June 24
Angola: Angola's Long War Changed the Way Farmers Used Fire - Why It Matters
Few places in Africa have been as isolated and understudied as eastern Angola, particularly the highlands of the Moxico provinces, a region rich in biodiversity, culture and… Read more »
Africa: What Helps Women Eat Well? Control Over Money, Time and Decisions Matters
Worldwide, women carry the greatest burden of malnutrition. More than two-thirds of women of childbearing age don't get enough of at least one micronutrient. These are the vitamins… Read more »
South Africa: How a Basic Solar Grant Brought Cheaper Electricity to One Shack Settlement in South Africa
In South Africa, 47% of the national population is energy poor, meaning that they spend more than 10%-15% of their income on power and still do not have nearly enough for their… Read more »
Africa: Female Baboons Keep Family Bonds Strong - Research Reveals the Benefits
Baboons are one of the most widespread of Africa's primate groups. They range across sub-Saharan Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula. Read more »
June 23
Africa: Fossil Fuels Still Dominate in Africa's Electricity Future - Study Tracks 3,139 Power Plants
Only about 57% of the people in Africa have access to electricity, the vast majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa. To meet the United Nations goal of everyone having access to… Read more »
South Africa: Johannesburg Has Taken a Big New Loan to Help Fix Its Electricity Problems, but the Results Will Take Time
Just over a third (38%) of the residents of South Africa's commercial capital, Johannesburg, reported being satisfied with their electricity services in a survey conducted in… Read more »
Kenya: Did Kenya's Gen Z Protests Achieve Anything? an Economist Weighs Up What's Changed and What's Stayed the Same
Kenya's Gen Z-led protests of 2024 drew global headlines. For weeks, young people mobilised against proposed tax increases, the rising cost of living, unemployment, corruption and… Read more »
June 22
Somalia: When Climate Pressures Deepen, the Fight Against Violence Becomes Harder
Climate-induced crop failures, death of livestock and water shortages increase food insecurity and malnutrition. This makes it harder for families to maintain stable incomes and… Read more »
South Africa: Funding Boosts Postgraduate Student Success - South African Study Measures How
Postgraduate education is good for a country. Thriving economies need people with advanced academic degrees to enhance research productivity. Research and innovation capability… Read more »
Africa: We Are Mapping and Monitoring Africa's Underground Water Supplies in Preparation for a Hotter Future - Scientists
As global temperatures rise, surface waters - including rivers, lakes and reservoirs - are becoming dangerously erratic. This is because in a hotter climate, there are rapid swings… Read more »
Ethiopia: Can an Ancient Oromo Philosophy Help Ethiopia Build Peace? Why Namummaa Matters
Ethiopia's Oromo people have an indigenous philosophy known as Namummaa, or "humanness", which places relationships and peace at the centre of social life. The Oromo are Ethiopia's… Read more »
Africa: Oxygen Atoms in 15-Million-Year-Old Giant Eggshells Reveal How Plants Reacted to a Hotter Earth - Study
Some periods in Earth history are so different from our own that they may as well belong to another planet. Many people are interested in the age of dinosaurs, or the Ice Ages, but… Read more »
June 21
Africa: Can Africa Survive the Global Aid Squeeze? Yes, but It Will Take Financial Discipline
Africa faces declining aid, rising debt, climate pressure and a weakening global order. Official development assistance, the technical term for foreign aid, fell by 23.1% in 2025,… Read more »
South Africa: Vaccine Hesitancy Can't Be Boiled Down to a Single Factor - What We Learnt in South Africa and Brazil
Vaccine uptake has been declining in Brazil and South Africa over the last decade. This decline has reversed important gains in protecting children against vaccine-preventable… Read more »
June 19
Africa: Does Climate Change Lead to More Migration? Here's Why Researchers Can't Agree On the Evidence
Images of families displaced by floods, prolonged droughts or extreme storms have become a distressingly regular feature of the daily news. As the impact of climate change… Read more »
June 18
Africa: South African Scientists Make Breakthrough in Decoding Cancer's Most Effective Survival Strategy
In the intricate biology of the human body, organs such as the breast, the colon and the lungs are lined with a defensive barrier known as the epithelium. At the heart of this… Read more »
Namibia: Who Was Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo? the Namibian Leader Who Chose Justice Over Power
Celebrated Namibian liberation leader Andimba Toivo ya Toivo played an important role in his country's development. Beyond Namibia, however, he remains unknown to many. Read more »
South Africa: What's Overlooked in Student Mental Health in South Africa - Social Connection and Sexual Wellbeing
Student mental health has become one of the defining challenges facing universities worldwide. In South Africa, these concerns are often framed around reports which point to… Read more »
Africa: People Are Marrying Holograms and Making Friends With Chatbots. but Can AiIBring True Happiness?
Can technology really replace human relationships? As philosophy scholars who focus on human happiness and on artificial intelligence (AI), we tackle this question in a recent… Read more »
June 17
Africa: Money, Food and Survival - What Drives Paid Sex Among Young Mums in 3 African Countries
Transactional sex, defined as the exchange of sex for money, food, or favours, is common among young people in Africa. Studies have reported that about 10% of those aged 15-24 have… Read more »
South Africa: Xenophobia in South Africa - State's Complicity With Gangs and Vigilantes Is Threatening Its Ability to Govern
Marches, Mozambicans murdered, state-sponsored evacuations, a nationally televised presidential address. Anti-immigrant mobilisation has again drawn the world's attention to South… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi's Education Choices in the Wake of Aid Cuts
Over a year has passed since the Donald Trump administration dismantled USAID, cutting more than 5,000 programmes and slashing US$40 billion in funding worldwide. Read more »
Africa: How Enslaved African Muslims Resisted Bondage Through Their Faith and Writing
Muslims in the United States often face negative stereotyping and suspicion. Especially in the years following 9/11, Muslims have been frequently cast as outsiders. Read more »
South Africa: Could the Roofs of Low Cost Houses Be South Africa's Secret Weapon Against Hunger?
South Africa's hunger crisis is no longer a distant warning. Millions of poor households are forced to choose between food, electricity, transport and water every month. The… Read more »
June 16
South Africa: Language Matters for Disaster Warnings - This Community Didn't Get Useful Flood Alerts
In an age of instant communication, it is easy to assume that everyone receives disaster warnings. Smartphones buzz, sirens sound, alerts flash across screens. But for millions of… Read more »
