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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) military mission in Mozambique (Samim), which was deployed on 15 July 2021 to fight the Islamic insurgents terrorising the northern Cabo Delgado province since 2017, is scheduled to…

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will host Deesha Dyer, former White House Social Secretary for President Obama, to discuss her book Undiplomatic, detailing the personal impact of…

Scientists in the Sahel are finding quality groundwater sources -- thanks to a nuclear technique and a decade of support and training from the IAEA. Water resources in Africa are under pressure due to growing water demand, water…

Nigerian singer Síkírù Àyìndé Barrister (1948-2010) pioneered fújì, a Yorùbá genre of popular dance music. In February 2024, historian Saheed Aderinto’s documentary on the musician’s life and times premiered. The Conversation…

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In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with that of the 14th-century German…

 About the Study GroupOver the course of five sessions, this study group, led by Dr. Gloria Ayee, is exploring the pivotal moment experienced by the African continent. With youthful populations, abundant resources, and growing economic…

CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced today the West Virginia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner to the nation of Gabon in central Africa for the…

CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced today the West Virginia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner to the nation of Gabon in central Africa for the…

1. IntroductionGlobally, the aspiration for sustainable cities and communities is expressed in United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11, which focuses on making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and…

Credit: AI-generated image A dozen countries across Africa suffered a major internet outage on Thursday as multiple undersea…

VNV Global, a Swedish investment firm that backs startups in mobility, health and marketplaces, slashed the value of its holding in Wasoko, an African B2B e-commerce startup, by 48%, according to its annual report for 2023.  In its…

1. IntroductionNowadays, the global demand for meat is surging, and pork stands as a major economic force worldwide. Throughout history, outbreaks of transmissible diseases have left a significant impact on human health and livelihood.…

Same-sex relationships are legal in South Africa and protected by the constitution. Unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is against the law. But in practice many cultures don’t necessarily see this as a right.…

The Advancing Women in the Workplace Legal Forum celebrated two successful years of the AWW mentorship program, unveiled the results of a survey analyzing barriers and challenges for Black women in the legal profession and announced the…

Report of the African Regional Workshop on the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress Disasters Expo USA, is proud to be supported by Inergency for their next upcoming edition on…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(4), 390; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21040390 (registering DOI) Submission received: 22…

Tracing the Lives and History of African American Families with Char McCargo Bah A presentation on tracing the lives and history of African American Families, and Ms. Bah’s most recent projects involving contrabands and cemeteries, and…

Experts and UN leaders exchanged views about the best ways forward, centred on this year’s theme, A Decade of Recognition, Justice, and Development: Implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent. While the…

Africa is home to approximately 1.4 billion people, about 16 percent of the world’s population, yet its continental share in global trade remains below 3 percent according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). This suboptimal proportion…

1. IntroductionObesity has been a significant health challenge in the U.S. and globally. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), non-Hispanic Black adults (49.9%) had the highest age-adjusted…

As part of its commitment to turning climate knowledge into climate-resilient action, CDKN is providing Knowledge to Action (K2A) grants in Africa. After putting out an open call for locally-led adaptation initiatives last year, five K2A…

On 11 February 2024, the head of Niger’s ruling military junta, General Abdourahmane Tiani, spoke of the possible creation of a common currency with Burkina Faso and Mali. “The currency is a first step toward breaking free from the…

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s…

Sedentary behaviour can result in chronic health conditions such as obesity and heart diseases, bad news for the millions of office workers who are forced to sit behind their desks every day. In its simplest form, the term…

In early March 2024 the residents of Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city and the economic capital of the country, were hit by extended cuts in water supplies. This was a new low after months of continuous deterioration.…

4.1. Descriptive StatisticsTable 2 shows that the standard deviations are large enough to explore variance in the data for the variables of concern. Table 2 indicates that the average U5MR value between 2000 and 2021 is 90.2 per 1000…

