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opacity-85"></div><section class="relative flex max-w-screen-md flex-col items-start gap-4 p-4 text-white md:p-8"><span class="drop-shadow-dark group-hover:underline"><h3 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-xl leading-6 lg:text-2xl xl:text-3xl"><span>Illegal mining clampdown in South Africa: treating desperate people like criminals is an injustice – legal scholar</span></h3></span><p class="line-clamp-3 text-sm font-bold drop-shadow">Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand</p></section></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/ghanas-economic-diplomacy-how-three-presidents-with-different-ideologies-dealt-with-the-imf-and-world-bank-242528" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Ghana’s economic diplomacy: how three presidents with different ideologies dealt with the IMF and World Bank</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Emmanuel Kwaku Siaw, Swansea University</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Logo of the International Monetary Fund, carved in wood" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' 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style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAFRDMf///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631203/original/file-20241111-15-77ff3j.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/madagascars-huge-ocean-algae-bloom-was-caused-by-dust-from-drought-stricken-southern-africa-242821" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Madagascar’s huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">John A Gittings, University of Athens</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="Man smoking a cigarette" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAC5VTP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=19%2C46%2C2899%2C2899&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=19%2C46%2C2899%2C2899&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=19%2C46%2C2899%2C2899&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=19%2C46%2C2899%2C2899&fit=crop 64w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=19%2C46%2C2899%2C2899&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=19%2C46%2C2899%2C2899&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=19%2C46%2C2899%2C2899&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=19%2C46%2C2899%2C2899&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631153/original/file-20241111-15-uj8yhg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=19%2C46%2C2899%2C2899&fit=crop"/></div></a></div></section><section class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-12 sm:gap-6 sm:gap-y-2 xl:gap-x-8 xl:gap-y-4 mb-4" data-testid="grid"><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/men-abused-by-women-dont-all-fight-back-some-believe-a-strong-man-is-non-violent-south-african-study-241319" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Men abused by women don’t all fight back. Some believe a strong man is non-violent – South African study</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="A close-up of a portion of an African man's face, his eye staring directly ahead, a small scar above it." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAIxpW////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=36%2C29%2C4861%2C3120&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=36%2C29%2C4861%2C3120&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=36%2C29%2C4861%2C3120&fit=crop 48w, 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=36%2C29%2C4861%2C3120&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="A close-up of a portion of an African man's face, his eye staring directly ahead, a small scar above it." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAIxpW////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=1077%2C0%2C3260%2C3260&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=1077%2C0%2C3260%2C3260&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=1077%2C0%2C3260%2C3260&fit=crop 48w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=1077%2C0%2C3260%2C3260&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=1077%2C0%2C3260%2C3260&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=1077%2C0%2C3260%2C3260&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=1077%2C0%2C3260%2C3260&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1077%2C0%2C3260%2C3260&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630399/original/file-20241106-17-gec6zf.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1077%2C0%2C3260%2C3260&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-first-1-000-days-of-a-childs-life-are-crucial-theres-growing-evidence-that-the-next-1-000-are-just-as-important-240733" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are crucial – there’s growing evidence that the next 1,000 are just as important</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video 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sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Why Ghanaian farmers have been unable to capitalise on record cocoa prices</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Sophie van Huellen, University of Manchester and Fuad Mohammed Abubakar, University of Manchester</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Two Ghanaian farmers drying cocoa beans." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/631711/original/file-20241113-21-aic27e.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C5366%2C5361&fit=crop 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631711/original/file-20241113-21-aic27e.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C5366%2C5361&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631711/original/file-20241113-21-aic27e.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C5366%2C5361&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631711/original/file-20241113-21-aic27e.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C5366%2C5361&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631711/original/file-20241113-21-aic27e.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C5366%2C5361&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631711/original/file-20241113-21-aic27e.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C5366%2C5361&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631711/original/file-20241113-21-aic27e.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C5366%2C5361&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/nigerias-terror-group-lakurawa-is-nothing-new-it-exists-because-of-governments-failure-analysts-243623" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Nigeria’s terror group Lakurawa is nothing new – it exists because of government’s failure: analysts</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Men holding locally 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=562%2C0%2C4476%2C4476&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=562%2C0%2C4476%2C4476&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=562%2C0%2C4476%2C4476&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/mozambique-in-post-election-turmoil-economic-policies-that-could-make-a-difference-243603" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Mozambique in post-election turmoil: economic policies that could make a difference</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="People holding flags and posters in the street" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631752/original/file-20241113-15-6pw7p2.