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Nigeria Navy officers at the induction of acquired warships and locally built Seaward Defence Boat in Lagos, 2021. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Africa’s militaries have always relied on imported weapons: why a shift to homegrown defence is now under way

Across Africa, governments are finding ways to reduce dependence on foreign arms suppliers and building capabilities they can control, maintain and adapt.
The Rutherford Atomic Model of a neon atom, showing the atom as similar to a solar system, with electrons orbiting a nucleus. Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via Getty Images

Curious Kids: What is the smallest thing in the universe?

The electron is the tiniest particle. Then there are neutrinos, which are as small but may weigh more.
Launch of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Ecowas in Accra, Ghana, on 22 April 2025. Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

Ecowas without the Sahel states: how the split is testing free movement and regional legitimacy

Beyond the rights to free movement, the AES withdrawal has real effects on Ecowas in terms of its legitimacy, strength and migrant rights.
A herpetologist handles an African puff adder during an extraction of its venom to be used in research for the local production of antivenom at the Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Snakebites: how to avoid them and what to do if you’re bitten

In sub-Saharan Africa, over 300,000 people are envenomed each year, leading to over 7,000 deaths and almost twice as many amputations.

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