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• South Africa’s green building upgrades are rising – but major cities still dominate, study finds

  When people hear the term “green building”, they often imagine expensive technologies, costly developments or environmentally friendly features that only wealthy buyers can afford.

  SyndicatedJonathan Oladeji, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg23 Sept 20265 min read

• Street names carry stories with them. What they tell us about Gauteng in South Africa

  As a design researcher working in urban graphic heritage, I explore how everyday graphic objects communicate in public spaces. I have started to think of the city as a kind of living, dispersed archive.

  SyndicatedYolandi Burger, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gauteng City-Region Observatory23 Sept 20264 min read

• Morocco’s deadly wall across Western Sahara: why the 2,700km Berm was built and the damage it does

  Western Sahara has been carved in two since the 1980s by a wall that Morocco built to hold on to territory it occupied in 1975.

  SyndicatedJoana Castro Pereira, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Universidade do Porto23 Sept 20265 min read

• Vaccination rates are falling in Africa, but a new strategy aims to turn things around. Five things it needs to get right

  Africa has reached an important moment in its immunisation journey. Coverage is not rising fast enough to keep pace with population growth, persistent inequities and a growing number of vaccines.

  SyndicatedCharles Shey Wiysonge, Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council23 Sept 20265 min read

• Dette du Sénégal : pourquoi l’accord avec le FMI ne règle pas encore la crise

  À ce jour, le Sénégal n'a pas reçu un seul dollar du Fonds monétaire international (FMI), et sa dette n'a pas diminué d'un franc.

  SyndicatedFlorent Kanga Gbongue, Enseignant-Chercheur, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Cocody, Côte-d'Ivoire23 Sept 20268 min read

• South Africa’s minibus taxi industry has lessons for policymakers on how informal systems work

  Two recent books draw on more than a decade of research into South Africa’s minibus taxi industry. A Fork in the Road? The Formalisation of South Africa’s Minibus Taxi Industry and Blood on the Tar, Hope on the Horizon: South Africa’s Minib…

  SyndicatedSiyabulela Christopher Fobosi, Senior Researcher, UNESCO 'Oliver Tambo' Chair of Human Rights, University of Fort Hare, University of Fort Hare22 Sept 20265 min read

• Climate change is fuelling African conflict – governments are developing a shared response

  Climate change is making life tougher. Across Africa, failed harvests, shrinking water supplies and more extreme weather are leaving millions of people hungry and forcing many from their homes.

  SyndicatedKatongo Seyuba, Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute22 Sept 20265 min read

• Ethiopia’s armed opposition unites against Abiy Ahmed: 5 reads on the country’s political struggles

  Seven Ethiopian armed groups have announced a new alliance aimed at overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

  SyndicatedJulius Maina, Regional Editor East Africa, The Conversation22 Sept 20263 min read

• Fabien Eboussi Boulaga, le philosophe qui interrogeait la liberté de penser pour l'Afrique

  Philosophe camerounais, ancien jésuite et penseur majeur de la condition postcoloniale, Fabien Eboussi Boulaga, né en 1934 et mort en 2018, demeure moins connu du grand public que Valentin Yves Mudimbe ou Achille Mbembe.

  SyndicatedChristophe Premat, Professor, Canadian and Cultural Studies, Stockholm University22 Sept 20266 min read

• Les populations africaines veulent des services climatiques qui répondent à leurs besoins locaux

  Partout en Afrique, les populations s’emploient à restaurer et à gérer les mangroves, les pâturages et les espaces verts urbains. Elles font face à des menaces croissantes liées au changement climatique.

  SyndicatedPetra Holden, Senior Researcher, University of Cape Town22 Sept 20268 min read