What gives Nigerian students the confidence to use condoms: Giving young Nigerians information on sexual and reproductive health boosts their confidence in using condoms Ruth McDowall/GettyImagesCondom use is the focus of various sexual health promotions among adolescents and young adults in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries. Yet a significant proportion of young … [Read more...] about What gives Nigerian students the confidence to use condoms | The Conversation
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African countries aren’t getting as much as they should from foreign direct investment | The Conversation
African countries aren't getting as much as they should from foreign direct investment: There has been a slide in the levels of foreign direct investment in Africa Wikimedia CommonsEconomic growth is driven by a number of factors. These include foreign direct investment, national savings, household spending, fiscal and monetary policies. Since the late 1980s African governments … [Read more...] about African countries aren’t getting as much as they should from foreign direct investment | The Conversation
How to turn the tide against South Africa’s crime wave | The Conversation
How to turn the tide against South Africa's crime wave: Johannesburg Metropolitan Police raid a building highjacked by a criminal syndicate. EFE-EPA/Kim LudbrookIn February last year South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that his government would pursue five fundamental goals over the next decade. One of these was particularly bold, namely that violent crime … [Read more...] about How to turn the tide against South Africa’s crime wave | The Conversation
New analysis sheds important light on an ancient mass extinction event | The Conversation
New analysis sheds important light on an ancient mass extinction event: Loskop, one of the two hills at the Permo-Triassic boundary site in the Karoo Basin in South Africa's Free State province. Jennifer BothaThe end-Permian mass extinction is considered to be the most devastating biotic event in the history of life on Earth – it caused dramatic losses in global … [Read more...] about New analysis sheds important light on an ancient mass extinction event | The Conversation
Should Nigeria have released Boko Haram suspects? The answer isn’t a simple yes or no | The Conversation
Should Nigeria have released Boko Haram suspects? The answer isn't a simple yes or no: Military commanders inspect arms and ammunitions recovered from Boko Haram jihadists. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Nigerian government recently announced that it had released about 1,400 Boko Haram suspects. The reason given was they had repented and were to be re-integrated into … [Read more...] about Should Nigeria have released Boko Haram suspects? The answer isn’t a simple yes or no | The Conversation