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=340%2C0%2C683%2C683&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/flies-carry-bacteria-and-some-of-those-are-resistant-to-antibiotics-what-we-found-in-three-south-african-hospices-236435" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Flies carry bacteria – and some of those are resistant to antibiotics. What we found in three South African hospices</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Fly on wall" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: 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sm:min-h-80 lg:min-h-96 xl:min-h-120"><div class="absolute inset-0"><img alt="A large wooden door in an archway in a stone wall " loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630305/original/file-20241106-17-ttn8vc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&fit=crop&h=2560&rect=381%2C4%2C1936%2C1936"/></div><div data-testid="gradient-overlay" class="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-t from-black from-20% to-60% opacity-85"></div><section class="relative flex max-w-screen-md flex-col items-start gap-4 p-4 text-white md:p-8"><span class="drop-shadow-dark group-hover:underline"><h3 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-xl leading-6 lg:text-2xl xl:text-3xl"><span>Angolan prince started campaign to end Atlantic slave trade long before Europeans did – new book</span></h3></span></section></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/colonial-powers-tried-to-stifle-traditional-healing-in-zimbabwe-they-failed-and-today-its-a-powerful-force-for-treating-mental-illness-241846" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Colonial powers tried to stifle traditional healing in Zimbabwe. They failed and today it’s a powerful force for treating mental illness</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Two people, one wearing beaded bracelets up their arm, sit next to a silver bowl from which smoke is pouring as they perform a ritual" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=11%2C355%2C2477%2C1238&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="A black and white photograph of a football match in a packed stadium, in the foreground a footballer has just kicked the ball and is sliding onto one knee." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAENDQ////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=370%2C0%2C1609%2C1609&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=370%2C0%2C1609%2C1609&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=370%2C0%2C1609%2C1609&fit=crop 48w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=370%2C0%2C1609%2C1609&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=370%2C0%2C1609%2C1609&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=370%2C0%2C1609%2C1609&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=370%2C0%2C1609%2C1609&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=370%2C0%2C1609%2C1609&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/632079/original/file-20241114-17-2dzomb.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=370%2C0%2C1609%2C1609&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/which-animals-carry-mpox-our-study-identified-african-forest-dwelling-rodents-as-one-source-242795" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Which animals carry mpox? Our study identified African forest dwelling rodents as one source</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Ground level view of a rodent" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAFFILv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=31%2C648%2C4115%2C2057&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=31%2C648%2C4115%2C2057&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=31%2C648%2C4115%2C2057&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=31%2C648%2C4115%2C2057&fit=crop 64w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=31%2C648%2C4115%2C2057&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=31%2C648%2C4115%2C2057&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=31%2C648%2C4115%2C2057&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=31%2C648%2C4115%2C2057&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=31%2C648%2C4115%2C2057&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="Ground level view of a rodent" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAFFILv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=754%2C0%2C2762%2C2762&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=754%2C0%2C2762%2C2762&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=754%2C0%2C2762%2C2762&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=754%2C0%2C2762%2C2762&fit=crop 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631403/original/file-20241112-15-zwuwb9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&rect=754%2C0%2C2762%2C2762&fit=crop 96w, 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style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAADJQX////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 1280px, (min-width: 1466px) 733px, (min-width: 1280px) 640px, (min-width: 1024px) 512px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, 640px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&fit=crop&h=16&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&fit=crop&h=32&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&fit=crop&h=48&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&fit=crop&h=64&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&fit=crop&h=96&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683 96w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=128&auto=format&fit=crop&h=128&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683 128w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&fit=crop&h=1280&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&fit=crop&h=1466&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&fit=crop&h=2560&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/627608/original/file-20241023-15-naw70o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&fit=crop&h=2560&rect=7%2C0%2C683%2C683"/></div><div data-testid="gradient-overlay" class="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-t from-black from-20% to-60% opacity-85"></div><section class="relative flex max-w-screen-md flex-col items-start gap-4 p-4 text-white md:p-8"><span class="drop-shadow-dark group-hover:underline"><h3 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-xl leading-6 lg:text-2xl xl:text-3xl"><span>Kenya’s Hustler Fund is a flop. Why president Ruto’s plan to loan money to entrepreneurs hasn’t worked</span></h3></span></section></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/is-south-africa-one-of-the-most-politically-polarised-countries-in-the-world-no-its-not-sociologist-242065" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Is South Africa one of the most politically polarised countries in the world? No, it’s not – sociologist</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Thousands of fans line the streets during the South Africa men's national rugby team trophy tour on November in Cape Town" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAKaZYf///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=39%2C676%2C3754%2C1877&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=39%2C676%2C3754%2C1877&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=39%2C676%2C3754%2C1877&fit=crop 48w, 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=39%2C676%2C3754%2C1877&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="Thousands of fans line the streets during the South Africa men's national rugby team trophy tour on November in Cape Town" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAKaZYf///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=682%2C11%2C2628%2C2628&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=682%2C11%2C2628%2C2628&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=682%2C11%2C2628%2C2628&fit=crop 48w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=682%2C11%2C2628%2C2628&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=682%2C11%2C2628%2C2628&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=682%2C11%2C2628%2C2628&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=682%2C11%2C2628%2C2628&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=682%2C11%2C2628%2C2628&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628006/original/file-20241024-23-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=682%2C11%2C2628%2C2628&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/economic-policies-encourage-the-careless-use-of-people-and-the-planet-creating-caring-economies-is-the-answer-242784" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Economic