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Environment

African archaeology has neglected Namibia’s deserts, but scientists now know when an ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea

The Narabeb site showing location of former lake. Abi Stone, Author provided     By Abi Stone, University of Manchester and Dominic Stratford, University of the Witwatersrand     Desert regions in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have been well studied by archaeologists as the home of early humans and as routes of migration along “green corridors”. The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the […]

todayJuly 30, 2024 27

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Africa

Cheaper data beckons in Africa as satellite internet roll-out intensifies

      By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency     A year after the introduction of commercial-scale satellite internet by Elon Musk’s Starlink in Africa, significant developments are beginning to reshape the continent's internet landscape, with cheaper and faster internet increasingly available in Africa as satellite infrastructure rollouts expand and competition among providers intensifies. In May, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a major internet player with a presence in 14 countries […]

todayJuly 29, 2024 78

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SADC assessing Namibia’s readiness to hold November elections

      A team from the SADC Electoral Advisory Council (SEAC) is currently in Namibia on a pre-election mission to assess the country’s readiness to hold the general elections later this year. Leonard Sesa, who represents Botswana in the council, told Nampa on Monday that they are in the country for a duration of two weeks to engage with different electoral stakeholders. “Our main task is to meet different […]

todayJuly 29, 2024 34

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Africa leads in reducing new HIV infections – report

      By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency     Africa's prevention measures in the fight against new HIV infections are paying off, according to a new report by UN AIDS. The report, "The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads," unveiled on July 22 at the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich, highlights that sub-Saharan Africa has achieved the steepest reduction in HIV cases compared to 2010. “Four […]

todayJuly 29, 2024 36

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Fossil algae show a lake once existed on Lesotho’s Mafadi summit but it vanished about 150 years ago

        By Jennifer Fitchett, University of the Witwatersrand and Anson Mackay, UCL     Lesotho is a small, land-locked, mountainous country located in the middle of South Africa. Its Eastern Lesotho Highlands are often referred to as the region’s “water tower” because they receive some of the highest rainfall amounts in southern Africa, providing water to South Africa and electricity to Lesotho through the Lesotho Highlands Water […]

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South Africa

South Africa is changing its retirement rules to help boost country savings: how it will work

      By Adrian Saville, University of Pretoria     A study of 160 countries, spanning 60 years of economic history, establishes that there is no country that has been able to transition from “poor to prosperous” without a high savings rate. And that households - in other words you and me - are one of the most important contributors to a country’s overall level of savings rate. Yet, […]

todayJuly 29, 2024 25

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Environment

Hippos don’t fly – but the massive animals can get airborne

Unlike the birds that often share their space, hippos can’t fly. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket       By John R. Hutchinson, Royal Veterinary College     In 1872 Leland Stanford, the founder of California’s Stanford University, hired an eccentric inventor named Eadweard Muybridge to help resolve a supposed (but undocumented) bet: did a trotting horse’s feet leave the ground with all four feet or not? Muybridge was a skilled photographer and […]

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Namibia

Not all children read at the same pace – Namibia study shows how teachers can help those falling behind

Not all children read at the same pace and level. Martin Harvey       Tsitsi Mavambe, Stellenbosch University and Nhlanhla Mpofu, Stellenbosch University     Reading is a powerful tool. It introduces children to new ideas. It shapes their academic journey and progress. It also equips them with skills to navigate the world, both at school and beyond. Sadly, it’s estimated that more than 202 million children and young […]

todayJuly 25, 2024 25

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Human rights in Niger ‘in free fall’ since coup: NGOs

        Human rights in Niger are "in free fall" on the eve of the one-year anniversary of a coup that saw the military seize power, three international NGOs said Thursday. General Abdourahamane Tiani, heading the military regime, seized power on July 26 last year, after deposing elected president Mohamed Bazoum over allegations of failing to protect the West African nation from jihadist attacks. "The military authorities in […]

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