Play and storytelling are a crucial part of children’s cognitive development.
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Children benefit enormously from regular, cognitively stimulating interactions with their caregivers.
M23 rebels in Kibumba in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The new intervention force must be sizeable, and have proper air cover as well as transport and air elements. None are guaranteed.
Beledweyne city in Somalia, under water following a flood.
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Funding climate adaptation in conflict areas may require engaging local communities and armed groups where national governments are absent.
A woman at a a counselling centre for rape victims in Paoua, 500km northwest of Bangui in the CAR.
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The birth rate was lower and the death rate markedly higher in areas outside government control in the Central African Republic.
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Russia was using the mercenary group to further its foreign policy aims in west Africa. There’s no reason to think Prigozhin’s death will change that.
10 tons of ammunition previously laid in civilian settlements by Libyan militia and Wagner group mercenaries .
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The Wagner rebellion in Russia has implications for African countries that depend on mercenaries and non-state armed groups for security.
Saudi security officers stand guard off the seaport of Port Sudan in April 2023.
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There is a risk that Sudan’s conflict could spill over into neighbouring countries.
Devastation: much of central Khartoum has been destroyed in heavy fighting.
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The role of the Wagner Group in the Sudan crisis is not yet clear, but its mercenaries are reported to be involved in a number of African countries.
Joseph Kony speaks to journalists in southern Sudan in November 2006.
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The Ugandan militant remains on the run despite a US$5 million bounty on his head for war crimes committed between 1987 and 2006.
Kenya last executed a prisoner in 1987 but continues to hand down the death sentence.
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Research finds that the threat of being sentenced to death has no bearing on how people contemplate violent crime.
Dozens of displaced people gather along the fence of the MONUSCO base in DRC.
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A specific regional protocol could ease the management of internally displaced persons in the region.
UN peacekeepers on patrol.
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Peacekeeping missions grab the headlines when they’re associated with tragedy and death – but that isn’t their full story.
Maxime Mokom during his first appearance at the ICC.
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Maxime Mokom is an ordinary man who came to reflect a specific vision of the Central African society, one that exclude other fellow citizens in the name of being a ‘true central African’.
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La Russie tente d'exporter en Afrique son modèle de gouvernance basé sur l'autoritarisme, la kloptocratie et une approche transactionnelle.
Russian president Vladimir Putin and African leaders at the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in Sochi in 2019.
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Russia is attempting to export its governance model of an authoritarian, kleptocratic and transactional regime onto Africa.
Joseph Kony, head of the Lord’s Resistance Army (Centre) arrives for a past peace talks at a jungle in Southern Sudan.
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Fresh efforts to capture Kony comes amid growing influence of Russia in the Central African Republic.
There’s been substantial progress in reducing child deaths.
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A child born in sub-Saharan Africa or Southern Asia is 10 times more likely to die in the first month of life than a child born in a rich country.
Un véhicule blindé russe de transport de troupes dans les rues de Bangui.
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Ce n’est qu’en accordant la priorité aux aspects civils de la gouvernance, tels que l'éducation et la santé, que l'État sera protégé des rébellions susceptibles de remettre en cause son pouvoir.
A Russian armoured personnel carrier on the streets of Bangui.
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Only an emphasis on civilian aspects of rule, such as education and health, can shield the state from rebellions that challenge state power in the future.
Lake Chad captured from Diffa, Niger.
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Where natural resources are shared, in addition to the states, regional and international organisations also have a role to play in steering who gets what.