policies encourage the careless use of people and the planet. Creating caring economies is the answer</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="People holding up posters. One says 'save the planet'" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAChLOP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 96w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=128&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 128w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 256w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 384w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=9%2C110%2C2095%2C1047&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="People holding up posters. One says 'save the planet'" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAChLOP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=495%2C0%2C1423%2C1422&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=495%2C0%2C1423%2C1422&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=495%2C0%2C1423%2C1422&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631375/original/file-20241112-15-1xhoz4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=495%2C0%2C1423%2C1422&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/a-south-african-politician-ends-up-homeless-in-nthikeng-mohleles-spicy-new-novel-but-is-it-any-good-241504" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>A South African politician ends up homeless in Nthikeng Mohlele’s spicy new novel – but is it any good?</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="A man in a white shirt sits in a leather chair, his hand around his chin, looking directly to camera." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' 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1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628023/original/file-20241024-25-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=0%2C134%2C2632%2C1316&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628023/original/file-20241024-25-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=0%2C134%2C2632%2C1316&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="A man in a white shirt sits in a leather chair, his hand around his chin, looking directly to camera." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628023/original/file-20241024-25-4z09xg.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=256%2C0%2C1897%2C1897&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-just-energy-transition-ignores-labour-outside-the-formal-economy-so-is-it-just-240832" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>The just energy transition ignores labour outside the formal economy. So is it just?</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="The just energy transition ignores labour outside the formal economy. So is it just?" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAKuaXv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format 96w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=128&auto=format 128w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format 256w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format 384w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="The just energy transition ignores labour outside the formal economy. So is it just?" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAKuaXv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/624276/original/file-20241008-15-plyjyc.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div></a></div></section><section class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-12 sm:gap-6 sm:gap-y-2 xl:gap-x-8 xl:gap-y-4 mb-4" data-testid="grid"><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/plastic-eating-insect-discovered-in-kenya-242787" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Worms on a piece of light-coloured material which is full of holes." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAK6KVP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 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style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAK6KVP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 96w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=128&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 128w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 256w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 384w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/salva-kiir-south-sudans-president-fought-for-independence-but-then-fuelled-division-violence-and-corruption-242747" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Salva Kiir: South Sudan’s president fought for independence, but then fuelled division, violence and corruption</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Profile of a man wearing a dark hat, with spectacles and a beard" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAFBBM////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630043/original/file-20241105-15-m7jtk4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=3%2C147%2C1019%2C508&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630043/original/file-20241105-15-m7jtk4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=3%2C147%2C1019%2C508&fit=crop 32w, 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630043/original/file-20241105-15-m7jtk4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=3%2C147%2C1019%2C508&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="Profile of a man wearing a dark hat, with spectacles and a beard" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/630043/original/file-20241105-15-m7jtk4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=349%2C130%2C551%2C551&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630043/original/file-20241105-15-m7jtk4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=349%2C130%2C551%2C551&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630043/original/file-20241105-15-m7jtk4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=349%2C130%2C551%2C551&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630043/original/file-20241105-15-m7jtk4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=349%2C130%2C551%2C551&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630043/original/file-20241105-15-m7jtk4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=349%2C130%2C551%2C551&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630043/original/file-20241105-15-m7jtk4.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=349%2C130%2C551%2C551&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/four-out-of-five-people-in-africa-use-wood-for-cooking-a-transition-to-clean-fuels-would-cut-emissions-and-save-lives-a-model-for-nigeria-shows-241456" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Four out of five people in Africa use wood for cooking: a transition to clean fuels would cut emissions and save lives, a model for Nigeria shows</span></h5></span><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="A man cooks four pans of food over gas" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' 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data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAFRJLv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 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1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629737/original/file-20241104-15-ysatzu.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=1416%2C0%2C5309%2C5304&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629737/original/file-20241104-15-ysatzu.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=1416%2C0%2C5309%2C5304&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629737/original/file-20241104-15-ysatzu.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1416%2C0%2C5309%2C5304&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/629737/original/file-20241104-15-ysatzu.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1416%2C0%2C5309%2C5304&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/botswanas-new-president-who-is-duma-boko-and-what-does-he-stand-for-242963" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Botswana’s new president: who is Duma Boko and what does he stand for?