A large, air-conditioned bus draws up outside a school. Tourists, most from Europe and the US, disembark, cameras at the ready. Some have brought gifts: packages of pens and pencils. They distribute these to the children, who…

These days, if you want to visit remarkable archaeological sites such as Great Zimbabwe or Petra in Jordan you don’t even need to leave your house. 3D scanning technology has improved in leaps and bounds in the last two decades…

Housing is a critical social determinant of health. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines healthy housing as a shelter that supports physical, mental and social wellbeing. The WHO has developed guidelines outlining the…

Eddie Webster (82), sociologist and emeritus professor at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, who died on 5 March 2024, lived a huge life, applying himself to many…

Cape Verde has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization. The archipelago to the west of Senegal consists of 10 islands, and has a population of over 500,000 people. It is the third country in Africa to be…

Nearly half of South Africa’s 60 million people receive social grants, ranging from child support to pensions. The grants are designed to provide financial assistance to people living in poverty. The largest components of the South…

Bateman LB, 2022 8 focus groups; n = 676 AA focus groups + 2 Latinx19 years old and older Alabama and Texas Counties: Jefferson (urban), Mobile County (urban), and Dallas (rural) Mistrust, Fear, Information NeedsThe primary themes…

The African Games, formerly the All-African Games, is taking place from 8-23 March in Ghana. Scheduled for 2023, they were postponed due to a regional impasse over marketing rights, delays in getting facilities ready and Ghana’s…

World university rankings are released towards the end of each year. Institutions globally scramble to see how they have fared. Have they risen or fallen? If so, by how much and in which rankings? Have they maintained their position…

Distance education first appeared in the United States in the 1800s. At the time, students received the relevant material through the post and then returned it to the institution. Scholars in the field say that distance education…

South African higher education is plagued by inequalities due to the social and economic legacies of apartheid. More than 50% of enrolment in higher education is from black, working-class, disadvantaged households from rural areas…

South African higher education faces many complex challenges rooted in the legacy of apartheid. They include the fact that many students are unprepared for or excluded from higher education. Quality education is not available to all.…

The onset of the COVID pandemic and the many months of uncertainty, anxiety and push for scientific breakthroughs sent journalists all over the world on the hunt for expert voices. They wanted sources who could explain to audiences…

Globally, cases of COVID-19 and related deaths are lower in June 2022 than they were at the beginning of the year. But the infection numbers are rising. Africa is no exception. The past two years have caused unimaginable…

The COVID-19 pandemic spread much slower on the African continent than in the rest of the world, contrary to predictions. As of 20 July 2022, a total of 562,672,324 COVID-19 confirmed cases and 6,367,793 deaths had been recorded…

Highly indebted African countries are facing stark trade-offs between servicing expensive debt, supporting high and growing development needs, and stabilising domestic currencies. Government debt has risen in at least 40 African…

1. IntroductionLifetime trauma exposure is a widespread health concern with detrimental consequences when left untreated. In the United States, approximately 51% of women report at least one lifetime trauma exposure . Trauma exposure is…

Biographies of important South African musicians often fall into two categories: they either emerge from PhD or other university-based research, or are the fruit of dedicated digging by a fan or family member. The first kind benefit…

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has fundamentally changed the country’s marriage law, making it fairer to people who are married “out of community of property” when their marriages end. In these marriages, the estates of spouses…

Few Indian South African women have achieved wider public recognition than author, human rights and cultural activist Zuleikha Mayat, who passed away on 2 February 2024. An honorary doctorate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal was…

Over the last 20 years there’s been an unprecedented increase in charismatic Pentecostal prophets – or men of God as they’re called in Pentecostal parlance. Across Africa their unchecked influence has spread into social, economic…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by 1,* and 2 1 School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand,…

QuestionFrom the 19th to 21st Centuries, there has been a drastic transformation in the means and methods of warfare due to advancements in technology. The rules of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) have always been reactive to new…