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Kenyan women and girls on why they joined Al-Shabaab terrorists

Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen, The Conversation
· Feb 24, 2021 · 11:30 pm
Sci-fi novel ‘Lagoon’ challenges long-held ideas of how sexual identities are considered in Africa

Gibson Ncube, The Conversation
· Feb 19, 2021 · 05:30 pm
Watch: Scientists locate dwarf giraffes in Africa

Scroll Staff
· Jan 11, 2021 · 05:20 pm
The Indian Ocean is a rich historical archive – on the surface and below it

Isabel Hofmeyr, The Conversation Charne Lavery, The Conversation
· Dec 10, 2020 · 07:30 pm
Why Ethiopia is on the brink of a civil war

Asafa Jalata, The Conversation
· Nov 20, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Remembering Baxsan, one of the most popular Somali singers of all time

Mohamed Haji Ingiriis, The Conversation
· Nov 15, 2020 · 11:30 pm
India’s pharma industry is facing challenges from China – and it’s bad news for developing nations

Thankom Arun, The Conversation Reji Joseph, The Conversation
· Nov 07, 2020 · 09:30 pm
The Angolan dancers who helped South African song ‘Jerusalema’ go viral around the world

Ananya Jahanara Kabir, The Conversation
· Nov 01, 2020 · 01:30 pm
In 21st century Nigeria, it is a crime ‘to be modern’

Sakiru Adebayo, The Conversation
· Oct 21, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Why foreign countries (including India) are jostling to set up military bases in Africa

Theo Neethling, The Conversation
· Sep 26, 2020 · 11:30 pm
How the East India Company made a celebrity out of a shipwreck survivor in 1738

Jennifer Howes
· Aug 18, 2020 · 09:30 pm
‘They said men aren’t allowed’: This male belly dancer is defying gender stereotypes

Scroll Staff
· Jul 30, 2020 · 05:46 pm
Watch: Tiny, big-eyed ‘bush baby’ yawns in the cutest way

Scroll Staff
· Jul 30, 2020 · 05:11 pm
Watch: Recycled garbage is used to make all the instruments used by this protest band from Congo

Scroll Staff
· Jul 27, 2020 · 11:31 am
After influenza and coronavirus, will obesity be the next pandemic?

Gareth Willmer
· Jul 17, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Why are hundreds of elephants dying mysteriously in Botswana?

Vicky Boult, The Conversation
· Jul 07, 2020 · 09:30 pm
Watch: Can locusts be food? Kenyan scientists are exploring the question as a second wave looms

Scroll Staff
· Jul 03, 2020 · 03:09 pm
In Pakistan, a community descended from East Africans is still fighting prejudice

Zofeen T Ebrahim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Jun 25, 2020 · 07:30 pm
Coronavirus crisis could fuel the rise of terrorist organisations in Asia and Africa

Nisha Bellinger, The Conversation Kyle Kattelman, The Conversation
· May 29, 2020 · 09:30 pm
Lockdown reading: Eight novels from Africa offer reflections on disease, death and isolation

Isabel Hofmeyr, The Conversation Aretha Phiri, The Conversation Grace Musila, The Conversation Manosa Nthunya, The Conversation Nedine Moonsamy, The Conversation Sam Naidu, The Conversation Sarah Nuttall, The Conversation Susan Kiguli, The Conversation Tom Odhiambo, The Conversation
· May 07, 2020 · 05:30 pm