</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">David Sebudubudu, University of Botswana</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="A man wearing a suit and tie speaks at a podium, in front of two flags of Botswana." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' 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384w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630126/original/file-20241105-19-vyafhw.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format&rect=668%2C101%2C1987%2C1987&fit=crop 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630126/original/file-20241105-19-vyafhw.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=668%2C101%2C1987%2C1987&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630126/original/file-20241105-19-vyafhw.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=668%2C101%2C1987%2C1987&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630126/original/file-20241105-19-vyafhw.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=668%2C101%2C1987%2C1987&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630126/original/file-20241105-19-vyafhw.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=668%2C101%2C1987%2C1987&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630126/original/file-20241105-19-vyafhw.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=668%2C101%2C1987%2C1987&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630126/original/file-20241105-19-vyafhw.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=668%2C101%2C1987%2C1987&fit=crop"/></div></a></div></section><div class="mt-12 mb-4 first:mt-0 lg:first:mt-12"><h2 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-2xl leading-7 lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl">COP29</h2></div><section class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-12 sm:gap-6 sm:gap-y-2 xl:gap-x-8 xl:gap-y-4 mb-4" data-testid="grid"><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-9 row-span-3 2xl:col-span-7 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-hitting-women-the-hardest-what-to-do-about-it-economists-242305" class="group relative flex min-h-96 w-full flex-col justify-end sm:min-h-80 lg:min-h-96 xl:min-h-120 lg:min-h-fit xl:min-h-fit"><div class="absolute inset-0"><img alt="Women hold long poles over buckets outdoors. One has a baby on her back. 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What to do about it – economists</span></h3></span></section></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 row-span-1 2xl:col-span-5 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/electric-vehicles-in-africa-whats-needed-to-grow-the-sector-236818" class="group grid w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 2xl:grid-cols-5 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">MJ (Thinus) Booysen, Stellenbosch University and Joubert Van Eeden, Stellenbosch University</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block sm:hidden 2xl:block 2xl:col-span-2"><img 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/630587/original/file-20241107-17-l2pj34.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C2622%2C2622&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630587/original/file-20241107-17-l2pj34.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C2622%2C2622&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630587/original/file-20241107-17-l2pj34.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=0%2C0%2C2622%2C2622&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 row-span-1 2xl:col-span-5 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/cop29-ai-can-help-develop-climate-resistant-crops-for-africa-but-it-shouldnt-be-left-in-the-hands-of-corporates-241451" class="group grid w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 2xl:grid-cols-5 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>COP29: AI can help develop climate-resistant crops for Africa – but it shouldn’t be left in the hands of corporates</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Muhammad Nakhooda, Cape Peninsula University of Technology</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block sm:hidden 2xl:block 2xl:col-span-2"><img alt="Plant seedlings being examined under a microscope" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/626466/original/file-20241017-15-bawaep.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format&rect=316%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&fit=crop 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/626466/original/file-20241017-15-bawaep.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=316%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/626466/original/file-20241017-15-bawaep.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=316%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/626466/original/file-20241017-15-bawaep.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=316%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/626466/original/file-20241017-15-bawaep.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=316%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/626466/original/file-20241017-15-bawaep.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=316%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/626466/original/file-20241017-15-bawaep.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=316%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 row-span-1 2xl:col-span-5 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/nigeria-at-cop29-five-items-to-put-on-the-climate-agenda-242124" class="group grid w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 2xl:grid-cols-5 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Nigeria at COP29: Five items to put on the climate agenda</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Bamidele Olajide, University of Lagos</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block sm:hidden 2xl:block 2xl:col-span-2"><img alt="A man standing on a canoe surrounded by flood waters" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAKSJXP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 512px, (min-width: 1466px) 294px, (min-width: 1280px) 256px, (min-width: 1024px) 205px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 160px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=194%2C710%2C3998%2C1999&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=194%2C710%2C3998%2C1999&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=194%2C710%2C3998%2C1999&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=194%2C710%2C3998%2C1999&fit=crop 64w, 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768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=194%2C710%2C3998%2C1999&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=194%2C710%2C3998%2C1999&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=194%2C710%2C3998%2C1999&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=194%2C710%2C3998%2C1999&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=194%2C710%2C3998%2C1999&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="A man standing on a canoe surrounded by flood waters" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAKSJXP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 512px, (min-width: 1466px) 294px, (min-width: 1280px) 256px, (min-width: 1024px) 205px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 160px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=1376%2C0%2C2791%2C2791&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=1376%2C0%2C2791%2C2791&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=1376%2C0%2C2791%2C2791&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=1376%2C0%2C2791%2C2791&fit=crop 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&rect=1376%2C0%2C2791%2C2791&fit=crop 96w, 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1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=1376%2C0%2C2791%2C2791&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=1376%2C0%2C2791%2C2791&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1376%2C0%2C2791%2C2791&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/629295/original/file-20241031-17-pcabzt.