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Sex, money and love: what South African university students say about romance and dating in a material age
Young women are not, as some believe, passive sexual beings. DavideAngelini/Shutterstock Puleng Segalo, University of South Africa Transactional sex –…
ABU Designs Tracking device that can Prevent Hajj Pilgrims From ‘Japa’
A group under the direction of Professor S.B Junaidu at the computer science department of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaira has finally…
Nigeria’s Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU Bans Veils, Skimpy Dresses, Tattoos, Coloured Hair, Others For Students, To Rusticate Defaulters
The school management said sexually provocative dresses would no longer be allowed in the school. The Obafemi Awolowo University,…
China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment – driven from the industry-rich Hunan region
China experienced a massive economic boom in the 1990s and 2000s which increased its demand for resource imports, like oil,…
As Canadian wildfires rage, Facebook’s news ban reveals the importance of radio
Gordon A. Gow, University of Alberta Amid the wildfire crisis in the Northwest Territories and the Aug. 16 order to…
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Cyber governance in Africa is weak. Taking the Malabo Convention seriously would be a good start
African countries are lagging behind in digital advancements. Wikimedia Commons Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo, University of Bradford _Several African countries are pursuing…
Internet shutdowns: here’s how governments do it
BigNazik/GettyImages Lisa Garbe, WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Senegal’s government has shut down internet access in response to protests about…
Tech Giant, Twitter Unveils New Logo
It’s official, Twitter has rebranded. Elon Musk and Twitter Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Linda Yaccarino have ditched Twitter’s iconic blue…
Scientific fraud is rising, and automated systems won’t stop it. We need research detectives
Unsplash Adrian Barnett, Queensland University of Technology Fraud in science is alarmingly common. Sometimes researchers lie about results and invent…
Meet the gigantic extinct reptile that weighed as much as an adult black rhino
Three 3D views of Bradysaurus baini specimen (FMNH UC 1533). Scale bar equals 50 cm. Published in Van den Brandt…
