September 03
Africa: China's Investments in Africa Aren't Working As Well As They As They Should for Cities - This Needs to Change
Over the past two decades African leaders have become increasingly drawn to Chinese financing and investment. These investments are made rapidly and with reportedly less stringent… Read more »
September 02
Africa: China's Interests in Africa Are Being Shaped By the Race for Renewable Energy
China-Africa relations have deepened over the past two decades, characterised by increased economic cooperation, investment and infrastructure development. China is now Africa's… Read more »
East Africa: Mpox Could Spread Into Conflict Zones in East Africa - How to Manage the Response
Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda are some of the east African countries that have reported cases of mpox - a viral infectious disease - in the latest outbreak which started in the… Read more »
Africa: Belief in Alien Visits to Earth Is Spiralling Out of Control - Here's Why That's So Dangerous
The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular. Around a fifth of UK citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials, and an… Read more »
Africa: African Nations Can Do More to Benefit From Ties With China, the World's Second-Strongest Economy
China's relationship with Africa is vital to Beijing's efforts to expand its influence in the western-dominated world order. China is Africa's most significant trading partner and… Read more »
Africa: China-Africa Relations - New Priorities Have Driven Major Shifts Over the Last 24 Years - 5 Essential Reads
China-Africa cooperation has evolved over the past 24 years. Read more »
Africa: China Reaps Most of the Benefits of Its Relationship With Africa - What's Behind the Imbalance
The ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing takes place under the theme of "Joining hands to advance modernisation and build a high-level China-Africa community with a… Read more »
September 01
Africa: We Found Teenage Girls Don't Know Vulvas From Vaginas or When Their Menstrual Cycle Starts
It is important for everyone - but especially girls, women and people who menstruate - to understand how ovulation and menstruation work. Read more »
Africa: Aluminium Foil That Can Clean Water - We've Developed a Coating Which Attracts and Traps Dangerous Microbes
More than 2 billion people around the world do not have access to safe, uncontaminated drinking water. Around 418 million of them live in African countries. Read more »
August 30
Africa: Climate Change Has Deep Historical Roots - Amitav Ghosh Explores How Capitalism and Colonialism Fit in
Amitav Ghosh is an internationally celebrated author of 20 historical fiction and non-fiction books. The Indian thinker and writer has written extensively on the legacies of… Read more »
Africa: Why Children Are At Such High Risk for Mpox
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that children, pregnant women and people with weak immune systems are at higher risk from the mpox outbreak in the Democratic… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Is the World's Worst Modern War - What Has Happened and What It'll Take to Rebuild
Sudan's war has been raging since April 2023. The country was on a bumpy road to democracy after mass uprisings in 2019 ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir. This all came to a… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Fighting With Rebels in the Country's East Has Intensified, Sparking Fears of a Wider War
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been battling the M23 rebel group in the east of the country since 2012. However, there has been a major upsurge… Read more »
August 29
Africa: Is 'Africa' a Racial Slur and Should the Continent Be Renamed?
Should African people be called black - or is the categorising of people by skin colour a racist practice? How about Africa? Is the name of the continent a racial slur because it… Read more »
Africa: Mpox Vaccines - Where They Come From and What Stands in the Way of Distributing Them in Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) have declared the latest outbreak of mpox in Africa a health emergency. An epidemic in… Read more »
South Africa: Rick Turner and Steve Biko Were Leading Liberation Thinkers in 1970s South Africa - Why Their Ideas Still Matter
Steve Biko was undoubtedly the most influential South African liberation struggle theorist and activist of the 1970s. Rick Turner was arguably among the most effectual white… Read more »
Kenya: Burnout and Bias Can Lead to Poor Care During Childbirth - We Created a Project in Kenya That Helps Health Workers
An estimated 800 women die every day across the world as a result of pregnancy-related complications. Most deaths (95%) occur in low- and middle-income countries. Two-thirds are in… Read more »
August 28
East Africa: Kenya Champions the Free Movement of People in East Africa, but It's Failing Immigrants and Refugees At Home
Kenya has played a leading role in lowering barriers to the movement of people in the east African region. It has also made huge strides in protecting Kenyan emigrants working… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Coal Workers Face an Uncertain Future
South Africa is on the path to decarbonisation - doing away with burning coal and other fossil fuels and moving towards renewable, clean energy, such as solar and wind power.… Read more »
South Africa: Starting a Business After University - Young South African Entrepreneurs Discuss the Highs and Lows
South Africa's youth unemployment rate, at 45.5% (among those aged between 15 and 34), is worryingly high, even in the context of widespread unemployment across the African… Read more »
Africa: Africa's 'Youthquake' - Huge Numbers of Young People Have No Jobs, the Wrong Skills and Little Hope
By 2050, one in every three young people on earth will be of African origin, according to the 2024 International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Global Employment Trends for Youth… Read more »
South Africa: Playing Technology Games and Making Science Fun Helps Young Kids Solve Visual Problems and Grasp Ideas Better
As I watched my sons, Wavhudi and Rivhavhudi, play games on my phone before bedtime, I was captivated by their enthusiasm and how deeply they were engaged - especially when the… Read more »
August 27
South Africa: Competition in South Africa's Electricity Market - New Law Paves the Way, but It Won't Be a Smooth Ride
South Africa endured an electricity crisis from 2008 characterised by intermittent rolling blackouts and a growing culture of non-payment. The state-owned utility, Eskom, came to… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda Is Creating Shiny, Modern Cities After the Genocide
Over the past 17 years, Rwanda has cleared informal settlements to make way for modern urban construction. Kigali's ambitious city master plan is expected to be fully realised by… Read more »
Africa: Children and the Internet - Helping Kids Navigate This Modern Minefield
The United States' most senior public health official, surgeon-general Vivek Murthy, believes social media platforms should come with warning labels. The United Nations' education,… Read more »