Senegal: Senegal's Elections Were a Triumph for Democracy - What Went Right

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye unexpectedly called a snap legislative election which was held on 17 November. Faye was sworn in as president in April after a tumultuous… 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 »

South Africa: Men Abused By Women Don't All Fight Back. Some Believe a Strong Man Is Non-Violent - South African Study

Studies of intimate partner violence mostly portray men as abusers and women as victims. Little academic attention is paid to men who are abused by their female partners. Even less… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Street Children - How to Get Them Home and Back in School

Zimbabwe's government undertook a survey in 2023 to ascertain how many children were living on the streets of the country's second biggest city, Bulawayo. The most recent numbers… Read more »

South Africa: Fossil Finds - Footprints On South Africa's Coast Offer a Glimpse Into Our Ancestors' Lives

Mention the word "fossils" to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of the global fossil record. But humans and other species… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Elections - Swing Voting Is On the Rise, Shaping Outcomes - a Look At What's Driving This

Ghanaian elections have become much more challenging for politicians. In the past they have often been characterised as nothing more than an ethnic headcount. But since the 2008… Read more »

South Africa: How Ethical Are South Africa's News Media? We Studied Public Complaints to the Press Council to Find Out

The news media in South Africa have a long and dark history of being used to oppress the majority during colonialism and apartheid. In the new context of societal transformation… 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 »

South Africa: Flies Carry Bacteria - and Some of Those Are Resistant to Antibiotics. What We Found in Three South African Hospices

Houseflies live close to humans and domesticated animals and because they are so mobile they can easily spread bacteria that make people sick. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Terror Group Lakurawa Is Nothing New - It Exists Because of Government's Failure - Analysts

The Nigerian army has spoken of attacks on the Niger-Nigeria border in 2024 as being carried out by a new terrorist group. Read more »

Mauritius: Mauritius Elections Landslide - Why Voters Were Determined to Get Jugnauth's Govt Out

Mauritius' opposition coalition - the Alliance of Change - won the country's 10 November 2024 election by a landslide, taking all the seats in parliament. Its leader, Navin… 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: 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 »

Angola: Angolan Prince Started Campaign to End Atlantic Slave Trade Long Before Europeans Did - New Book

For centuries, it has been held that the ideas and movement for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade came from western abolitionists. No input from Africans has been… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Colonial Powers Tried to Stifle Traditional Healing in Zimbabwe. They Failed and Today It's a Powerful Force for Treating Mental Illness

In Zimbabwe's Shona language, mental illness is known as chirwere chepfungwa or kupenga. Before British colonial settlers arrived in 1890, traditional healers (n'anga) played an… 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 »

South Africa: Is South Africa One of the Most Politically Polarised Countries in the World? No, It's Not - Sociologist

A number of reports have called South Africa a politically polarised society. This may seem uncontroversial, given the country's history of dispossession and discrimination during… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique in Post-Election Turmoil - Economic Policies That Could Make a Difference

Turmoil following presidential and parliamentary elections in Mozambique has been severe. Preliminary official results from the 2024 elections indicated a landslide win by the… 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 »

Kenya: Why President Ruto's Plan to Loan Money to Entrepreneurs Hasn't Worked

It's two years since Kenyan president William Ruto, in what seemed like a political gamble, rolled out a government-run microcredit scheme popularised as the Hustler Fund. Worth 50… Read more »

Botswana: Botswana's Election Shock - Analyst Reflects On Why Voters Kicked the Ruling Party Out After 58 Years

The dramatic loss of power by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had governed Botswana since independence in 1966, will go down in history as one of the biggest electoral… 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: 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 »