September 24, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Is Producing Less and Less Oil. Here's Why
Nigeria's oil output was at the lowest since 1990 as its crude oil production fell below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in August 2022. And data from the Organisation of the… Read more »
Uganda: Nation Well Prepared for Ebola Outbreak
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was announced by Uganda's ministry of health on 21 September 2022. Uganda has had at least six previous episodes of Ebola in 2000 (224 dead),… Read more »
September 23, 2022
Africa: How Money and Technology Are Militarising the Fight Against the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Thousands of animals and plants are bought and sold each year globally as food, medicine, clothing and furniture - even in the form of musical instruments. Wildlife, it seems, is… Read more »
Africa: To Reach Net Zero the World Still Needs Mining #AfricaClimateCrisis
On the wooded hill above the Stan Terg lead and zinc mine in Kosovo, there is an old concrete diving platform looming over what was once an open-air swimming pool. Before the… Read more »
Kenya: Uhuru Kenyatta Failed to Turn Kenya Into As Big an International Player As He Could - Here's Why
One of the notable achievements of Uhuru Kenyatta's nine-year tenure as president was that he invigorated Kenya's foreign policy. Read more »
Africa: New Study Seeks to Explain the 'Mandela Effect' - the Bizarre Phenomenon of Shared False Memories
Imagine the Monopoly Man. Read more »
Africa: Hilary Mantel Was One of the Great Voices of Historical Fiction - and So Much More
Dame Hilary Mantel was a writer of immense skill and originality, and her death represents an incalculable loss to British literature. She will be chiefly remembered for her… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Africa: Monkeypox Case Numbers Are Falling, but That Doesn't Mean It's Going Away Anytime Soon
The global outbreak of monkeypox has been going on for nearly five months now. In that time, over 60,000 people have been infected in over 100 countries. Most of the cases have… Read more »
Africa: Calls By Zelensky and Biden for UN Reform Are Supported By People Around the World - New Survey
In a landmark speech to the United Nations (UN), the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, demanded that Russia and other aggressors should be stripped of their veto power in… Read more »
Africa: African Newspapers Can Be Anti-African Too - What My Research Found
Following the recent outbreak of monkeypox in Europe and North America the international news media were accused of bias in their reporting. The accusation is that media outlets… Read more »
Africa: Hosting the FIFA World Cup Brings Benefits. But Not As Many As Politicians Claim
The World Cup kicks off on 20 November, when Qatar will host Ecuador in the opening match. It will conclude on 18 December when the final will be played in the 80 000-seater Lusail… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Has a New Traditional Courts Bill. but It Doesn't Protect Indigenous Practices
After 14 years of highly controversial amendments, South Africa's parliament has finally approved the Traditional Courts Bill. The Bill now awaits the signature of the President to… Read more »
Africa: Someone in My House Has Covid. How Likely Am I to Catch It?
Throughout the pandemic, one of the biggest COVID risks has been sharing a house with someone who is infectious. Read more »
Africa: When Should You Get the New Covid-19 Booster and the Flu Shot? Now Is the Right Time for Both
At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly everyone has experienced the panic and uncertainty that come with having mild COVID-like symptoms - such as a cough and sore throat -… Read more »
Africa: Desalinating Seawater Sounds Easy, but There Are Cheaper and More Sustainable Ways to Meet People's Water Needs
Coastal urban centers around the world are urgently looking for new, sustainable water sources as their local supplies become less reliable. In the U.S., the issue is especially… Read more »
South Africa: Why Courts Are Quick to Declare Dishonest Directors of Non-Profit Companies Delinquent
The Johannesburg High Court in South Africa recently declared a dishonest director of a non-profit company delinquent. This case shows how important it is for non-profit companies… Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 Can Cause Lasting Lung Damage - 3 Ways Long Covid Patients' Respiration Can Suffer
"I just can't do what I used to anymore." Read more »
September 21, 2022
Africa: Six Recent Discoveries That Have Changed How We Think About Human Origins
Scientific study of human evolution historically reassured us of a comforting order to things. It has painted humans as as cleverer, more intellectual and caring than our ancestral… Read more »
Africa: The Scourge of Sexual Volence in West Africa, Unveiled
When Zougba's husband fled the jihadist violence crippling Burkina Faso, she soon found herself with her young son, daughter and other women on the road in a mission to join him.… Read more »
Africa: Covid Pandemic Created Immunisation Gaps. Over Half a Million African Children Are At Risk
The COVID pandemic exposed the fault lines in health systems and national routine immunisation programmes around the world. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Universities Can Find Funds and Produce Job Creators - Here's How
Industrial action by Nigeria's university lecturers has entered its seventh month. The strike is one of the longest by academic staff in Africa's most populous country. Read more »
South Africa: 12% Percent of Working Women Are Domestic Workers - Yet They Don't Receive Proper Maternity Leave or Pay
Most of the world's domestic workers - (76%) - are women. They mainly do housework like cleaning, washing clothes, cooking and childcare, usually in private households. Domestic… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Has Breached Its Public Debt Ceiling - How It Got There and What That Means
Kenya's newly elected president, William Ruto, has earned more legal space to borrow for his grandiose economic plan after parliament recently raised the country's public debt… Read more »
September 20, 2022
Africa: Three Reasons Why the US Federal Reserve Bank Holds Africa in Its Hands
Inflation is a global problem. At the end of August, it was 8.3% in the US and 9.1% in the Euro area. It is 20.3% in Nigeria, 25% in Malawi, and over 30% in Ethiopia and Ghana. Read more »
Kenya: Why Has Kenya Not Abolished the Death Penalty? Habit and Inertia
In recent months two African states have announced their intentions to abolish the death penalty - Zambia and the Central African Republic. Read more »