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Why do I keep getting urinary tract infections? And why are chronic UTIs so hard to treat?

BAZA Productions/Shutterstock By Iris Lim, Bond University Dealing with chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs) means facing more than the occasional discomfort. It’s like being on a never ending battlefield against an unseen adversary, making simple daily activities a trial. UTIs happen when bacteria sneak into the urinary system, causing pain and frequent trips to the bathroom. Chronic UTIs take this to the next level, coming back repeatedly […]

22 February, 2024

Africa

This popular floating restaurant was on the rocks until Frida Njeri took over

By Velma Pamela, bird story agency There are no land rates for this bar and restaurant that floats on the sea waters of the Lamu Island in Kenya. People have lived here for over 700 years. Lamu Old Town is older than Zanzibar, and other settlements in East Africa where Bantu, Arabic, Persian, Indian, and European influences fused into the Swahili culture. The town, with its relatively […]

22 February, 2024

Africa

Zimbabwe’s “Biker Queen” rides full throttle against gender norms

By Mike Saburi, via bird story agency Evonne Mudzingwa is in her happy place. The roar of an engine at full throttle is music to the ears of Evonne Mudzingwa and the glint in her eye is from light reflecting off brilliant chrome on powerful two-wheelers filling a parking lot in Harare. It’s a Sunday afternoon, which means the country’s highways have little traffic - every biker’s dream. […]

22 February, 2024

Africa

Ethiopia’s peace pacts with the Oromo Liberation Front have failed: here’s what was missing

By Marew Abebe Salemot, Debark University Two attempts have been made over the past six years to broker peace between the Ethiopian government and the armed rebel group Oromo Liberation Front. The armed group was formed half a century ago with the goal of carving out an independent state for Oromia, the country’s largest regional state. Both attempts at brokering peace – in 2018 and again in […]

22 February, 2024

Africa

BMW bets big on Africa’s green hydrogen industry with SA fuel cell test vehicle

By Seth Onyango, via bird story agency BMW has claimed its place as the breakout star in Africa's race for commercial hydrogen mobility with the unveiling of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in South Africa. In a shot in the arm for Africa's fledgling green hydrogen industry, the automaker chose Southern Africa for the test drive of its BMW iX5 Hydrogen. The continent has been seeking to […]

22 February, 2024

World

Donald Trump is already flustering foreign leaders who are trying to prepare for a possible presidency

By Michelle Bentley, Royal Holloway University of London Donald Trump has not been elected the next president of the United States. He is not even the official Republican candidate. But Trump’s presence in the 2024 electoral race is already dictating domestic and foreign political agendas – without him even setting foot in the White House for a second term. The idea that presidential wannabes influence politics before […]

22 February, 2024

World

Israel strikes Gaza’s Rafah as truce talks under way

Israel launched air strikes Thursday on southern Gaza's Rafah after threatening to send troops against Hamas militants in the city where around 1.4 million Palestinians have sought refuge. Global powers trying to find a way to end the Israel-Hamas war have so far failed, but a US envoy was expected in Israel on Thursday in the latest attempt to secure a truce deal. The war has also […]

22 February, 2024

Lifestyle

UNESCO World Mother Tongue Day

By Vitalio Angula The World Bank report of 2022/2023 paints a gloomy picture of the state of education globally describing the world as being in a ‘global learning crisis’ with only 30 percent of children being able to read and write by the age of ten. “Only a third of ten year olds globally are estimated to be able to read and understand a simple story, the rest, around two-thirds […]

22 February, 2024

Business / Economics

How apartheid, European racism and Pelé helped cultivate a culture of diversity in US soccer that endures into Messi-era MLS

Patrick ‘Ace’ Ntsoelengoe in action for the Toronto Blizzard. Tony Bock/Toronto Star via Getty Images By John M Sloop, Vanderbilt University North America’s most diverse professional league kicks off on Feb. 21, 2024, as Major League Soccer returns after a winter break. The league, commonly known as the MLS, has long prided itself as a standard-bearer for racial and national diversity: Last season saw players from 81 countries […]

22 February, 2024