As Evo Morales left Bolivia on a plane to Mexico, a day after he resigned as president, he tweeted that he would “return with greater strength and energy”. His departure, which has been met with both jubilation and despair by different parts of Bolivian society, has left the country in a political crisis. Angus McNelly explains how a decade’s worth of political events have unfolded in the space of a couple of weeks, reorienting Bolivia’s
political terrain.
It’s been 10 years since the Boko Haram terror group declared a Holy War against the Nigerian state. Since then the group has been linked to the deaths of over 37,000 people, kidnapped more than 1,000 children and displaced over two million. Jideofor Adibe argues that Boko Haram has survived thanks to its ability to adopt different strategies.
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Angus McNelly, Queen Mary University of London
Recent events in Bolivia represent both a military coup d'état and a moment of mass protest.
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Military and government officials supervise the airlift of girls rescued from Boko Haram at Maiduguri Airport.
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Jideofor Adibe, Nasarawa State University, Keffi
It's been a decade since Boko Haram morphed into a violent, radicalised, Jihadist sect after the death of its founder. Since then it has caused untold harm in Nigeria.
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Science + Technology
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Eleonora Di Valentino, University of Manchester
A study has suggested that the universe is curved like a sphere rather than flat, which may unleash a major crisis in cosmology.
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Frédérik Saltré, Flinders University; Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University
The Earth has experienced five periods of mass extinction. Scientists can't quite be certain yet, but they're fairly sure we're now well into the sixth.
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Politics + Society
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Erik C. Nisbet, The Ohio State University; Olga Kamenchuk, The Ohio State University
Trump's attempt to co-opt Ukraine's precarious position with Russia worsens existing divides inside Ukraine and weakens US influence abroad.
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Matt Walsh, Cardiff University
As the election campaign hots up we explore how the parties are exploiting videos on their social media accounts.
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Health + Medicine
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Manal Mohammed, University of Westminster
While the probiotics found in fermented foods might have health benefits for most, these foods could cause serious harm to the health of others.
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Emily Wong, Harvard Medical School ; Al Leslie, UCL; Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala, UCL
Many of the most fundamental aspects of TB disease remain unknown. For example, after exposure to the organism that causes TB, why do only some people get infected and only some of those fall ill?
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En français
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Olivier Galland, Sorbonne Université
La précarité étudiante ne peut se définir seulement par la faiblesse des revenus, selon l’Observatoire national des conditions de vie étudiante. Explications alors que la jeunesse se mobilise.
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Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Ce n’est pas vraiment de notre faute mais plutôt des bactéries qui vivent sur nos pieds.
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