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• Authors of articles published in African Urology retain the copyright of their articles without any restrictions.
• Authors retain publishing rights and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work.
• Authors requiring a variation of this policy should inform the Journal during the submission of their article.

Reproduction of articles and content (Licensing policy)

• All content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial Works 4.0 South Africa License (CC BY NC).
• This license facilitates open access by allowing free immediate access to and unrestricted reuse of original work.
• This licencing policy is in terms of all articles or content and all versions of such content. This includes figures, tables and images.
• Under this license, authors agree to make articles legally available for reuse, without permission or fees.
• Anyone may copy, distribute or reuse these articles as long as the author and original source are properly cited.
• No permission is required from the authors or the publishers to reuse or repurpose journal content provided the original article is cited. Simply citing the original article can provide appropriate attribution.
• Example citation:
• Der EM, Muntaka AJM, Yenli EMT. The patterns of primary male genitourinary cancers in a tertiary referral hospital in northern Ghana. African Urology 2025;5:105-110. https://doi.org/10.36303/AUJ.0201