UK has taken 11 African countries off its red list. Viruses don’t lie. They can’t be hidden for long. Like constituents in politics, they need to…
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Omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, but that’s only a vocal exercise. Mentally, and from behavioural reactions to its emergence, the rest of…
On Saturday, Iran mposed a travel ban on seven southern African countries, after Omicron, a new COVID-19 variant emerged. It joined many other nations outside Africa…
Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini, University of Eswatini The Kingdom of Eswatini, the small, landlocked southern African country that shares borders with South Africa and Mozambique, has been…
In the last decade, many campaigns have breezed through the Nigerian public sphere, from #OccupyNigeria to #BringBackOurGirls, #SexForGrades, and even #RevolutionNow. However, none garnered such deep…
In September, a coup was botched in Sudan as the military made an attempt to overthrow the Abdallah Hamdok-led government. It had all the imprints of…
Beef is the third most consumed animal meat in the world, only behind chicken and pork, and cattle (bulls and cows) are some of the most…
Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Nicholas Bacci, University of the Witwatersrand, and Tanya Nadine Augustine, University of the Witwatersrand Lightning is one of the most powerful…
Lee Miles, Bournemouth University Sierra Leone is prone to climate-related disasters like fires, water shortages, floods and mudslides. It has also seen serious disease outbreaks like…
Taneshka Kruger, University of Pretoria and Tiaan de Jager, University of Pretoria Malaria is a risk to three quarters of the population in the Southern African…