scholarly journals Citizenship, marginality and urban (in)security in contemporary Africa: introduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 9s11 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Kieran Mitton ◽  
Ibrahim Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Mobile Phone Technology ◽  
Basic Services

We introduce four contributions to this special issue exploring insecurity in contemporary African cities, drawing on case studies from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Somalia, and South Africa. We problematise alarmist and decontextualised discourses surrounding Africa�s rapid urbanisation, identifying common findings across empirically rich contributions ranging from gangs and vigilantes to migration, mobile phone technology, and community (dis)connections to basic services. We show that marginal residents traverse blurred boundaries between formal/informal, legal/illegal, and acceptable/subversive in their quotidian struggle for survival, arguing that by reifying rather than reducing structural inequalities, Africa�s growing cities force many into �insurgent� forms of citizenship. Importantly, this is rarely entirely oppositional or supportive of the state and status quo: it occupies ambiguous social space as both resistance and collusion. The complicity of some state elements in producing transgressive or informal modes of urban governance and services underlines our key conclusion: addressing Africa�s urban insecurity requires political change: technological and infrastructural progress alone is insufficient.

Chaetomium strumarium. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Host Range ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Horticultural Crops

Abstract C. strumarium is described and illustrated. Information on diseases caused by C. strumarium, host range (field and horticultural crops, trees, dung, man and artefacts), geographical distribution (Algeria, Canary Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, USA, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Western Australia, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Israel, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia), and transmission is provided.

scholarly journals Bembidiina of Afrotropical Region. 2- Odontium subg. Microserrullula Netolitzky, 1921 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiina)

2021 ◽  
pp. 127-144
Author(s):  
Paolo Bonavita ◽  
Augusto Vigna Taglianti
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
African Species ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Afrotropical Region

The afrotropical species of the subgenus Microserrullula netolitzky, 1921, of the genus Odontium LeConte, 1848 are here revised. We redescribe the three-known species, Odontium aegyptiacum (Dejean, 1831), O. icterodes (Alluaud, 1933) and O. pogonopsis (Alluaud, 1933), and describe four new species: Odontium australe n. sp. (Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, South africa); Odontium basilewskyi n. sp. (Democratic Republic of Congo); Odontium okavangum n. sp. (angola, namibia, Zambia); Odontium clarkei n. sp. (Ethiopia). A key for the identification of the african species of the subgenus Microserrullula is presented.

New species and new records of Sciophila Meigen (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Afrotropical region

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4722 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-351
Author(s):  
OLAVI KURINA
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
New Records ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
La Réunion ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Initial Description

A comprehensive material of Afrotropical Sciophila including 262 male specimens of 15 species collected from 7 countries are studied. Two new species—S. geiri sp. n. and S. tchabalensis sp. n.—are described from Madagascar and Cameroon, respectively. New records of the following 13 species are presented: S. digitilenta Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. fenestralis Søli, 1997 (South Africa), S. kakumensis Søli, 1997 (Cameroon, Uganda), S. kjaerandseni Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. koundensis Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. leptosoma Søli, 1997 (Democratic Republic of Congo), S. longistyla Søli, 1997 (South Africa), S. mazumbaiensis Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. ocreata Philippi, 1865 (France: La Réunion), S. papula Søli, 1997 (Democratic Republic of Congo), S. pinniger Søli, 1997 (South Africa, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya), S. quadra Søli, 1997 (Democratic Republic of Congo), S. stellata Søli, 1997 (Uganda). The majority of the new records represent the first ones since initial description of the species. S. ocreata is considered to be introduced to the Island of La Réunion. The number of Afrotropical Sciophila species is set at 23. 

scholarly journals Blastomycosis in Africa and the Middle East: a comprehensive review of reported cases and reanalysis of historical isolates based on molecular data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan S Schwartz ◽  
Jose F Muñoz ◽  
Chris R Kenyon ◽  
Nelesh P Govender ◽  
Lisa McTaggart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Whole Genomes

Abstract Background Blastomycosis has been reported from countries in Africa and the Middle East, but a decades-long debate has persisted regarding whether this is the same disease known in North America and caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis and B. gilchristii. Methods We reviewed published cases of human and veterinary blastomycosis from Africa and the Middle East. We abstracted epidemiological and clinical features of cases, including sites of disease, diagnosis, management, and outcomes, and, where available, genetic and antigenic typing of case isolates. In addition, we sequenced nucleic acids from 9 clinical isolates from Africa deposited in global collections as B. dermatitidis; for 5, we sequenced the internal transcribed spacer regions, and for 4 others the whole genomes. Results We identified 172 unique human patients with blastomycosis, including 159 patients from 25 African countries and 12 patients from 5 Middle Eastern countries, and 7 reports of veterinary blastomycosis. In humans, cutaneous disease predominated (n=100/137, 73%), followed by pulmonary (n=73/129, 57%) and osteoarticular involvement (n=61/128, 48%). Unusual direct microscopy/histopathological presentations included short hyphal fragments in tissues (n=23/129, 18%). Thirty-four genotyped case isolates comprised 4 species: B. percursus, (n=22, 65%) from 8 countries throughout all regions; B. emzantsi (n=9, 26%) from South Africa; B. dermatitidis (n=1, 3%) from Democratic Republic of Congo; and B. gilchristii (n=2, 6%) from South Africa and Zimbabwe. Conclusion Blastomycosis occurs throughout Africa and the Middle East and is caused predominantly by B. percursus and, at least in South Africa, B. emzantsi, resulting in distinct clinical and pathological patterns of disease.

scholarly journals Confirmation of the occurrence of Mus neavei in South Africa

Koedoe ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.H. Newbery ◽  
G.N. Bronner
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Voucher Specimens ◽  
Owl Pellets

Neave’s mouse, Mus neavei (Thomas, 1910), occurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Petter 1981; Musser & Carleton 1993), with the latter record based on material from owl pellets taken at Makapansgat (Pocock 1974). Pocock’s record was disputed by Swanepoel et al. (1980), and in the absence of complete voucher specimens, the occurrence of this species in South Africa was regarded as doubtful. However, it was supported by Meester et al. (1986) and accepted by Musser & Carleton (1993).

Namibia’s Foreign Policy and Its Impact on Peace and Security in the Southern Africa Region: A Framework of Liberalism as a Theory of International Relations Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-586
Author(s):  
Peya Mushelenga
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Main Question ◽  
International Peace ◽  
The World ◽  
Peace And Security

This article discusses aspects of Namibia’s foreign policy principles and how they impact on the values of democracy, and issue of peace and security in the region. The article will focus on the attainment of peace in Angola, democratisation of South Africa, and security situations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar and Lesotho. The main question of this article is: To what extent has Namibia realised the objectives encapsulated in her foreign policy principles of striving for international peace and security and promote the values of democracy in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region? The assumption is that though relatively a newly established state, Namibia has made her contribution towards democracy, peace and security in the Southern Africa region and the world at large.

Meliola bicornis. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Sao Tome And Principe

Abstract A description is provided for M. bicornis. Information on the symptoms of the disease caused by this fungus, its transmission by ascospores, host records on a range of genera from the Fabaceae and geographical distribution (Cameroon; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; Guinea; Kenya; Nigeria; São Tomé and Principe; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Sudan; Togo; Uganda; Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyana; Surinam; Venezuela; Hainan, China; Assam and Meghalaya, India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Vietnam; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; and Trinidad and Tobago) is included.

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