Evaluation of Yield, Reaction to Diseases, and Grain Physical Attributes of Some Introduced Rice Hybrids in Ghana by Samuel Oppong Abebrese, Alex Yeboah, Wilson Dogbe, Paul Kofi Ayirebi Dartey, Richard Akromah, Vernon Edward Gracen, Samuel Kwame Offei, Eric Yirenkyi Danquah

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TRANSNATIONAL THREATS AND FOREIGN POLICY SHIFTS: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES by AHMED OLAWALE MOLIKI, NURUDEEN ABIDEMI AKANBI

“…The challenges of terrorism and insurgency in West Africa countries is highly facilitated by the advent of globalisation, and this has greatly impacted how these nations position their foreign policy, shifting from the traditional way of foreign policy making to one that encompasses collaborations to tackle emerging threats. …”
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Analysis of population structure and genetic diversity in a Southern African soybean collection based on single nucleotide polymorphism markers by A. Tsindi, J. S. Y. Eleblu, E. Gasura, H. Mushoriwa, P. Tongoona, E. Y. Danquah, L. Mwadzingeni, M. Zikhali, E. Ziramba, G. Mabuyaye, J. Derera

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La question de l’influence de la Qādiriyya sur les débuts du califat de Ḥamdallāhi, à l’épreuve de nouvelles sources by Bernard Salvaing

“…One must also take into account the long-standing presence, in the whole of Muslim West Africa, of an Islamic culture that focused on the study of fiqh and taṣawwuf, but without being rooted in institutionalized brotherhoods. …”
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Evaluation of Zenith Tropospheric Delay Derived from Ray-Traced VMF3 Product over the West African Region Using GNSS Observations by Samuel Osah, Akwasi A. Acheampong, Collins Fosu, Isaac Dadzie

“…To address this challenge as a means of providing an alternative data source to improve the continuous availability of ZTD data and as a backup data in the event that the IGS site data are missing or unavailable in West Africa, this paper compares the sitewise operational Vienna Mapping Functions 3 (VMF3) ZTD product with the IGS final ZTD product over five IGS stations in West Africa. …”
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Appraisal of cowpea cropping systems and farmers’ perceptions of production constraints and preferences in the dry savannah areas of Nigeria by Saba Baba Mohammed, Daniel Kwadjo Dzidzienyo, Muhammad Lawan Umar, Mohammad Faguji Ishiyaku, Pangirayi Bernard Tongoona, Vernon Gracen

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Genotypic Variability in Some Morpho-Physiological Traits in Different Environments and Their Relationship with Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Root Yield by Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Isaac Kwadwo Asante, Joseph Manu-Aduening, Richard Yaw Agyare, Vernon Edward Gracen, Samuel Kwame Offei

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Al Azhar, scène renouvelée de l’imaginaire religieux sur les routes de la migration africaine au Caire by Sophie Bava

“…Our research shows the development and strengthening of the role of religious organizations and of organizations of religious origin on the routes between West Africa and the Arab world. Some religious institutions are strengthened or find a second breath thanks to migrants. …”
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Assessing Accountability in Cameroon\'s Local Forest Management: Are Representatives Responsive? by Phil René Oyono

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Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi (Eds). Encyclopedia of the Yoruba. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2016. 371pp. by Ibrahim A. Odugbemi

“…Across these entries, the encyclopedia gives a complex, yet detailed, presentation of the Yorùbá, a dominant ethnic group in West Africa and the most prominent African cultural population, identity and presence in the African diaspora including North America, the Caribbean and South America. …”
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Tropical Atlantic Hurricanes, Easterly Waves, and West African Mesoscale Convective Systems by Yves K. Kouadio, Luiz A. T. Machado, Jacques Servain

“…It points out atmospheric conditions over West Africa before hurricane formation. The analysis was performed for two periods, June–November in 2004 and 2005, during which 12 hurricanes (seven in 2004, five in 2005) were selected. …”
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Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity and multiplicity of infection based on msp‑1, msp‑2, glurp and microsatellite genetic markers in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and... by Mwesigwa, Alex, Ocan, Moses, Musinguzi, Benson, Nante, Rachel Wangi, Nankabirwa, Joaniter I., Kiwuwa, Steven M., Kinengyere, Alison Annet, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Karamagi, Charles, Obuku, Ekwaro A., Nsobya, Samuel L., Mbulaiteye, Sam M., Byakika‐Kibwika, Pauline

“…For MSP-2, East Africa had 60% and 55% for I/C 3D7 and FC27 alleles, while West Africa had 62% and 50%, respectively. The pooled allele frequency for glurpwas 66%. …”
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Radios et religions en Afrique subsaharienne. Dynamisme, concurrence, action sociale by Alexia Pilon Diabaté

“…The book Radios et religions en Afrique subsaharienne is based on a study of religious radio in West Africa conducted by Étienne Damome between 2004 and 2013. …”
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Les villes en Afrique avant 1900. Bilan historiographique et perspectives de recherche by Clélia Coret, Roberto Zaugg, Gérard Chouin

“…Case studies in the Maghreb, West Africa's forest and Sahelian regions and East Africa examine these stakes.…”
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La qualité de l’éducation de base au Bénin : la voix des acteurs locaux by Thibaut Lauwerier, Marie Brüning, Abdeljalil Akkari

“…The article explores the issue of basic education quality in West Africa, with an approach that values the perceptions of local educational actors. …”
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Cities in Africa before 1900. Historiography and Research Perspectives by Clélia Coret, Roberto Zaugg, Gérard Chouin

“…Case studies in the Maghreb, West Africa’s forest and Sahelian regions and East Africa examine these stakes.…”
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« Discipliner les villes coloniales » : la police et l’ordre urbain au Dahomey pendant l’entre-deux-guerres by Bénédicte Brunet-La Ruche

“…This article is aimed to apprehend the transition from a police of conquest to a police of public urban law after 1920 in Dahomey (now Bénin), a French colony from West Africa. From the control of public hygiene to the repression of vagrancy, this article apprehends the context of this mutation, the fears of authorities related to mobility in colonial cities. …”
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Genome-wide association mapping and genomic prediction analyses reveal the genetic architecture of grain yield and agronomic traits under drought and optimum conditions in maize by Manigben Kulai Amadu, Yoseph Beyene, Vijay Chaikam, Pangirayi B. Tongoona, Eric Y. Danquah, Beatrice E. Ifie, Juan Burgueno, Boddupalli M. Prasanna, Manje Gowda

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Water Quality Assessment of Selected Wells in the Farmer-led Irrigation System in Anloga District, Volta Region, Ghana by Henry Evonameh Igbadun, Olufunke Cofie, Donatus Obiajulu ONWUEGBUNAM, Michael Adote Kpakpo-Sraha, Seifu TILAHUN

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Lier la recherche en milieu urbain avec l’approche « livelihood » : défis et perspectives by Brigit Obrist, Kaspar Wyss

“…Based on a series of case studies in West Africa, this paper argues that new starting points and concepts rise through linking risk and vulnerability approaches – specifically those focused on access to basic services as health and education – with resilience.…”
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