Rupture entre le Tchad et la France : les causes et les conséquences pour les dynamiques de pouvoir dans le Sahel: Pendant plus de six décennies, le Tchad a été un allié crucial pour les forces françaises et américaines dans leurs opérations anti-insurrectionnelles au Sahel. Mais ces deux pays ont perdu de leur influence en …
Déshydratation : les causes, symptômes et mesures à prendre: _ La déshydratation est un problème majeur en période de canicule inhabituelle et d’épidémies telles que le choléra, qui provoquent des diarrhées pouvant mettre la vie en danger. Anastasia Ugwuanyi est médecin de famille et éducatrice clinique à l’université de Witwatersrand. Nous lui avons posé des …
Antibiotic resistance causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. What Africa is doing to fight this silent epidemic: Each year antimicrobial resistance – the ability of microbes to survive agents designed to kill them – claims more lives than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. Africa bears the brunt of this development, which thrives on inequality …
Developmental amnesia: the rare disorder that causes children to forget things they’ve just learned: Developmental amnesia can affect children throughout their adult lives too. Gorodenkoff/ Shutterstock Even though it came out more than 20 years ago, many people still remember Finding Nemo thanks to one of its beloved main characters: Dory. The blue fish is …
What the anti-woke backlash against liberal feminism misses about causes like the gender pay gap: This week, thousands of women across Iceland went on strike to demand greater gender equality. That’s right, Iceland: the country that has ranked highest in the world for gender equality for the past 14 years in a row. So even …
Dégradation de la notation souveraine du Cameroun : quelles causes et quelles conséquences ?: Cet été aura été propice à l’annonce de deux mauvaises nouvelles pour le Cameroun, de nature à refroidir l’élan que manifesteraient d’éventuels investisseurs pour acheter de la dette du pays. Fin juillet 2023, Moody’s a rétrogradé de B2 à Caa1, la …
Cancer is rising in under-50s – but the causes are a mystery: Breast cancer was the most common early-onset cancer in 2019. Juice Flair/ Shutterstock Cancer is often thought of as a disease that mostly affects older people. But worrying new research shows that cancer in younger adults is a growing problem. The study found …
Les causes de la violence en RDC sont multiples : la focalisation de l’ONU sur l’ethnicité ne contribuera pas à mettre fin au conflit: Des soldats du Soudan du Sud se préparent à être déployés pour aider à rétablir la paix en RDC; Samir Bol/AFP via Getty Images Le rapport à mi-parcours 2023 du groupe …
DRC violence has many causes – the UN’s narrow focus on ethnicity won’t help end conflict: Soldiers from South Sudan prepare to be deployed to help restore peace in the DRC. Samir Bol/AFP via Getty Images The UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 2023 mid-term report reduces the very complex causes …
Au Sénégal, le non-resepct du code de la route et la vétusté du parc automobile sont les principales causes d’accidents: Les carcasses des bus entrés en collision à Sikilo, dans le centre du Sénégal. Photo AFP via Getty Images. Les accidents de la route sont devenus le principal sujet d’actualité au Sénégal en ce début …
Al-Shabaab is just a symptom of Somalia’s tragedy – the causes are still in place: Abdurashid Abdulle Abikar/AFP via GettyImages For at least 14 years now, the militant group Al-Shabaab has terrorised the southern region of Somalia. Its ambition is to impose a tyrannical dictatorship over the entire country through fear and brutality. To achieve …
Biodiversity treaty: UN deal fails to address the root causes of nature’s destruction: A major biodiversity conference, recently concluded in Montreal, Canada, was billed as the event that will decide the “fate of the entire living world”. All well then that the meeting closed with what has been hailed as a “historic” breakthrough: a deal …
Liz Truss resigns as prime minister: the five causes of her downfall explained: As Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her party, it probably occurred to her that her time as prime minister will have been only as long as the leadership campaign that got …
Blue light: what we do and don’t know about the damage it causes our skin: Is blue light harmful? Shutterstock Take a wander down the skincare aisle of any health and beauty retailer and you’ll be met with a bewildering array of creams and sprays, promising to protect you from various threats to your skin. …
How to investigate when a robot causes an accident – and why it’s important that we do: Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock Robots are featuring more and more in our daily lives. They can be incredibly useful (bionic limbs, robotic lawnmowers, or robots which deliver meals to people in quarantine), or merely entertaining (robotic dogs, dancing toys, and acrobatic …
Antimicrobial resistance now causes more deaths than HIV/AIDS and malaria worldwide – new study: Some estimates suggest antimicrobial resistance could cause 10 million deaths per year by 2050. Fahroni/ Shutterstock Antimicrobial resistance is spreading rapidly worldwide, and has even been likened to the next pandemic – one that many people may not even be aware …
South Africa in the news: Omicron causes fastest ever community transmission in South Africa: Active cases in the province will likely peak in coming weeks at about 40,000, as opposed to more than 100,000 during the third wave in the middle of this year, an adviser to the provincial government …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
South Africa in the news: WHO says it is not yet clear if Omicron causes more severe disease: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that it is not yet clear if the new Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible compared to other SARS-CoV-2 variants or if it causes more …: “South Africa” – …