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Lagos is getting less rain, but more heavy storms. What it can do to prepare.

Apr 3, '20Byhttps://theconversation.com/

Lagos State can expect to experience 270 days of rainfall in 2020. Many Lagosians who suffered from the 2012 and 2017 devastating flooding are wondering whether this is usual or not. Nelson Odume unpacks the issues.

Forensic linguists explore how emojis can be used as evidence in court

Mar 23, '20ByThe Conversation

Emojis have become ubiquitous in text communication – messages are peppered with smiley faces, hearts and other graphic icons. They were first drawn by graphic designer Shigetaka Kurita, and generated by a Japanese communications firm called NTT DoCoMo in the late 1990s. Now they’re everywhere.

Corruption in South Africa: echoes of leaders who plundered their countries

Feb 3, '20Byhttps://theconversation.com/corruption-in-south-africa-echoes-of-leaders-who-plundered-their-countries-130136

One of the shameful achievements of the African National Congress (ANC) in its 25 years of governing post-apartheid South Africa is that it’s living up to the political stereotype of what is wrong with post-colonial Africa – unethical and corrupt African leaders who exercise power through patronage.

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