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The Khamas have dominated Botswana’s politics since the 1870s, but they are now a discredited, spent force.
It’s likely our species doesn’t actually have a single origin.
Genetic analysis has traced the evolutionary footsteps of modern humans all the way back to a prehistoric wetland that spanned parts of modern-day Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Serious challenges lie ahead for Botswana’s governing party as it celebrates retaining power.
In large ecosystems, managing elephant populations so they don’t exceed a certain threshold number is arbitrary.
As the ultimate custodians, it is urgent that African countries with elephants take
ownership of the processes at CITES.
The recent ruling to decriminalize same sex behaviour in Botswana may have a positive impact on the rest of southern Africa.
Africa’s democracies have grown stronger during a period in which the world is backsliding on democracy.
In light of Botswana’s decision to allow trophy hunting again, new evidence suggests elephant poaching has been on the rise.
Researchers around the world are working hard to find a vaccine that is safe and effective.
By placing less emphasis on public opinion, and questioning public morality as the basis of its decision, the latest High Court decision shows that times have indeed changed.
Progress against malaria has stalled. There’s been an increase in the number of cases reported since 2015.
The High Court’s ruling goes against the trend of greater liberalisation in a number of African countries.
Lifting the trophy hunting moratorium in Botswana is more about politics and less about elephant conservation.
Botswana’s High Court could finally decriminalise same-sex relations.
The African Peer Review Mechanism got off to a good start, but enthusiasm soon waned.
There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year.
Angola’s new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
The argument isn’t whether African democracies are better than those in the West. It’s simply that the idea of “real” and “not yet real” democracies expresses a colonial mentality, not reality.
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Research Associate, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand; Chief Research Officer, Good Governance Africa; Managing Director, Harvey Economics Pty Ltd.
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Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, and acting SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor, North-West University
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Director: UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor, Harvard University
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Honorary Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
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Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria
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Afrobarometer Senior Analyst/Methodologist, University of Cape Town