The Conversation/Zenobia Ahmed, CC BY-SAThe Sahel region of Africa is a 3,860-kilometre arc-like land mass lying to the immediate south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the breadth of the African continent.
A largely semi-arid belt of barren, sandy and rock-strewn land, the Sahel marks the physical and cultural transition...
The Conversation/Zenobia Ahmed, CC BY-SASouth Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 after a protracted war of independence that started in 1955.
One internal struggle in this war was between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army’s (SPLA) leadership, headed by John Garang and his deputy Salva Kiir, on one side, and current rebel leader Riek...
The Conversation/Zenobia Ahmed, CC BY-SAVenezuela’s major crises will continue in 2017. These include ongoing economic instability, over-reliance on the price of oil, shortages of food and electricity and increasing inequality. At the core is a history of political interference in the functions of economic and government and institutions.
Sinc...
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Over the last 15 years or so, Brazil has experienced a...
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