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Local

Chamber of Mines position on Namibia’s performance in the 2023 Fraser Institute Annual Survey of mining companies

      The 2023 Fraser Institute Survey of Mining Companies reported that Namibia’s position on the overall Investment Attractiveness Index (IAI) deteriorated by 3 points from 59 in 2022 to 56 in 2023. On this index, Namibia was ranked 42 out of 86 jurisdictions surveyed, compared to 38 out of 62 jurisdictions in 2022. In the African context, Namibia ranked 4th out of 22 African jurisdictions surveyed on overall […]

today21 May, 2024

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Health / Medical

Assisted dying: Canada grapples with plans to extend euthanasia to people suffering solely from mental illness

David Pereiras/Shutterstock     By Gemma Ware, The Conversation   For decades, people who want to end their life with the help of a doctor, and who have the means to do so, have travelled to a handful of countries, commonly Switzerland, for euthanasia. But gradually, more countries around the world have begun to permit some form of assisted dying. Politicians in a number of others, including Ireland, Scotland and […]

today20 May, 2024

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Africa

Will training AI to be more “African” undermine our literary ownership?

      By Seth Onyango, bird story agency     Recent pushback by Singaporean writers against state efforts to use their work for AI training, has cast the spotlight on a similar conundrum in Africa. As efforts to imbue Large Language Models (LLMs) with a deeper understanding of African perspectives and narratives gain traction, the African literary community stands at a crossroads. Will they protect their intellectual property like […]

today20 May, 2024

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Africa

African table tennis stars storm Kigali for Paris tickets

        By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency   Africa’s table tennis talent is at full display in Rwanda as the East african country plays host to the 2024 edition of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) tournament alongside the African Olympic Qualification Tournament. The two combined tournaments, which also serve as Olympic qualifiers are being hosted at the BK Arena in Kigali from May 15 to 18 […]

today20 May, 2024

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World

Modi’s anti-Muslim rhetoric taps into Hindu replacement fears that trace back to colonial India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is popular but divisive. Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images     By Archana Venkatesh, Clemson University   The world’s largest election is currently under way in India, with more than 960 million people registered to vote over a period of six weeks. Spearheading the campaign for his Bharatiya Janata Party, incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi is spending that time crisscrossing the country, delivering a message he hopes will […]

today20 May, 2024

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Entertainment

Bridgerton season three – all the usual froth, but a more mature edge as Regency fears of spinsterhood explored

        By Danielle Mariann Dove, University of Surrey   Note this piece contains spoilers for seasons two and three of Bridgerton Netflix’s Regency-inspired romance series Bridgerton has returned in all its garish glory (at least if you’re a Featherington) for the show’s much-anticipated third season. Transporting viewers once again into the glittering world of high society scandal, gossip and romantic intrigue, this latest instalment shifts the focus […]

today20 May, 2024

South Africa

South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases

Oyster gatherers on a Wild Coast beach at low tide. The sea is integral to these communities’ lives and culture. PaulGregg     By Louise Du Toit, University of Southampton; Brewsters Caiphas Soyapi, North-West University, and Louis Kotzé, North-West University     When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels off South Africa’s pristine Wild Coast, Indigenous communities in the area immediately fought […]

today20 May, 2024

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World

Kenya’s flood evictions may violate the law – scholar

      By Smith Ouma, University of Manchester     Recent floods in Kenya have left at least 270 people dead, displaced more than 200,000 and destroyed property, infrastructure and livelihoods across the country. In Nairobi, hundreds of people in informal settlements were left homeless and thousands were displaced. And now, the government has been evicting people from flood-prone areas. Smith Ouma is a legal expert with a focus […]

today20 May, 2024

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Africa

Rwanda’s role in eastern DRC conflict: why international law is failing to end the fighting

      By Kerstin Bree Carlson, Roskilde University     The power of international law lies in its potential to offer alternatives to force and violence. The ideal is that states submit their grievances to a court rather than duke them out on a battlefield, or carry them out against civilians. As concerns armed violence, there are two international courts that countries can engage. The first is the International […]

today20 May, 2024