November 26, 2025
Ghana: An Important Wetland in Ghana Is Under Siege. Researchers Investigate the Real Issues
Wetlands are vital ecological resources that provide several benefits in urban and peri-urban areas. They slow down flood waters, and act as a source of fishing and farming… Read more »
South Africa: Thousands of Criminals Reoffend in South Africa - Better Data Would Show Where the Justice System Is Failing
In a recent statement, South Africa's minister of correctional services said more than 18,000 parolees had reoffended in the past three years. They included 209 committing murder… Read more »
Africa: TotalEnergies - French Court Ruling Over False Climate Claims Could Boost African Cases Against Polluters
A court ruling in France could give African countries more power to hold corporations to account when they pretend to be environmentally friendly. The Paris Judicial Court found… Read more »
Sudan: 'I Have to Talk About It So That the World Can Know What Happened to Women and Girls in Sudan' - Rape and Terror Sparks Mass Migration
I was in Khartoum when the conflict started. Armed soldiers of Arabs came to our house and they wanted to loot groundnuts, but my mother resisted opening the door. Immediately, one… Read more »
November 25, 2025
Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire's Democratic Backslide - Elections Leave Even Less Space for Freedom
Ivorians went to the polls on 25 October 2025 to choose between incumbent president Alassane Ouattara - seeking a fourth five-year term - and one of four candidates who didn't have… Read more »
Africa: India and South Africa Burn a Lot of Coal - What They Can Learn From Each Other About Ending the Dependency
India and South Africa are both navigating one of the toughest challenges of the 21st century: shifting their electricity systems away from ageing coal-fired power stations while… Read more »
Southern Africa: School Violence Doesn't Happen in Isolation - What Research From Southern Africa Is Telling Us
School violence is a global public health phenomenon. This is when learners and teachers are the victims of physical and psychological abuse, cyber threats and bullying, fights,… Read more »
November 24, 2025
Africa: South Africa's G20 Presidency - Diplomatic Victory, but a Weak Final Declaration
US president Donald Trump's efforts to derail a successful wrap-up of the G20 summit in Johannesburg failed. Trump boycotted the meeting and the US told other countries through… Read more »
Africa: Inquiry Says Covid Lockdowns Could Have Been Avoided - They're Right
The UK was one of the most locked down countries in the world during the COVID pandemic, but this was not inevitable - it was a failure of public health policy. Read more »
South Africa: Long Covid's Hidden Toll - the South Africans Still Battling Fatigue, Anxiety and Memory Loss
"I feel better, but my mind isn't the same." Four years after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, such comments are still heard regularly in many medical practices in South… Read more »
November 23, 2025
Africa: COP30 - Five Reasons the UN Climate Conference Failed to Deliver On Its 'People's Summit' Promise
As the sun set on the Amazon, the promise of a "people's Cop" faded with it. The latest UN climate summit - known as Cop30, hosted in the Brazilian city of Belém - came with… Read more »
Africa: Global Inequality Is As Urgent As Climate Change - the World Needs a Panel of Experts to Steer Solutions
Given the escalating scale of inequality in the world, shouldn't countries be banding together to set up an international panel on the issue, along the same lines as the… Read more »
November 22, 2025
Africa: This Year's Climate Talks Saw Real Progress - Just Not On Fossil Fuels
It wasn't a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change on the edge of the Amazon in Belém, Brazil. I… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Hidden Stillbirth Crisis - New Report Exposes Major Policy and Data Gaps
Nearly one million babies are stillborn in Africa every year. Behind every stillbirth is a mother, a family and a story left untold. Most of these are preventable, many unrecorded,… Read more »
Kenya: High-Rise Living in Nairobi's Pipeline Estate Is Stressful - How Men and Women Cope
Within sight of Kenya's main international airport in Nairobi's east, Pipeline residential estate stands out like a sore thumb. Composed almost entirely of tightly packed high-rise… Read more »
November 21, 2025
Africa: Climate Change and Inequality Are Connected - Policies Need to Reflect This
An increasingly strong case is being made to bring inequality into discussions about climate change. The logic behind this has been set out by leading international institutions… Read more »
Africa: Off-Label Use of Covid-19 Vaccines Was Once Discouraged but Has Become Common Amid New Guidelines
Following the federal government's changes to COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and recommendations in 2025, many people are wondering whether they can get COVID-19 vaccines for… Read more »
South Africa: Violence Against Women and Children Is Deeply Connected. Three Ways to Break the Patterns
In South Africa, intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence against women, and it is pervasive. According to the National Gender-Based Violence Prevalence Study,… Read more »
November 20, 2025
Africa: Engineered Microbes Could Tackle Climate Change - If We Ensure It's Done Safely
As the climate crisis accelerates, there's a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the… Read more »
South Africa: South Africans Are Flourishing More Than You Might Expect - Here's Why
South Africa is often portrayed in the media as a country struggling with inequality, corruption, crime, infrastructure collapse and public health challenges. But this isn't the… Read more »
Benin: Ciara's Beninese Citizenship - Marketing Ploys Can't Heal the Past
African American singer Ciara received citizenship from the Republic of Benin in 2025 as a descendant of enslaved Africans. The images of her ceremony at Ouidah's slave route… Read more »
Africa: Agricultural Exports From Africa Are Not Doing Well. Four Ways to Change That
Africa is the world's most endowed continent in agricultural potential, yet it remains a marginal player in global agribusiness. This paradox lies at the heart of Africa's… Read more »
Africa: How China Cleaned Up Its Air Pollution - and What That Meant for the Climate
Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19. Read more »
November 18, 2025
Africa: Toilets Can Make Africa's Roads Safer, According to This New Study
Travelling on Africa's roads comes with many challenges. The biggest is arriving at your destination safely. The continent is one of the hotspots of global road trauma. Its traffic… Read more »
Africa: COP30 - Africa Needs Funding to Adapt to the Climate Crisis - What Negotiators Need to Do to Secure It
Since it was set up in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has focused mainly on mitigation. Mitigating the effects of climate change is all about… Read more »
