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Africa

Nigeria’s mountain streams are a haven for special creatures – they need protection

        By Emmanuel O. Akindele, Obafemi Awolowo University     Nigeria has many freshwater ecotourism attractions. Among them are the Ikogosi warm spring, the Osun-Osogbo river, and the Olumirin, Owu, Arinta and Ekor waterfalls. Their scenic beauty and lush forests make these sites popular, but the impacts of human activities are likely to pose a growing threat to once-pristine freshwater systems. The biodiversity and conservation value of […]

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World

Israel says 3,000-year-old shipwreck found off north coast

      A shipwreck more than 3,000 years old with its cargo intact has been found off the northern coast of Israel, the country's antiquities authority said Thursday. The wreck and its artefacts were discovered more than a mile deep on the bed of the Mediterranean Sea by London-listed energy firm Energean which operates off Israel. A survey by the company uncovered the ship's cargo of hundreds of amphorae, […]

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Health / Medical

Heat exposure during pregnancy can lead to a lifetime of health problems

        By Matthew Chersich, University of the Witwatersrand and Darshnika Pemi Lakhoo, University of the Witwatersrand     Climate change is one of the greatest public health threats humanity has ever faced. Global warming is part of this threat. Increasing temperatures are linked to deteriorating health, especially in vulnerable populations, including pregnant women and children. Scientists have previously shown that heat exposure increases the risk of preterm […]

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Africa

Somalia army vs al-Shabaab: as African Union troops leave, which is the stronger military force?

      By Paul D. Williams, George Washington University     The African Union (AU) has gradually reduced its troop numbers in Somalia since late 2017, from a peak of over 22,000 to about 14,000 today. Another 4,000 AU peacekeepers are scheduled to withdraw by the end of September and the entire AU Transition Mission in Somalia is scheduled to leave by 31 December 2024. African Union peacekeepers were […]

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Africa

Senegal has a rich history of traditional music – how it lives on in modern music

          By Brett D. Molter, Biola University     Senegal has a rich history of traditional music – and this lives on as it influences the west African country’s modern music today. As a cultural researcher, I set out to explore the social and cultural significance of both traditional and modern music in Senegal. I was able to interview 20 musicians, a mix of traditional and […]

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Africa

Young African innovators are leading the charge on food security

      By Esther Musembi, bird story agency     From innovative energy solutions to effective financing options for farmers and advanced farming practices, young African inventors and entrepreneurs are finding novel ways to take on the continent's food security challenges, it emerged during a recent award ceremony in Nairobi. The award, a project of The Pamoja Founders, a regional leadership development initiative of the International Research and Exchanges […]

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Africa

Mother City: a tough, passionate film about the battle for affordable housing in Cape Town

  Activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi leads a protest in the documentary Mother City. Screengrab/Mother City     By Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk, University of Cape Town   A third of the way into Mother City there’s a scene that characterises this tough, passionate film about Cape Town and its paradoxes of beauty and hardship, wealth and poverty, and the way it excludes the working poor. Two women talk in a room, while one […]

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Environment

Floating solar panels could provide much of Africa’s energy – new research

      By Iestyn Woolway, Bangor University and Alona Armstrong, Lancaster University     New research has found that several countries could meet all their energy needs from solar panel systems floating on lakes. Climate, water and energy environmental scientists R. Iestyn Woolway and Alona Armstrong analysed how much energy could be produced by floating solar panels on just 10% of the water surface of one million bodies of […]

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South Africa

South Africa’s unity government: 4 crucial factors for it to work

    By Joleen Steyn Kotze, University of the Free State     Governments of national unity built on power-sharing arrangements are common in Africa and elsewhere in the world. Now South Africa also has a unity government, following the 2024 general election in which no party won a majority. These governments foster stability through collaboration in grand coalitions. The premise is that in divided societies, stability can be achieved […]

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