Africa: Long Covid - Brain Function Still Affected for Some Up to Two Years After Infection - New Research

Difficulties with cognitive functions or skills, such as the ability to recall memories, concentrate on tasks, or find the right words in conversation, are commonly reported… Read more »

Africa: Africa At the Netball World Cup - Four Teams Are Set to Inspire the Continent

The Netball World Cup was first held in 1963. It's the largest women's sporting event on the planet - and for the first time it's being hosted in Africa. Four African teams have… Read more »

Africa: Record Technostress and Reduced Well-Being Show That Remote Working Isn't as Good as we Thought

At the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, at least 557 million workers were forced to work from home. Read more »

Africa: Why Workers in Small Businesses Can Struggle With Mental Health and 'Presenteeism'

If you are struggling with your mental health, is it better to come to work or stay off sick? You may think your employer would prefer you try to keep working, but many employers… Read more »

Africa: Food Crisis in Africa - the High Cost of Imported Fertilisers Is Adding to the Problem

Global fertiliser suppliers have made incredibly high profits in 2022/23 on the back of price spikes attributed to the Russia-Ukraine war. The profits of the world's top nine… Read more »

Africa: Russia Summit Is an Opportunity for Africa to Unite On Ukraine and Get Wagner Out of the Continent

Two critical issues must be top of mind for African leaders when they meet President Vladimir Putin at the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg this week. Read more »

Africa: Russia-Africa Summit - Five Things African Leaders Must Achieve

The second Russia-Africa Summit takes place in St Petersburg on 27-28 July. This comes at a time of a major geopolitical shift, which African leaders may see as offering beneficial… Read more »

Africa: You've Lost Someone You Love - 4 Signs You May Need to Seek Grief Counselling

Grief is a natural response to losing something you felt a bond with. This loss ranges from death to the end of a relationship. It could also be the loss of an election or of a… Read more »

Africa: Actors Are Demanding That Hollywood Catch Up With Technological Changes in a Sequel to a 1960 Strike

For the first time since 1960, actors and screenwriters are on strike at the same time. Read more »

Africa: Greta Gerwig's Barbie Movie Is a 'Feminist Bimbo' Classic - and No, That's Not an Oxymoron

The following article contains spoilers for Barbie. Read more »

Africa: African Union - Climate Action Offers Organisation Unique Chance for Revival

Much has been written about the decision by certain African countries to send out a peace mission to Ukraine in May. Reporters, however, failed at the time to pick up on one… Read more »

Africa: Russia-Africa Summit Provides a Global Stage for Moscow to Puff Up Its Influence

Forty-three African heads of state attended the 2019 Russia-Africa summit. They had high hopes that Russia would emerge as a new source of investment and trade for the continent.… Read more »

Africa: Migrant Deaths At Sea - The Real Blame Lies With Policies Created By European States

On 15 June, the overcrowded fishing trawler Adriana sank on its illicit journey from Libya to Italy, drowning hundreds of men, women and children. In response, states have… Read more »

Africa: Surviving Heat Waves on the Continent - Three Essential Reads

Around the world, temperature records are being broken in countries in Africa, Europe, America and Asia. The planet experienced its hottest day on record at the beginning of July… Read more »

Africa: The Hidden Cost of the AI Boom - Social and Environmental Exploitation

Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) have been dominated by a few key concerns, such as whether superintelligent AI will wipe us out, or whether AI will… Read more »

Africa: Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia Could Cause Upsets at Women's World Cup Football

Morocco and Zambia are making their Fifa Women's World Cup debut in 2023. South Africa must recover their morale after a pay dispute and Nigeria once again leads the charge for the… Read more »

Africa: Contemporary African Photography - Tate Modern Show Celebrates New Generation of Artists, but Misses a Trick

The last large survey exhibition of African photography by a major western gallery was In/Sight at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1996. Twenty-seven years later, Tate Modern… Read more »

Africa: Why Do I Have to Take My Laptop Out of the Bag At Airport Security?

Anyone who has travelled by air in the past ten years will know how stressful airports can be. Read more »

Africa: Technology Can Boost Farming, But It Can Also Threaten Biodiversity - How to Balance the Two

Cultivating one hectare of maize used to be an arduous task for Precious Banda, a farmer in Zambia. It would take her hundreds of hours to prepare her land before sowing and to… Read more »

Africa: Penalties, Passes, and a Touch of Politics - The Women's World Cup Is About to Kick Off

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off this Thursday night, the first football world cup hosted by Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Groundbreaking Women's Rights Treaty Turns 20 - the Hits and Misses of the Maputo Protocol

2023 marks two decades since the adoption of the Maputo Protocol. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo… Read more »

Africa: Weight Loss - Why You Don't Just Lose Fat When You're On a Diet

When you go on a diet, you don't just lose fat - you lose muscle too. This can have many repercussions - not only on your fitness and strength, but on your metabolism. Read more »

Africa: Strep Throat Can Easily Be Confused With Throat Infections Caused By Viruses - Here Are a Few Ways to Know the Difference

"My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody's." Read more »

Africa: Fungal Infections in the Brain Aren't Just the Stuff of Movies - Africa Grapples With a Deadly Epidemic

In the 2023 American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us, humans are plunged towards extinction as a fungal infection of the brain zombie-fies most of the… Read more »

Africa: Poverty Is Linked to Poorer Brain Development - But Reading Can Help Counteract It

Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, which is important for boosting cognition and mental wellbeing. Good brain health at this age is directly linked to… Read more »