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Business / Economics

South Africa’s security forces once brutally entrenched apartheid. It’s been a rocky road to reform

    By Sandy Africa, University of Pretoria   One of the important tasks that faced South Africa’s democratic government after 1994 was to reform the apartheid-era security apparatus. The African National Congress (ANC), which was voted into power, had a laudable vision in the 1990s for reforming the police, military and intelligence services. Determined that South Africans would never again be subject to the brutality of the security forces, […]

today22 April, 2024

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World

‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India

    By Sofia Ammassari, Griffith University   Since 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has grown exponentially – and so has the formidable organisational machine of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). These two factors will be key to delivering the BJP a likely third consecutive victory in the Indian general election, starting today. While much ink has been spilled on Modi’s populist leadership and personality cult, the same […]

today22 April, 2024

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World

Why is the Sydney church stabbing an act of terrorism, but the Bondi tragedy isn’t?

    By Greg Barton, Deakin University   Just days after the deadly Westfield Bondi attacks, a second knife attack in Sydney has generated widespread shock and grief. This time, a 16-year-old entered an Assyrian church and rushed forward to stab the popular bishop presiding over a service, together with a priest who rushed to his defence. The shocking events were captured on the church’s video stream, and the news […]

today19 April, 2024

World

Global coral bleaching caused by global warming demands a global response

Bleached coral at the Keppel Islands in the southern Great Barrier Reef in early March 2024. © AIMS | Eoghan Aston     By Britta Schaffelke, Australian Institute of Marine Science; David Wachenfeld, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and Selina Stead, Newcastle University   The fourth global coral bleaching event, announced this week, is an urgent wake-up call to the world. While the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s announcement is […]

today19 April, 2024

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South Africa

South Africa’s electricity crisis: a series of failures over 30 years have left a dim legacy

      By Mark Swilling, Stellenbosch University   In 1994, apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for All” as part of its Reconstruction and Development Programme. Back then only 36% of all South Africans had electricity in their homes. The development programme promised to double that number by electrifying an additional 2.5 million homes by 2000. This seemed […]

today19 April, 2024

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Science & Technology

Understanding AI outputs: study shows pro-western cultural bias in the way AI decisions are explained

AI models’ outputs need to be properly explained to the people affected. DrAfter123/Getty Images     By Mary Carman, University of the Witwatersrand and Uwe Peters, Utrecht University   Humans are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to inform decisions about our lives. AI is, for instance, helping to make hiring choices and offer medical diagnoses. If you were affected, you might want an explanation of why an AI system produced the […]

today19 April, 2024

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Africa

How to get vaccines to remote areas? In Sierra Leone they’re delivered by foot, boat or motorbike

    By Niccolo Francesco Meriggi, University of Oxford   In Sierra Leone almost 59% of the population live in remote, rural areas. Roads may be non-existent or in bad condition, making it very difficult for rural dwellers to access healthcare. This is one of the key reasons why COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country are low. During an innovative vaccine programme mobile vaccine clinics were dispatched to the furthest […]

today19 April, 2024

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World

Ukraine is losing the war and the west faces a stark choice: help now or face a resurgent and aggressive Russia

      By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy   Ukraine is now experiencing a level of existential threat comparable only to the situation immediately after the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. But in contrast to then, improvements are unlikely – at least not soon. Not only have conditions along the frontline significantly worsened, according to the Ukrainian commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrsky, […]

today18 April, 2024

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Africa

How to end hunger in sub-Saharan Africa: fight inequality, gender imbalances and climate change

    By Helen Onyeaka, University of Birmingham   A greater part of Africa’s population can’t afford a healthy diet than any other regional population. Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is caused by climate change, high levels of poverty, rapid population growth, low economic growth, inadequate infrastructure and conflicts. Women are the backbone of agricultural labour in the region. The problems of limited access to land, water and technology faced […]

today18 April, 2024