How Russia’s musicians are taking a stand against the war in Ukraine: Russian Rapper Oxxxymiron. ITAR-TASS News Agency/Alamy Speaking from outside the country a fortnight after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian rapper Oxxxymiron released a video message saying that: “…there are tens of millions of Russians who categorically disagree with this war …
Sanctions against Russia will affect arms sales to Africa: the risks and opportunities: A Nigerian delegation inspects a Russian military helicopter near Moscow in July 2021. Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images Following its invasion of Ukraine, countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) imposed comprehensive sanctions on Russia in a bid to …
Iraq food protests against spiralling prices echo early stages of the Arab Spring: Unrest over food prices is growing. EPA Iraq has been seeing protesters take to the streets as food prices spiral upwards because of the Ukraine war. Around 500 people protested in Iraq’s southern city of Nasiriyah a few days ago as flour …
ICC case against Kenyan lawyer Gicheru: it matters, but not for victims of the violence: William Ruto at the International Criminal Court in May 2013 Lex van Lieshout/AFP via Getty Images The trial of Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru began in mid February 2022 at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The charges against him relate to …
Stopping violence against women starts with learning what misogyny really is: Inside Creative House/Shutterstock It’s now over a year since 33-year-old Sarah Everard was kidnapped while she walked home and killed by a police officer in London. Since then, we’ve also seen the case of Sabina Nessa, a primary school teacher also from London, was …
Ukraine war: fresh warning that Africa needs to be vigilant against Russia’s destabilising influence: Russian president Vladimir Putin and African leaders at the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in Sochi in 2019. Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / SPUTNIK / AFP via Getty Images It’s commonly held that Russian president Vladimir Putin’s objective for invading …
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Lord of the Rings: debunking the backlash against non-white actors in Amazon’s new adaption: J.R.R. Tolkien’s much-loved fantasy The Lord of the Rings is a work of epic scale, portraying races of imaginary beings in the medievalesque setting of Middle-earth, culminating in a battle of good against evil. Peter Jackson’s film adaptations in the early …
How potato milk measures up against other plant-based milk alternatives: A one-litre carton contains the equivalent of one small potato. Evgeniy Lee/ Shutterstock It seems like almost every plant-based food is being turned into “milk” these days, the latest being potato milk. It’s not surprising that potatoes have been chosen to be the latest plant-based …
Sahel security: what a wave of military coups means for the fight against jihadi groups in West Africa – podcast: Mali. Guinea. Burkina Faso. Military juntas in West Africa have seized power in a series of coups in recent months. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we ask security experts what the coups mean …
Cost of living crisis: historical evidence suggests voters could quickly turn against Tories: Rishi Sunak: the lightbulbs are coming for you. HM Treasury/ Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND After years of being relatively low, inflation is now re-emerging with a vengeance. The Bank of England expects it to rise to more than 7% by the spring of …
Gut bacteria could help protect against COVID and even lead to a new drug – new research: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock The number of people who have died with or from COVID has varied greatly around the world. Peru, the world’s worst affected country, has had 6,067 COVID deaths for every million inhabitants and 88,345 recorded cases …
A nice Port Elizabeth image: Korea’s fans happiness before the soccer game against Uruguay | IMG_9293 Image by jikatu Wordl Cup South Africa 2010. Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Focal Length: 33 mm Exposure: ¹???? sec at f/9.0 ISO: 100 Image automatically …
Lack of data on citizenship-stripping goes against the Home Office’s duty of transparency: A group of lawyers found that at least 464 people have had their citizenship removed by the government over the last 15 years. They pieced together the data using freedom of information requests and other publications – a challenge, because the Home …
How the sports world is still stacked against top women: The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) recently awarded full-time professional contracts to 12 women players. However, the value of the contracts has not been revealed and the 12 contracts are not enough to make up a full rugby union team, let alone a squad. These contracts …
Jerusalem: evictions show how urban planning is being weaponised against Palestinians: Palestinian residents protest evictions in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Haim Yacobi, Author provided One olive in my garden is better than anything material in the whole world. These sad words were uttered by Mahmoud Salhiya after his home in Sheikh Jarrah was recently …
Does a new study really show that hydroxychloroquine might be effective against omicron?: Stock Footage Inc/Shutterstock Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug controversially touted as a cure for COVID despite a lack of robust evidence, is creating renewed interest as a potential treatment for omicron. The discussion has been sparked by a new study from the University …
Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change: Although African nations contribute the least to climate change, many are bearing its worst burdens. Omoeko Media/Wikimedia The UN climate summit COP26, held in November 2021, focused the world’s attention on the urgent need to tackle climate change and concluded with 197 countries …