Africa’s making progress against HIV, but donor funds are drying up – what must change: Remarkable progress has been made against the HIV epidemic in the last two decades. However, a loss of momentum in fighting HIV across the globe threatens to undermine the strides that have been made. There is a crisis in sustainability …
Turkana stone beads tell a story of herder life in a drying east Africa 5,000 years ago: On the shores of Lake Turkana in east Africa, about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago, pastoralists buried their dead in communal cemeteries that were marked by stone circles and pillars. The north-west Kenya “pillar sites” were built around …
El Niño may be drying out the southern hemisphere – here’s how that affects the whole planet: FoxPictures / shutterstock It is a well-known fact that water is the key to life on Earth. But it is less well known that only about 1% of all water on the planet is fresh water available to …
South Africa in the news: South Africa: Days of Wine By the Barrel Are Drying Up for South Africa’s Farmers and Vinters: “And the 2020 figures still need to come in,” Vink pointed out. About 15 years ago, South Africa’s vineyards stood at 105,000 hectares; these had dropped to 92,000 hectares by 2019, according to …
Coronavirus and handwashing: research shows proper hand drying is also vital: shutterstock/santypan With the number of people infected with coronavirus increasing around the world on a daily basis, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised everyone to regularly and thoroughly clean their hands. This can be either with an alcohol-based hand rub or with soap …
A nice Miss South Africa image: Drying Out Image by Pieterjan Grobler So this is a revisit on a shot I took earlier this year. In original shot there was something missing and a friend Cory www.flickr.com/photos/34999025@N05/ helped me in getting that back. So this photo is definitely dedicated to Cory. Please check out his …