street names reveal what those in power want to remember, or forget | The Conversation
Nairobi's street names reveal what those in power want to remember, or forget: City traffic on Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi, Kenya. Vlad Karavaev/ShutterstockThe recent global events of civil and political unrest that started in the US have brought to the fore the complex dynamics of urban memorialisation. The protests have, in some places, led to renewed scrutiny of certain … [Read more...] about Nairobi’s street names reveal what those in power want to remember, or forget | The Conversation
