November 14, 2022
South Africa: Over 12 Percent of South African Adults Have Diabetes - Education Is Critical to Achieve Good Outcomes
Over 12% of adults in South Africa have diabetes. Since 2019, researchers at the University of Pretoria have been working on the Tshwane Insulin Project. The project consists of… Read more »
November 13, 2022
Egypt: COP27 Shines Light On Civil Liberties in Egypt, but It'll Take Work to Achieve Real Freedom
The ability to speak freely in Egypt is currently very constrained. Individuals, groups and NGOs face significant barriers to participation in the political process. And the same… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Is Hooked On Fossil Fuels - How It Got Here and How It Can Get Out
South Africa has experienced power shortages with rolling blackouts on an unprecedented scale in 2022. This state of affairs is largely due to technical failures at its ageing… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change and Wildlife - 3 Studies That Reveal the Devastating Toll On Africa's Animals
Climate change has produced a number of threats to wildlife. Over time, changing rainfall patterns have transformed habitats and forced animals to move. Increasing temperatures are… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: How the Energy Crisis Is Pressuring Countries' Climate Plans
Russia's war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this week's meetings of world leaders at the G-20 summit in Bali and the United Nations climate change conference in Egypt. Read more »
Kenya: Presidential Term Limits Will Be Hard to Scrap - Here's What It Would Take
A member of parliament in Kenyan president William Ruto's governing coalition created a firestorm by suggesting that there was a plan to remove presidential term limits in the… Read more »
Africa: 'Black Panther - Wakanda Forever' Continues the Series' Quest to Recover and Celebrate Lost Cultures
As someone who teaches and writes about Afrofuturism, I've been eagerly awaiting the release of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." I'm particularly excited about the introduction of… Read more »
Africa: How the Energy Crisis Is Pressuring Countries At the UN Climate Summit - While Some Race to Renewables, Others See Natural Gas Wealth, but It May Be Short-Lived #AfricaClimateCrisis
Russia's war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this year's United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where officials from around the world are discussing the costs… Read more »
Nigeria: Africa's Largest Democracy Goes to the Polls in 2023 Amid Rising Insecurity
Africa's biggest election will be held in February 2023 in Nigeria. It's the seventh successive general election in the country's 23 years of unbroken democratic government. Read more »
November 10, 2022
Kenya: Kenya Standard Gauge Railway Contracts - What Released Documents Say, and What They Don't
A media frenzy has erupted in Kenya over the November 5, 2022 release of three Chinese loan contracts signed between the Kenyan government and China Export Import Bank (Eximbank),… Read more »
South Africa: Climate Change Affects Mosquito Behaviour. This May Make It Harder to End Malaria in South Africa
Changes in climatic factors - such as higher temperatures and increased rainfall - affect the developmental, behavioural and distribution patterns of insects like mosquitoes. These… Read more »
Africa: High Blood Pressure Linked to 22 Percent Greater Risk of Severe Covid - New Research
From early on in the pandemic it was apparent that older adults and those with underlying health problems were more likely to get very sick from a COVID infection compared with… Read more »
Togo: Togo's New Climate Policies Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improve Air Quality - Here's How
Like many African cities, Lomé, the capital of Togo, has a pollution problem. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Provides Fertile Ground for Funders of Terrorism. Here's Why
The US embassy in South Africa has twice raised the alarm recently about terrorism in the country. On 26 October it issued a security alert for a possible terror attack in Sandton,… Read more »
Africa: Burning Waste Must End - African Leaders Look to Recycling for Better Health and Value
When African environment ministers met in Senegal in mid-September, they made one of the most important decisions in the history of waste management in Africa. Read more »
Africa: Climate Finance for Africa - the Key Challenges and What Needs to Be Done About Them
Climate change is a significant threat to development across Africa. Important sectors, such as agriculture, health and water will feel a considerable adverse impact from… Read more »
November 09, 2022
West Africa: Climate Change - West Africa's Oceans At Risk Because of a Lack of Monitoring
The West African Canary Current extends along the north-west African coast, from the northern Atlantic coast of Morocco to Guinea-Bissau. It's a hotspot for changes in the oceans… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Violence - 5 Key Drivers of the Decades-Long Conflict in the North and What to Do About Them
Conflict and insecurity are prevalent in northern Kenya. In recent weeks, cases of bandit attacks in the region have left villages terrorised and led to several deaths. In October… Read more »
West Africa: Digital Activism - Study Shows the Internet Has Helped Women in Urban Ghana and Nigeria Raise Their Voices
Information technology and the internet have proven to be a strong force for building collective action groups and mobilising communities of protesters. Among the main advantages… Read more »
South Africa: Crime Is Lower When Cities Are Greener - Evidence From South Africa Supports the Link
South Africa's population is urbanising at a rapid pace. The sheer rate of change poses challenges to planning for sustainable and liveable cities. Read more »
Tunisia: Tunisia's Once-Vibrant Democracy Is On Its Deathbed - but It Can Be Saved
One of the lessons the 21st century is bringing home is that the winners of elections can gradually kill democracies. Healthy democracies have institutional checks and balances… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Africa: How the Philosophy Behind the Japanese Art Form of Kintsugi Can Help Us Navigate Failure
In our 20s and 30s, there can be immense pressure to measure up to the expectations of society, our families, our friends and even those we have for ourselves. Many people look… Read more »
Africa: Being Light-Skinned Can Lead to 'Reverse Colorism' in Many Parts of the World
Racism is often debated, discussed and analyzed in politics, the classroom and the workplace. Read more »
Africa: From Deficits to a Spectrum, Thinking Around Autism Has Changed. Now There Are Calls for a 'Profound Autism' Diagnosis
A heated debate about autism was reignited after the recent publication of an article advocating for use of the term "profound autism". Read more »
West Africa: Climate Change Means Farmers in West Africa Need More Ways to Combat Pests
The link between climate change and the spread of crop pests has been established by research and evidence. Read more »