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Cambridge researchers have long worked with African colleagues on issues that matter not just to the continent but to the world.

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The Bible as a weapon of war

08 Feb 2017

How do former Lord’s Resistance Army soldiers – men, women and children who have used the Bible as a weapon of war – learn to reread the scriptures...

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Akosombo Dam, Ghana

Keeping the lights on in Ghana

07 Feb 2017

When Ghanaian Abu Yaya wondered why his country imports all of its electroporcelain – a small but crucial component for electrical power transmission...

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Dr Vincent Owino, now conducting research in Kenya, was awarded a seed grant from the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund

Cambridge-Africa Programme: 58 institutions, 26 countries, and growing

06 Feb 2017

We ask how a 'matchmaking' programme that teams up Cambridge and African researchers is making expertise and resources available to support Africans...

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Check-up at MRC Unit The Gambia

'The Iron Lady' and the paradox of treating anaemia

03 Feb 2017

Iron deficiency can be fatal. But in countries where patients are also likely to have other serious diseases, so too can the iron supplements used to...

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Vumilia walks 10 km to school

“A girl without education is nothing in the world”

02 Feb 2017

Half the children in Africa miss out on school and basic learning as a result of poverty, gender or disability. While major efforts are being made to...

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Cambridge-Africa postdoctoral researchers

Cambridge and Africa

01 Feb 2017

Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities in its engagement with, and support for, African research. This month we begin a month-long...

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Opinion: Mozambique's unexpected truce still hangs in the balance

20 Jan 2017

After four years of escalating civil conflict, a truce has unexpectedly arisen in Mozambique. But what are the chances of this ceasefire lasting...

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Ian Goodfellow

Call of duty: fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone

13 Jan 2017

Working in a lab as a basic scientist can often seem far removed from the real world. A year since the World Health Organization declared the Ebola...

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Sierra Leonean Junior Doctor, Marina Kamara, follows up on a suspected kidney infection.

IMF lending conditions curb healthcare investment in West Africa, study finds

11 Jan 2017

Research shows budget reduction targets and public sector caps, insisted on by the IMF as loan conditions, result in reduced health spending and...

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A male savannah elephant uses his trunk to eat inTarangire National Park, Tanzania.

Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in lost tourism revenue

01 Nov 2016

New research shows investing in elephant conservation is smart economic policy for many African countries.

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Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz

Cambridge has waived application fees for graduate students from most African countries

26 Oct 2016

The University’s policy on graduate admissions was reiterated at the opening of the third Cambridge-Africa Day

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Opinion: More women are running the world, so why aren't more men doing the dishes?

23 Sep 2016

The number of women in global leadership positions continues to increase, but the change seems one-sided, writes Dr Alice Evans (Geography) on The...

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