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As University of Zimbabwe Strike Drags on, Pressure Mounts on the Country’s Higher Education System
Lecturers’ earnings have shrunk by nearly 90% — and students are caught in the middle of it all.
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Civil Liberties
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Uganda Military Denies Extrajudicial Killings, But Deaths Keep Coming
The rule of law is often at the end of a gun barrel in a country where the military increasingly gains power.
Environment
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Unchecked Development Eats Up Wetlands in Harare
As Zimbabwe prepares to host a global wetlands summit, its own wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate.
Global Health
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Could Uganda’s Budongo Forest Be Ground Zero for the Next Global Pandemic?
Tobacco farming in Uganda has resulted in the loss of trees key to the diets of chimpanzees and baboons, increasing human-primate interactions — and the risk for disease spillover.