May 08, 2022
Uganda: Antibiotic Use in Uganda Is High - Action Is Needed
Even before the COVID crisis, excessive use and misuse of lifesaving antibiotics had contributed to the emergence of resistant strains of disease-causing organisms. This has… Read more »
Central African Republic: Who is the CAR Figure On Trial At The Hague?
The Central African Republic (CAR) descended into conflict in 2013 when Seleka rebels deposed then President François Bozizé. Read more »
Ethiopia: What People From War-Torn Tigray Told Us About the State of Their Lives Amid the War
The Russia-Ukraine crisis has captured the world's attention, and understandably so, but at the risk of eclipsing the visibility of massive humanitarian crises elsewhere. In… Read more »
May 06, 2022
Africa: U.S. Abortion Law Decision Brings Attention to Rights of Women in Africa
A leaked draft of a majority opinion of the US Supreme Court has revealed the court's leaning towards undoing its 1973 landmark ruling (Roe v Wade) which gave women in the US a… Read more »
Africa: How U.S. Policy On Abortion Affects Women in Africa
Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. Take sexual and reproductive health, for example. Decisions made in… Read more »
May 05, 2022
Africa: How Covid Controls Hit Smallholder Farmers in African Countries
Since its emergence more than two years ago, COVID-19 has reached nearly every corner of the globe. It has infected hundreds of millions of people, and overwhelmed health systems… Read more »
West Africa: Enablers of Political Extremism - a Checklist for West African Countries
The Sahel - the region just south of the Sahara - is home to the world's fastest growing extremist group, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin or JNIM, and the most deadly group,… Read more »
South Africa: What's Driving Hunger in Gauteng, South Africa's Economic Power House
Food serves as one of the critical needs a person requires for daily survival. In South Africa it's recognised as a fundamental human right under the country's constitution. Read more »
Africa: Giving People Money With No Strings Attached Is Good for Their Health, Dozens of Studies Indicate
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Read more »
South Africa: Antjie Krog and the Role of the Poet in South Africa's Public Life
When South African writer Antjie Krog was just 17, she wrote a poem for her school magazine which was shocking enough to upset Kroonstad High's parents. The furore caught the… Read more »
May 04, 2022
Africa: Most Maternal Deaths Are Preventable - How to Improve Outcomes in South Africa
The past 20 years have seen a significant decline in maternal mortality rates from 342 deaths to 211 per 100,000 globally . But every day, more than 800 women around the world die… Read more »
South Sudan: What Cattle Conflicts Say About Identity in South Sudan
In March 2022, violent clashes between farming communities and cattle herders broke out in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan. It was the latest incident in months of… Read more »
South Africa: Removing Alien Plants Can Save Water - We Measured How Much
Humans' relationship with nature is broken. We're transforming the Earth so dramatically that almost one million plant and animals species face extinction. Losing species unravels… Read more »
South Africa: Former President Predicts End of Ruling Party - History Is On His Side
Former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe, one of the saner voices in the ruling African National Congress (ANC), has recently given voice to heresy. He has said that the… Read more »
May 03, 2022
South Africa: How Vulnerable Is the University of Cape Town to Destructive Wildfires?
Just over a year ago, a wildfire caused considerable damage to the University of Cape Town and surroundings. Irreplaceable African collections were destroyed. The last active… Read more »
November 22, 2021
Kenya: A Fossil Cranium From Kenya Tells the Story of an Extinct Elephant Species
Some 4.5 million years ago, during the early Pliocene epoch, Kenya's Lake Turkana looked very different than it does today. Grasslands and open woodlands were spreading in cooler,… Read more »
July 15, 2021
South Africa: Fossil Tracks and Trunk Marks Reveal Signs of Ancient Elephants On South Africa's Coast
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, South Africa's Cape south coast looked very different. Some of the species that roamed this area are now extinct; others evolved over the… Read more »
June 17, 2021
Africa: Banning African Films Like Rafiki and Inxeba Doesn't Diminish Their Influence
Social media and internet forums function as an important space of contestation for issues relating to queer identities. This is evident in reactions to two fairly recent… Read more »
March 26, 2021
Africa: Africa's Elephant Species Are Both Endangered, Due to Poaching and Habitat Loss
Humans have been over-exploiting African elephants for centuries. More than 2,000 years ago, the Roman Empire's demand for ivory led to the extinction of genetically distinct… Read more »
March 10, 2021
Cape Verde: How Indigenous Beans Could Boost Food Security
With just over half a million inhabitants, Cabo Verde is heavily dependent on food imports. It spent $65 million importing food products in 2018. Read more »
October 19, 2020
Africa: Invasive Mosquito Species Could Bring More Malaria to Africa's Urban Areas
A species of mosquito that can carry malaria - known as Anopheles stephensi - has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The… Read more »
August 28, 2020
Mali: One Coup Leads to Another, History Shows
Immediately after Mali's unpopular president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, was removed on Aug. 18 by the military in a swift and bloodless coup, many Malians celebrated. Read more »
August 13, 2020
Africa: These World Heritage Sites Are Under Threat From Climate Change
Very few academics or policy makers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for… Read more »
March 24, 2020
Sudan: How the People Pulled Off an Improbable Revolution
When the turbulent and often tragic history of the past decade in North Africa is written, the 2019 pro-democracy revolution in Sudan will likely be considered one of the few… Read more »
June 12, 2019
Botswana: Court Ruling Is a Ray of Hope for LGBT People Across Africa
Botswana's High Court has ruled that private consensual sex between adults of the same sex is no longer criminal. The decision gives hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender… Read more »