Africa: Solange Knowles Revealed She Suffers With Pots - a Condition She Called 'Debilitating, Confusing and Lonely'

Singer and actress Solange Knowles recently revealed in an Instagram comment that she was diagnosed in 2018 with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (Pots). Read more »

Africa: Waiting for Exam Results Can Be Awful. Our Research Shows How Best to Manage the Stress

It's that time of year when students are waiting for school and university results that could change the course of their lives. Read more »

Africa: Ghana's Outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo Failed to Live Up to Expectations - a Look At His Time in Office

For the first time in seven years, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will end the year without Ghana's presidency weighing on his shoulders. Ghana goes to the polls on 7 December.… Read more »

Africa: Brics+ Countries Are Determined to Trade in Their Own Currencies - but Can It Work?

Brics+ countries are exploring how they can foster greater use of local currencies in their trade, instead of relying on a handful of major currencies, primarily the US dollar and… Read more »

Africa: Protecting Victims of Conflict - How African Value Systems Could Strengthen Humanitarian Law

International humanitarian law seeks to limit the excesses of warfare and regulate the conduct of armed hostilities. But it is often ignored. Using ethnographic case studies from… Read more »

Africa: Russian Mercenaries Have a Bad Reputation but Some African Regimes Still Employ Them - Study Explores Why

Russian mercenaries, like the Wagner group, have an awful reputation. Multiple western outlets have reported on their military ineffectiveness, their abysmal human rights record,… Read more »

Africa: Humans Are Killing Off the Old and Wise Animals That Hold Nature Together. Here's What Must Change

In humans and other animals, ageing is generally associated with a decline in biological function. But scientists are now discovering older animals perform vital roles in… Read more »

Africa: Donald Trump Will Put America First - What Does That Mean for Africa?

Donald Trump's return as the president of the US in January 2025 is expected to usher in a transformation of US domestic and foreign affairs. Read more »

Africa: Illegal Mining Clampdown in South Africa - Treating Desperate People Like Criminals Is an Injustice - Legal Scholar

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South African authorities have since December 2023 been… Read more »

Africa: We Studied Drug-Resistant Bacteria On Hospital Surfaces in Six Countries. This Is What We Found

Antimicrobial resistance happens when bacteria and other microbes that can cause infections gain the ability to resist treatment by antibiotics or other antimicrobial medicines. Read more »

Africa: Madagascar's Huge Ocean Algae Bloom Was Caused By Dust From Drought-Stricken Southern Africa

Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae… Read more »

Africa: Military Rule Is On the Rise in Africa - Nothing Good Came From It in the Past

In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. Military rule, long dormant in African politics, is back. Read more »

Africa: Tobacco Isn't a Good Investment - Study Shows a Decline in Stock Prices Since 2016

Environmental, social and governance investing, also known as impact or socially responsible investing, has become a popular concept. It's based on awareness of the impact that… Read more »

Africa: The First 1,000 Days of a Child's Life Are Crucial - There's Growing Evidence That the Next 1,000 Are Just As Important

The first 1,000 days of a child's life - pregnancy and the months leading to their second birthday - are a critical time. Expectant mothers need good antenatal care. The better… Read more »

Africa: We All Need Toilets - Expert Insights Into What Happens When There Aren't Enough of Them

"Safe toilets for all by 2030" is one of the Sustainable Development Goal targets. But, with just more than five years to go until 2030, the United Nations says the world is… Read more »

Africa: Rachid Mekhloufi Was More Than a Football Star, He Was a Symbol of Algerian Resistance

The death of football star Rachid Mekhloufi at the age of 88 has marked the end of an era. For more than half a century, he was an integral part of Algeria's football landscape,… Read more »

Africa: 3 Innovative Ways to Help Countries Hit By Climate Disasters, Beyond a Loss and Damage Fund

These days, it's hard to escape news stories discussing how climate change is contributing to extreme weather disasters, including the recent U.S. hurricanes. Aid agencies are… Read more »

Africa: Five Animals That Behave Differently in Moonlight

Once every spring, a few days after the full moon, corals of the great barrier reef release eggs and sperm simultaneously - a phenomenon so spectacular it can be seen from space. Read more »

Africa: Climate Change - Women's Role in the Economy Is Key to a Just Transition

The realities of climate change are hitting home for many people living in the global south. Food security, water access and health have been jeopardised by the increased… Read more »

Africa: African Penguins Could Be Extinct By 2035 - How to Save Them

In October 2024, the African penguin became the first penguin species in the world to be listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Read more »

Africa: Which Animals Carry Mpox? Our Study Identified African Forest Dwelling Rodents As One Source

Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It's quite easily passed on from one person to another. But it originally came from infected animals. Read more »

Africa: Four Out of Five People in Africa Use Wood for Cooking - a Transition to Clean Fuels Would Cut Emissions and Save Lives, a Model for Nigeria Shows

Four in every five people in Africa cook using wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels in open fires or inefficient stoves. This releases harmful pollutants and leads to… Read more »

Africa: Joy Dancer - Dance Documentary Shows the Power of Movement to Give a Voice to the Silenced

In 2018, when visiting the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, choreographer Gregory Maqoma came across the multimedia installation The African Choir 1891 Re-imagined… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Civil Service Should Be Restructured, but a Plan to Reward Early Retirement Won't Solve the Problem - Economist

South Africa's finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, announced in his October mid-term budget policy statement that cabinet had approved funding for an early retirement programme to… Read more »

Africa: Can You Die From Long Covid? the Answer Is Not So Simple

Nearly five years into the pandemic, COVID is feeling less central to our daily lives. Read more »