June 10
Africa: Do Aid Cuts Fuel Violent Conflict in Africa? How to Promote Peace
The last 18 months have seen a historic decline in development aid budgets from various donor countries, in a period where many of them are earmarking more funds for rearmament.… Read more »
June 09
Africa: AI in Nature Conservation - Powerful Tool or Dangerous Shortcut?
Conservationists analyse overwhelming volumes of ecological data in their work. For example, they might need to process decades of weather data or the movements of millions of… Read more »
Africa: Anti-Foreigner Violence in South Africa Is Easily Sparked - What Hasn't Been Done to Deal With It
Threats and deadly conflict over migration are spreading fast in South Africa. This is hugely worrying and could result in widespread injury and killings, as it has in the past. Read more »
June 08
Africa: HIV Enters the Brain and Doesn't Leave - Paradoxically, Drugs Intended to Reduce Brain Inflammation Increase Virus Levels
HIV can damage the brain and cause memory and cognitive problems. And once HIV enters the brain, it does not leave. Read more »
June 07
Africa: World Cup Creates Perfect Conditions for Infectious Diseases to Spread - Here Are the Biggest Threats Health Experts Are Watching for
When the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins on June 11, 2026, matches will be played across 16 cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Millions of fans will arrive through multiple… Read more »
June 05
Africa: When Global Trade Becomes a Weapon, How Can African Economies Protect Themselves?
"Today, everyone recognises that trade is as much a security issue as an economic one." Read more »
June 04
Africa: School in a Hot World - What Research Is Saying About Children's Health and Learning
Climate change is making southern Africa hotter. While much attention has focused on climate impacts like droughts, floods and food insecurity, another crisis is unfolding quietly… Read more »
June 03
Africa: AI Offers Promise for Agriculture, but Smallholder Farmers Risk Being Left Behind
Globally, agriculture faces mounting pressures. These are driven by climate change, land degradation, labour shortages, supply chain disruptions and the demand for food from a… Read more »
June 02
Africa: A Lot of 'Recycled' Plastic Is Being Burned Overseas - and Causing Widespread Pollution Linked to Health Problems
Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That's how much plastic waste the world is predicted to be generating every… Read more »
June 03
Africa: Tax Data Can Be Mined to Shape Better Policies. South Africa, Uganda and Zambia Show How
Bilateral aid to Africa fell by nearly a quarter in 2025, the largest annual decline in the history of official development assistance. Meanwhile, sovereign debt interest payments… Read more »
June 02
Africa: Global Supply Chains Keep Workers Poor - Three Case Studies Show How the Cycle Can Be Broken
Globally, about one in five people in jobs live in poverty. A key reason lies in how global supply chains are organised. From agriculture to tourism, many jobs are embedded in… Read more »
Africa: Europe Is Spending Billions On Deporting Migrants. Why the Strategy Isn't Working
For over a decade, the European Union (EU) has relied on external partnerships to increase the return of migrants who don't have the right to stay in Europe. It has used a growing… Read more »
Africa: Ebola May Have Spread Beyond Africa. How Are Health Authorities Responding?
The latest Ebola outbreak is showing no signs of slowing. Read more »
June 01
Southern Africa: AI and Journalism in Southern Africa - Editors Are Using It but Balanced With Human Expertise and Editorial Judgement
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of everyday newsroom work across Africa. It has entered quietly through routine tasks such as transcription, headline writing,… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Climate Crisis Is a Legal Crisis Too - What Are States' Duties Under Human Rights Law?
A landmark climate case is being heard by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. The request was brought by the Pan African Lawyers Union and other African civil society… Read more »
May 31
Africa: HIV in South Africa - Why Rolling Out a Groundbreaking New Shot Will Miss a Critical Group of Men
The first shipment of Lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable that prevents HIV with two shots a year, arrived in South Africa from the United States in early April 2026. Clinical… Read more »
May 29
Africa: Why Africa - and the World - Remain Dangerously Unprepared for the Next Pandemic
As the news spread about the outbreak of Ebola in mid-May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report about pandemics. The title was: A World on the Edge:… Read more »
May 28
Africa: Africa At the World Cup - 10 Teams, Local Coaches and Tactical Depth Usher in a New Era
The 2026 men's Fifa World Cup marks a seismic shift in the global football landscape. The decision to expand the final stage of the tournament from 32 teams to 48 has significantly… Read more »
May 27
Central Africa: Central Africa's Wild Meat Dilemma - Why Outright Bans Threaten Food Security for Millions
Millions of people in central Africa rely on wild meat for their nutrition, especially in rural areas around the Congo rainforest, the second largest tropical rainforest in the… Read more »
May 26
Africa: Planes, Trains and Pandemics - Lessons From Covid-19 About Travel Risks Posed By Hantavirus and Ebola
International travel volumes have now fully recovered from the downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the upcoming World Cup poised to drive a surge in Canadian tourism,… Read more »
May 25
Africa: Africa Has Been Managing Climate Volatility for Decades - What the Rest of the World Can Learn From It
The United States' retreat from aspects of global climate and health leadership has exposed the risk Africa took in relying on external funding for these projects. When the US… Read more »
Africa: Shifting From Fossil Fuels Will Fail Without Funding for African Industry and Energy Infrastructure
Moving to renewable energy will fail unless wealthy nations help finance cleaner energy systems, industrialisation and local mineral processing across the African continent. This… Read more »
May 21
Africa: A Draft African Charter On 'Family Values' Is On the Cards - Why It's Flawed and Dangerous
A series of conferences held in Entebbe, Uganda, between 2023 and 2025 have resulted in a draft African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values. The meetings were organised by… Read more »
May 20
Africa: Africa's Capital Must Stay Home to Plug Its Financing Gap - How It Could Be Done
Africa is providing cheap liquidity to wealthy nations. In return it is paying huge interest rates to external institutional investors at the cost of its own development. Read more »
May 19
Africa: Higher Interest Rates - Can I Make Them Work for Me?
When interest rates rise, most people feel the financial pinch as repayments for home loans, car purchases or personal loans increase. This leads to less money for everyday… Read more »
