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  The foreign policies of African states in the age of democracy and human rights

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  The establishment of the AU in 2002 created opportunities for an ambitious democracy and human rights agenda in the foreign and continental policies of African states.
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  Learning by doing: China–Africa co-operation and state learning

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  The view that ‘Africa should learn from China’s development’ has been expressed throughout Africa, from the chairperson of the AU through senior government officials to analysts, scholars and ordinary citizens.
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  Local biomass burning is a dominant cause of the observed precipitation reduction in southern Africa

  Nature Communications, 2016

  Observations indicate a precipitation decline over large parts of southern Africa since the 1950s. Concurrently, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols have increased due to anthropogenic activities.
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  Minimum marriage age laws and the prevalence of child marriage and adolescent birth: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2015

  The relationship of national laws that prohibit child marriage with the prevalence of child marriage and adolescent birth is not well understood.
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  Sub-Saharan Africa’s growing population of older persons

  United Nations Population Division, 2016

  The growing number of older persons in sub-Saharan Africa is a legacy of the high fertility that produced increasingly large birth cohorts during the twentieth century, as well as improving rates of survival to older ages. In 2015 there were 46 million people aged 60 years or over in sub-Saharan Africa, an increase from 23 million in 1990. Highlights of this overview include:
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  Chinese businesses in Africa: perspectives on corporate social responsibility and the role of Chinese government policies

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2016

  China’s business engagement in developing countries has grown rapidly in the past decade through direct investment, contract projects and trade. China was the third-largest foreign investor in the world between 2012 and 2014, and approximately 80% of its investments flowed to developing countries in 2014.
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  The effect of exposure to political institutions and economic events on demand for democracy in Africa

  Afrobarometer, 2015

  Understanding why people demand democracy is important to an evaluation of the prospects for democratic stability. Most researchers examining this question have added national-level variables to multi-level regression models of survey data.
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  Do citizens reward good service? Voter responses to basic service provision in southern Africa

  Afrobarometer, 2015

  Theories of democratic governance posit that citizens should reward politicians for good service and punish them for bad. But does electoral accountability work as theorised, especially in developing country contexts?
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  Language, education, and citizenship in Africa

  Afrobarometer, 2016

  African states are known for their linguistic diversity. Few have spread a single official language widely through their education systems. The preservation of many local languages seems a benefit in terms of minority rights, but some fear that fragmentation may inhibit national cohesion and democratic participation.
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  Despite gains, barriers keep health care high on Africa’s priority list

  Afrobarometer, 2016

  Access to health care gained the spotlight on national and international development agendas when the 1978 Alma Ata Declaration outlined a strategy for achieving universal access to primary health care by the year 2000 (World Health Organization, 1978).

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