June 25, 2025
Africa: Autonomous AI Systems Can Help Tackle Global Food Insecurity
There is a growing and urgent need to address global food insecurity. This urgency is underscored by reports from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which… Read more »
South Africa: Migrants in South Africa's Economic Powerhouse Often Go Hungry - the Drivers and What Can Be Done About It
About 281 million people globally have migrated from their country of origin to another country. This movement can be temporary or permanent and can occur for various reasons,… Read more »
Africa: Our Oceans Are in Trouble - How to Move Beyond the Outrage and Start Taking Real Action
Our oceans are in trouble. Catches from many of the world's fisheries are declining, with some fishing practices destroying enormous areas of the sea bed. Habitat loss through… Read more »
June 24, 2025
Mozambique: Mozambique After 50 Years of Independence - What's There to Celebrate?
Mozambique's government, led by the Frelimo party, has long been planning celebrations for 2025. It is 50 years since independence, won after an anti-colonial war against Portugal… Read more »
Africa: Bats Get Fat to Survive Hard Times. but Climate Change Is Threatening Their Survival Strategy
Bats are often cast as the unseen night-time stewards of nature, flitting through the dark to control pest insects, pollinate plants and disperse seeds. But behind their silent… Read more »
South Africa: The Right to Water Is Out of Reach for Many South Africans - Case Study Offers Solutions
South Africa's constitution says "everyone has the right to have access to sufficient food and water". In reality, however, this right is not enjoyed by all. Many places experience… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Police Brutality - It Will Take More Than Laws and Public Anger to Change Behaviour
Kenya has once again been reminded of brutality within its police force. Two events in mid-June 2025 pointed to the grave challenge that Kenya must confront to reform the service. Read more »
June 23, 2025
West Africa: Mpox in Sierra Leone - What's Behind the Recent Surge and Why West Africa Is At Risk
As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility that the virus will spread to neighbouring countries… Read more »
Africa: Which African Countries Are Flourishing? Scientists Have a New Way of Measuring Well-Being
What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists have been focusing on a new idea called flourishing - a sense of well-being that goes beyond just… Read more »
Africa: African Finance Ministers Shouldn't Be Making Bond Deals - How to Hand Over the Job to Experts
Eurobonds, debts owed in a foreign currency, have become a quick and attractive way for African countries to borrow money. They are behind a sharp rise in commercial borrowing as a… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Big Rooftops Could Power 6 Million Homes - How to Make It Happen
South Africa has many factories, warehouses, schools and hospitals - big buildings with large rooftop spaces. In such a sunny country, these flat surfaces would be perfect for… Read more »
June 22, 2025
Kenya: Kenya's Police Still Kill With Impunity - What Needs to Be Done to Stop Them
Weeks ahead of the first anniversary in Kenya of the Gen Z-led anti-government protests that resulted in at least 60 deaths and displays of police brutality, news broke that Albert… Read more »
South Africa: One Year On - South Africa's Coalition Government Boosted Optimism, but Will It Last?
For the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994, the ruling African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority in 2024. After 30 years in power, it had to form a… Read more »
Ghana: Kwame Akoto-Bamfo - the Ghanaian Artist Using Work About Slavery to Find Justice and Healing
Thousands of sculpted heads - captive African men, women, and children - meticulously created by the artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, emerge from the soil at the Nkyinkyim Museum, as a… Read more »
June 20, 2025
Africa: What Ancient Ice Sheets Can Tell Us About Future Sea Level Rise
When visiting Godrevy beach on the north Cornish coast, most people look out to sea at the lighthouse, surfers and seals rather than the cliffs behind. But these cliffs hold a… Read more »
June 19, 2025
Nigeria: Nigeria's New Electoral Chief - Six Priorities to Fix a Flawed System
Elections are a pillar of liberal democracy. Citizens use them to choose their leaders and influence governance. Read more »
Zambia: Are Chinese Investors Grabbing Zambian Land? Study Finds That's a Myth
Media coverage of Chinese land investments in African agriculture often reinforces narratives of a "weak African state" and the "Chinese land grab", highlighting power imbalances… Read more »
South Africa: Louis Moholo-Moholo, a Lion of South African Jazz Who Used His Drums to Find Freedom
Louis Tebugo Moholo-Moholo was born in St Monica's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa on 10 March 1940. He'd not have appreciated that introduction, once chastising an interviewer: Read more »
Morocco: British Holidaymaker Dies From Rabies - What You Need to Know About the Disease and Getting the Jab If You're Going Abroad This Summer
The recent death of a British woman from rabies after a holiday in Morocco is a sobering reminder of the risks posed by this almost universally fatal disease, once symptoms begin. Read more »
South Africa: Stone Tools From a Cave On South Africa's Coast Speak of Life At the End of the Ice Age
The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today's world. Read more »
June 18, 2025
Mauritius: Mauritius Is Facing a Water Crisis - Harvesting Water From Its Rivers With 10 Reservoirs Can Help - Research
Mauritius's water supplies are running very low. As a small island, it is affected by tropical cyclones, rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and a warming ocean. Rainfall… Read more »
Kenya: What Happens When Aid Is Cut to a Large Refugee Camp? Kenyan Study Paints a Bleak Picture
Humanitarian needs are rising around the world. At the same time, major donors such as the US and the UK are pulling back support, placing increasing strain on already… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Economy Is Growing but Rural Poverty Is Rising - 5 Key Policies to Address the Divide
The Nigerian economy grew at a robust rate of 3.4% in 2024, the highest it has been since 2019 (except 2021 when the COVID rebound occurred). Read more »
June 17, 2025
Mali: China's Support for Mali's Military Carries Risks - Researcher Outlines What They Are
Mali, a landlocked Sahelian nation of 25 million people, has faced significant instability since 2012, marked by terrorism, state neglect and armed conflicts. Read more »
Africa: G20 Countries Could Produce Enough Renewable Energy for the Whole World - What Needs to Happen
The world's most developed economies have also burnt the most oil and coal (fossil fuels) over the years, causing the most climate change damage. Preventing further climate change… Read more »
