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Understanding Rural-Urban Migration in Ghana
The development of rural areas and communities comprises a very important sector of a nation’s economy. Rural-urban…
Nobel Prize and African Literature: What Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Feat Means For Africa
Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was on Thursday declared the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, according…
Shekau of Boko Haram is dead: what’s next after ISWAP takeover?
Recently, news emerged that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead, though this is not the first time his death…
Nigeria’s rising insecurity and the way forward
The need for protection was the foundation on which the state was built as that is the social contract between…
Impact of conflict on education and the lessons from Rwanda
Written by Miho Taka*
Humanitarian situations, especially protracted violent conflicts, are a serious barrier…
South Africa’s higher education funding system can be more realistic without…
Written by Gerald Wangenge-Ouma*
Ongoing student protests in South Africa have once again highlighted various…
The way Nigeria selects vice-chancellors needs to be fixed
Written by Ayodeji Olukoju*
Some universities in Nigeria are in crisis over the selection of vice-chancellors.…
Report sheds light on the role of France in Rwanda genocide
A two years’ worth of research digging through historical archives, coordinated by historian Vincent Duclert with…
British university, Germany to return looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria
A British and Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) in Germany have signaled their readiness to return…
Why the response to new Ebola outbreak must be different this time
Questions answered by Jacqueline Weyer*
New reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of…