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1376%2C0%2C2791%2C2791&fit=crop"/></div></a></div></section><div class="mt-12 mb-4 first:mt-0 lg:first:mt-12"><h2 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-2xl leading-7 lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl">In the news</h2></div><section class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-12 sm:gap-6 sm:gap-y-2 xl:gap-x-8 xl:gap-y-4 mb-4" data-testid="grid"><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/nigeria-recalled-all-its-ambassadors-a-year-ago-and-has-not-replaced-them-international-isolation-looms-240101" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Nigeria recalled all its ambassadors a year ago and has not replaced them – international isolation looms</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Sheriff Folarin, Texas State University</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Flag flies outside a building" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/622623/original/file-20241001-18-95aeh.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=557%2C0%2C5652%2C5652&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/622623/original/file-20241001-18-95aeh.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=557%2C0%2C5652%2C5652&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/622623/original/file-20241001-18-95aeh.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=557%2C0%2C5652%2C5652&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/622623/original/file-20241001-18-95aeh.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=557%2C0%2C5652%2C5652&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/patrice-lumumbas-tooth-represents-plunder-resilience-and-reparation-186241" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Patrice Lumumba’s tooth represents plunder, resilience and reparation</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="A crowd of people in the street drumming and chanting wearing traditional attire, a man in the background carrying a large poster of a photo of a man with glasses, smiling." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg 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href="https://theconversation.com/climate-change-risks-triggering-a-spike-in-infectious-disease-outbreaks-three-reasons-why-219723" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Climate change risks triggering a spike in infectious disease outbreaks: three reasons why</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Wolfgang Preiser, Stellenbosch University; Cheryl Baxter, Stellenbosch University; Houriiyah Tegally, Stellenbosch University; Monika Moir, Stellenbosch University, and Tulio de Oliveira, University of KwaZulu-Natal</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Silhouetted figures running in a cloud of dust " loading="lazy" 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/565176/original/file-20231212-25-uqnn89.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/565176/original/file-20231212-25-uqnn89.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/565176/original/file-20231212-25-uqnn89.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-g20-a-necessary-evil-that-can-deliver-some-benefits-74575" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>The G20: a necessary evil that can deliver some benefits</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="The G20: a necessary evil that can deliver some benefits" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/161281/original/image-20170317-6113-1r3swn2.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/161281/original/image-20170317-6113-1r3swn2.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/161281/original/image-20170317-6113-1r3swn2.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/161281/original/image-20170317-6113-1r3swn2.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="The G20: a necessary evil that can deliver some benefits" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg 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first:mt-0 lg:first:mt-12"><h2 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-2xl leading-7 lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl">Research highlights</h2></div><section class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-12 sm:gap-6 sm:gap-y-2 xl:gap-x-8 xl:gap-y-4 mb-4" data-testid="grid"><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-6 row-span-2 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/lgbtiq-migrants-and-asylum-seekers-in-south-africa-major-new-study-identifies-a-diverse-wide-spread-community-199227" class="group relative flex min-h-96 w-full flex-col justify-end sm:min-h-80 lg:min-h-96 xl:min-h-120"><div class="absolute inset-0"><img alt="A rainbow flag is taped on the cheek of a member of the LGTBI community during the Soweto Pride in 2021." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAEw0Lf///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 1280px, (min-width: 1466px) 733px, (min-width: 1280px) 640px, (min-width: 1024px) 512px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, 640px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/511138/original/file-20230220-20-mid27o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&fit=crop&h=16 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/511138/original/file-20230220-20-mid27o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&fit=crop&h=32 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/511138/original/file-20230220-20-mid27o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&fit=crop&h=48 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/511138/original/file-20230220-20-mid27o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&fit=crop&h=64 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/511138/original/file-20230220-20-mid27o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&fit=crop&h=96 96w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/511138/original/file-20230220-20-mid27o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=128&auto=format&fit=crop&h=128 128w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/511138/original/file-20230220-20-mid27o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&fit=crop&h=1466 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/511138/original/file-20230220-20-mid27o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&fit=crop&h=2560 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/511138/original/file-20230220-20-mid27o.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&fit=crop&h=2560"/></div><div data-testid="gradient-overlay" class="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-t from-black from-20% to-60% opacity-85"></div><section class="relative flex max-w-screen-md flex-col items-start gap-4 p-4 text-white md:p-8"><span class="drop-shadow-dark group-hover:underline"><h3 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-xl leading-6 lg:text-2xl xl:text-3xl"><span>LGBTIQ+ migrants and asylum seekers in South Africa: major new study identifies a diverse, wide-spread community</span></h3></span></section></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/archaeology-shows-how-hunter-gatherers-fitted-into-southern-africas-first-city-800-years-ago-202774" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Archaeology shows how hunter-gatherers fitted into southern Africa’s first city, 800 years ago</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Tim Forssman, University of Mpumalanga</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Rocky landscape with human figures crouched on the ground outside an overhanging rock face" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/517897/original/file-20230328-18-wuvyra.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:hidden"><img alt="Rocky landscape with human figures crouched on the ground outside an overhanging rock face" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAEw5LP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/517897/original/file-20230328-18-wuvyra.