Nigeria’s terror group Lakurawa is nothing new – it exists because of government’s failure: analysts: The Nigerian army has spoken of attacks on the Niger-Nigeria border in 2024 as being carried out by a new terrorist group. This sect is known as Lakurawa … The Lakurawa are affiliated to terrorists in the Sahel, particularly from …
South Africa’s role as host of the BRICS summit is fraught with dangers. A guide to who is in the group, and why it exists: Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the 14th BRICS Summit via video link in Beijing. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime …
Tigers in South Africa: a farming industry exists – often for their body parts: Tigers in South Africa are being intensively farmed for commercial trade. Hristo Vladev/NurPhoto via Getty Images A tiger escaped from a residence and roamed the countryside outside Johannesburg, South Africa, for four days this month. It attacked a man and killed …
We don’t know if dark matter exists. So why do astronomers keep looking?: Spiral galaxies like M100, pictured here, may hold answers about the nature of dark matter. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope/NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists know very little about the matter that makes up the galaxies in the Universe. About 20% of the matter in galaxies is …
Dark matter: should we be so sure it exists? Here’s how philosophy can help: The galaxy cluster Abell 520, with suspected dark matter highlighted in blue. NASA It has been more than 50 years since astronomers first proposed “dark matter”, which is thought to be the most common form of matter in the universe. Despite …
Retirement communities: ageism exists even among the elderly – new research: shutterstock/supermao “We don’t want to be tripping over Zimmer frames all the time,” said John*, 73. He clearly felt frustrated and had a strong objection to the older, more frail residents in his retirement village. John and his wife, Jean, had moved to the …
Mushrooms on Mars? Five unproven claims that alien life exists: Mushroom-like structures on Mars. Nasa A recent study claims to have found evidence for mushroom-like life forms on the surface of Mars. As it happens, these particular features are well known and were discovered by cameras aboard Nasa’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shortly after it …
Why Mauritius is culling an endangered fruit bat that exists nowhere else: Jacques de Speville, Author provided The endangered Mauritius fruit bat is once again the centre of a controversial cull at the hands of its government, much to the alarm of wildlife conservation organisations. Under pressure from both farmers and the public, the government …