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The deaths of 39 migrants smuggled into Britain inside a refrigerated lorry last week was shocking. As more details emerge of the horror of their final hours, many might question why anyone would put themselves in the hands of people traffickers or embark on long and dangerous journeys, crossing multiple countries.Talitha Dubow and Katie Kuschminder interviewed some of those who have undertaken these journeys and their stories reveal just how arduous they are.
President Vladimir Putin raised the ante in international power politics when he hosted the first Russia-Africa Summit, attended by about 40 African heads of state, in Sochi last week. Theo Neethling argues that the successful summit reaffirmed Putin’s intention to reclaim Russia’s status as a key geopolitical player in Africa, a position it lost after the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in the 1990s.
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There are often many borders to cross, each bringing potentially fatal risks.
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Talitha Dubow, United Nations University; Katie Kuschminder, United Nations University
The 39 migrants who froze to death in a lorry crossing the channel join hundreds more who have died trying to get into Europe over land.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (waving) with some of the heads of state who attended the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia.
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Theo Neethling, University of the Free State
At the Sochi summit, African states embraced Russia's newly established relations.
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Politics + Society
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Maurice Soudieck Dione, Université Gaston Berger
Authoritarian tactics threaten Senegal's national cohesion, progress and stability.
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Rainbow Murray, Queen Mary University of London; Robin Pettitt, Kingston University
There are five possible options left for the UK, but which is the most likely to work?
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Health + Medicine
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Brittany Kesselman, University of the Witwatersrand
Hunger affects people's health. It also affects their dignity and their ability to live full and productive lives.
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Brendon Kurt Billings, University of the Witwatersrand; Beverley Kramer, University of the Witwatersrand
Dissection is important for developing a range of skills, as well as moral and ethical training and a humanistic approach to patient care.
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Science + Technology
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Vanessa Hayes, University of Sydney
Genetic analysis has traced the evolutionary footsteps of modern humans all the way back to a prehistoric wetland that spanned parts of modern-day Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
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Tristan R.H. Goodbody, University of British Columbia; Nicholas Coops, University of British Columbia
Drones have proven extremely useful for research, collecting detailed data to help monitor hard-to-access areas.
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