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/517897/original/file-20230328-18-wuvyra.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/517897/original/file-20230328-18-wuvyra.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/517897/original/file-20230328-18-wuvyra.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format 64w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/517897/original/file-20230328-18-wuvyra.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/517897/original/file-20230328-18-wuvyra.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/517897/original/file-20230328-18-wuvyra.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/517897/original/file-20230328-18-wuvyra.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/new-insights-into-the-survival-techniques-of-a-prehistoric-beast-81546" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>New insights into the survival techniques of a prehistoric beast</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Julien Benoit, University of the Witwatersrand</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="New insights into the survival techniques of a prehistoric beast" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' 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style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAFRNK////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 640px, (min-width: 1466px) 367px, (min-width: 1280px) 320px, (min-width: 1024px) 256px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 320px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/179590/original/file-20170725-28293-1wrlw0h.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/179590/original/file-20170725-28293-1wrlw0h.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/179590/original/file-20170725-28293-1wrlw0h.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/179590/original/file-20170725-28293-1wrlw0h.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/179590/original/file-20170725-28293-1wrlw0h.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format 96w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/179590/original/file-20170725-28293-1wrlw0h.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=128&auto=format 128w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/179590/original/file-20170725-28293-1wrlw0h.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format 256w, 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/179590/original/file-20170725-28293-1wrlw0h.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/microplastics-found-in-nile-rivers-tilapia-fish-new-study-221655" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Microplastics found in Nile River’s tilapia fish: new study</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Dalia Saad, University of the Witwatersrand</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="A young man, who is shirtless and wearing shorts, reaches for a fish that's flopping, seemingly halfway in the air, above his net." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' 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src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/554793/original/file-20231019-21-c6blch.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1602%2C0%2C3190%2C3190&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/suicide-in-ghana-society-expects-men-to-be-providers-new-study-explores-this-pressure-213412" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Suicide in Ghana: society expects men to be providers – new study explores this pressure</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Johnny Andoh-Arthur, University of Ghana</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="A sign with the word suicide" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/548312/original/file-20230914-4201-fp4kf3.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/548312/original/file-20230914-4201-fp4kf3.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/548312/original/file-20230914-4201-fp4kf3.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/548312/original/file-20230914-4201-fp4kf3.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/548312/original/file-20230914-4201-fp4kf3.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format"/></div></a></div></section><div class="my-4"><a href="https://theconversation.com/africa/search?q=research+highlights+Africa" class="inline-flex gap-3 text-sm font-bold">Read more... <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" data-slot="icon" class="inline size-5 flex-none"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M3 10a.75.75 0 0 1 .75-.75h10.638L10.23 5.29a.75.75 0 1 1 1.04-1.08l5.5 5.25a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.08l-5.5 5.25a.75.75 0 1 1-1.04-1.08l4.158-3.96H3.75A.75.75 0 0 1 3 10Z" clip-rule="evenodd"></path></svg></a></div><div class="mt-12 mb-4 first:mt-0 lg:first:mt-12"><h2 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-2xl leading-7 lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl">Most read this week</h2></div><section class="mb-4 mt-12"><div role="list" class="grid gap-4 sm:gap-6 md:grid-flow-col md:grid-rows-[repeat(3,auto)]"><div class="flex justify-between gap-2 border-t border-gray-200 pt-4"><div class="break-normal font-serif text-2xl italic">1.</div><a href="https://theconversation.com/fossil-finds-footprints-on-south-africas-coast-offer-a-glimpse-into-our-ancestors-lives-242817" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 sm:grid-cols-6 2xl:gap-x-8 most-read-block"><section class="col-span-2 gap-2 sm:col-span-4"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Fossil finds: footprints on South Africa’s coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors’ lives</span></h5></span><p class="line-clamp-3 text-3xs text-gray-600">Charles Helm, Nelson Mandela University</p></section><div class="relative col-span-1 hidden aspect-video sm:col-span-2 2xl:block"><img alt="Fossil finds: footprints on South Africa’s coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors’ lives" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=93%2C67%2C5565%2C3554&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=93%2C67%2C5565%2C3554&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:col-span-2 2xl:hidden"><img alt="Fossil finds: footprints on South Africa’s coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors’ lives" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAADMyUP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 320px, (min-width: 1466px) 184px, (min-width: 1280px) 160px, (min-width: 1024px) 128px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 160px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 96w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=128&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 128w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 256w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 384w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/631698/original/file-20241113-17-6xhjjd.jpeg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=152%2C16%2C3639%2C3639&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="flex justify-between gap-2 border-t border-gray-200 pt-4"><div class="break-normal font-serif text-2xl italic">2.</div><a href="https://theconversation.com/plastic-eating-insect-discovered-in-kenya-242787" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 sm:grid-cols-6 2xl:gap-x-8 most-read-block"><section class="col-span-2 gap-2 sm:col-span-4"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya</span></h5></span><p class="line-clamp-3 text-3xs text-gray-600">Fathiya Khamis, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology</p></section><div class="relative col-span-1 hidden aspect-video sm:col-span-2 2xl:block"><img alt="Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAK6KVP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 320px, (min-width: 1466px) 184px, (min-width: 1280px) 160px, (min-width: 1024px) 128px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 160px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=35%2C293%2C4000%2C2000&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=35%2C293%2C4000%2C2000&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=35%2C293%2C4000%2C2000&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=35%2C293%2C4000%2C2000&fit=crop 64w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=35%2C293%2C4000%2C2000&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=35%2C293%2C4000%2C2000&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=35%2C293%2C4000%2C2000&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=35%2C293%2C4000%2C2000&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=35%2C293%2C4000%2C2000&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:col-span-2 2xl:hidden"><img alt="Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAK6KVP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 320px, (min-width: 1466px) 184px, (min-width: 1280px) 160px, (min-width: 1024px) 128px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 160px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 96w, 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1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/630593/original/file-20241107-19-7oetc5.JPG?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=844%2C17%2C2634%2C2634&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="flex justify-between gap-2 border-t border-gray-200 pt-4"><div class="break-normal font-serif text-2xl italic">3.</div><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-first-1-000-days-of-a-childs-life-are-crucial-theres-growing-evidence-that-the-next-1-000-are-just-as-important-240733" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 sm:grid-cols-6 2xl:gap-x-8 most-read-block"><section class="col-span-2 gap-2 sm:col-span-4"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are crucial – there’s growing evidence that the next 1,000 are just as important</span></h5></span><p class="line-clamp-3 text-3xs text-gray-600">Catherine Draper, University of the Witwatersrand</p></section><div class="relative col-span-1 hidden aspect-video sm:col-span-2 2xl:block"><img alt="The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are crucial – there’s growing evidence that the next 1,000 are just as important" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAC9QV////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 320px, (min-width: 1466px) 184px, (min-width: 1280px) 160px, (min-width: 1024px) 128px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 160px" 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1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=0%2C1036%2C6720%2C3360&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=0%2C1036%2C6720%2C3360&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=0%2C1036%2C6720%2C3360&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:col-span-2 2xl:hidden"><img alt="The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are crucial – there’s growing evidence that the next 1,000 are just as important" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAC9QV////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 320px, (min-width: 1466px) 184px, (min-width: 1280px) 160px, (min-width: 1024px) 128px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 160px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 96w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=128&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 128w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 256w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 384w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628443/original/file-20241028-15-fyw2h9.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=2223%2C40%2C4406%2C4406&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="flex justify-between gap-2 border-t border-gray-200 pt-4"><div class="break-normal font-serif text-2xl italic">4.</div><a href="https://theconversation.com/brics-could-shape-a-new-world-order-but-it-lacks-shared-values-and-a-unified-identity-242308" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 sm:grid-cols-6 2xl:gap-x-8 most-read-block"><section class="col-span-2 gap-2 sm:col-span-4"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Brics+ could shape a new world order, but it lacks shared values and a unified identity</span></h5></span><p class="line-clamp-3 text-3xs text-gray-600">Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, University of South Africa</p></section><div class="relative col-span-1 hidden aspect-video sm:col-span-2 2xl:block"><img alt="Brics+ could shape a new world order, but it lacks shared values and a unified identity" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&rect=246%2C662%2C4501%2C2543&fit=crop 384w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format&rect=246%2C662%2C4501%2C2543&fit=crop 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=246%2C662%2C4501%2C2543&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=246%2C662%2C4501%2C2543&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=246%2C662%2C4501%2C2543&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=246%2C662%2C4501%2C2543&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=246%2C662%2C4501%2C2543&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=246%2C662%2C4501%2C2543&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:col-span-2 2xl:hidden"><img alt="Brics+ could shape a new world order, but it lacks shared values and a unified identity" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=1449%2C1040%2C2173%2C2173&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=1449%2C1040%2C2173%2C2173&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1449%2C1040%2C2173%2C2173&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/628723/original/file-20241029-17-brl32l.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1449%2C1040%2C2173%2C2173&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="flex justify-between gap-2 border-t border-gray-200 pt-4"><div class="break-normal font-serif text-2xl italic">5.</div><a href="https://theconversation.com/madagascars-huge-ocean-algae-bloom-was-caused-by-dust-from-drought-stricken-southern-africa-242821" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 sm:grid-cols-6 2xl:gap-x-8 most-read-block"><section class="col-span-2 gap-2 sm:col-span-4"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Madagascar’s huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa</span></h5></span><p class="line-clamp-3 text-3xs text-gray-600">John A Gittings, University of Athens</p></section><div class="relative col-span-1 hidden aspect-video sm:col-span-2 2xl:block"><img alt="Madagascar’s huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=636%2C434%2C3145%2C1569&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=636%2C434%2C3145%2C1569&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=636%2C434%2C3145%2C1569&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:col-span-2 2xl:hidden"><img alt="Madagascar’s huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAC5WUP///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 320px, (min-width: 1466px) 184px, (min-width: 1280px) 160px, (min-width: 1024px) 128px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 160px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 64w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=96&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 96w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=128&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 128w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 256w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 384w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=640&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 640w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=768&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 768w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/633246/original/file-20241120-17-wgp3ok.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=1177%2C0%2C2675%2C2675&fit=crop"/></div></a></div><div class="flex justify-between gap-2 border-t border-gray-200 pt-4"><div class="break-normal font-serif text-2xl italic">6.</div><a href="https://theconversation.com/nigerias-terror-group-lakurawa-is-nothing-new-it-exists-because-of-governments-failure-analysts-243623" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 sm:grid-cols-6 2xl:gap-x-8 most-read-block"><section class="col-span-2 gap-2 sm:col-span-4"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>Nigeria’s terror group Lakurawa is nothing new – it exists because of government’s failure: analysts</span></h5></span><p class="line-clamp-3 text-3xs text-gray-600">John Sunday Ojo, Leiden University and Ezenwa E. Olumba, Royal Holloway University of London</p></section><div class="relative col-span-1 hidden aspect-video sm:col-span-2 2xl:block"><img alt="Nigeria’s terror group Lakurawa is nothing new – it exists because of government’s failure: analysts" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAADNZW////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 320px, (min-width: 1466px) 184px, (min-width: 1280px) 160px, (min-width: 1024px) 128px, (min-width: 768px) 192px, 160px" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=16&auto=format&rect=18%2C208%2C6010%2C3005&fit=crop 16w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=32&auto=format&rect=18%2C208%2C6010%2C3005&fit=crop 32w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=48&auto=format&rect=18%2C208%2C6010%2C3005&fit=crop 48w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=64&auto=format&rect=18%2C208%2C6010%2C3005&fit=crop 64w, 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1024&auto=format&rect=18%2C208%2C6010%2C3005&fit=crop 1024w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=18%2C208%2C6010%2C3005&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=18%2C208%2C6010%2C3005&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=18%2C208%2C6010%2C3005&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=18%2C208%2C6010%2C3005&fit=crop"/></div><div class="relative col-span-1 aspect-square sm:col-span-2 2xl:hidden"><img alt="Nigeria’s terror group Lakurawa is nothing new – it exists because of government’s failure: analysts" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAADNZW////yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(min-width: 2560px) 320px, (min-width: 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https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1280&auto=format&rect=562%2C0%2C4476%2C4476&fit=crop 1280w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=1466&auto=format&rect=562%2C0%2C4476%2C4476&fit=crop 1466w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=562%2C0%2C4476%2C4476&fit=crop 2560w" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/632334/original/file-20241115-15-tyy3jk.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=2560&auto=format&rect=562%2C0%2C4476%2C4476&fit=crop"/></div></a></div></div></section><div class="mt-12 mb-4 first:mt-0 lg:first:mt-12"><h2 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-2xl leading-7 lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl">TC Afrique</h2></div><section class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-12 sm:gap-6 sm:gap-y-2 xl:gap-x-8 xl:gap-y-4 mb-4" data-testid="grid"><div class="group relative col-span-full flex overflow-hidden sm:col-span-3 border-t pt-4" data-testid="ImmutableGridSlot"><a href="https://theconversation.com/rd-congo-lindustrie-numerique-alimente-les-conflits-et-la-violation-des-droits-humains-242491" class="group grid h-fit w-full grid-cols-3 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 2xl:gap-x-8"><section class="order-first col-span-2 sm:order-last sm:col-span-3"><span class="group-hover:text-indigo-600 group-hover:underline"><h5 class="font-bold font-sans-heading text-base leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6"><span>RD Congo : l’industrie numérique alimente les conflits et la violation des droits humains</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Fabien Lebrun, Nantes Université</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="RD Congo : l’industrie numérique alimente les conflits et la violation des droits humains" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" 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privilégier pour un modèle économique de rupture</span></h5></span><p class="mt-1 line-clamp-4 text-3xs text-gray-600">Alassane Diallo, Université Amadou Mahtar MBOW de Dakar and Théophile BASSENE, Ph.D, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC)</p><div class="mt-2 empty:mt-0"></div></section><div class="relative col-span-3 hidden aspect-video sm:block"><img alt="Nouveau plan de développement du Sénégal : les investissements à privilégier pour un modèle économique de rupture" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' 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href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAEtLTv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/partners/1871/logos/logo-1705915570.png?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format&h=170&fit=clip 1x, https://images.theconversation.com/partners/1871/logos/logo-1705915570.png?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&h=256&fit=clip 2x" src="https://images.theconversation.com/partners/1871/logos/logo-1705915570.png?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&h=256&fit=clip"/></a><a href="/institutions/stellenbosch-university-1439" class="partners-block partners-block-click-through m-1 w-20 sm:w-14 md:w-16 lg:w-24 hidden sm:hidden"><img alt="Stellenbosch University" loading="lazy" width="150" height="100" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg 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stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAEtLTv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/institutions/1843/logos/logo-1429090229.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format&h=170&fit=clip 1x, https://images.theconversation.com/institutions/1843/logos/logo-1429090229.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&h=256&fit=clip 2x" src="https://images.theconversation.com/institutions/1843/logos/logo-1429090229.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=384&auto=format&h=256&fit=clip"/></a><a href="/institutions/university-of-the-free-state-1944" class="partners-block partners-block-click-through m-1 w-20 sm:w-14 md:w-16 lg:w-24 hidden sm:hidden"><img alt="University of the Free State" loading="lazy" width="150" height="100" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 150 100'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAEtLTv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/institutions/1944/logos/logo-1644566968.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format&h=170&fit=clip 1x, 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href="/institutions/mulungushi-university-2162" class="partners-block partners-block-click-through m-1 w-20 sm:w-14 md:w-16 lg:w-24"><img alt="Mulungushi University" loading="lazy" width="150" height="100" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 150 100'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' 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University" loading="lazy" width="150" height="100" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 150 100'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAEtLTv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" 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class="partners-block partners-block-click-through m-1 w-20 sm:w-14 md:w-16 lg:w-24 hidden sm:hidden"><img alt="University of Fort Hare" loading="lazy" width="150" height="100" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 150 100'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' 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style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 150 100'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAEtLTv///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" srcSet="https://images.theconversation.com/partners/1125/logos/logo-1549348998.jpg?q=30&usm=12&cs=strip&w=256&auto=format&h=170&fit=clip 1x, 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