Why Accra’s property boom hasn’t produced affordable housing: Ghana's real estate boom has focused on luxury housing Remy Mboku/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA African cities are among the fastest growing in the world, leading to rising demand for urban housing. Housing policies promoted by international organisations such as the World Bank since the 1980s have stimulated …
Tsunamis, earthquakes, nuclear meltdowns and COVID-19 – what Japan has and hasn’t learned from centuries of disaster: Three weeks after the 9.0 magnitude quakre and subsequent tsunami struck Japan. EPA/Stephen Morrison A decade on from 3/11 – the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe that hit Japan – the country is again amid a crisis …
South Africa in the news: Syrian election that hasn’t happened yet ‘will neither be free nor fair,’ declare US and allies: US, UK, French, German and Italian foreign ministers have denounced the upcoming election in Syria because displaced Syrians couldn’t vote – having themselves blocked that from happening by closing …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
Endometriosis: three reasons care still hasn’t improved: Women wait an average of eight years for diagnosis. Cadmium_Red/ Shutterstock Around 1.5 million women in the UK suffer from endometriosis, a painful and debilitating condition that can affect every aspect of a person’s life. The condition causes tissue similar to the lining of the womb to grow …
Insights into why Uganda’s strategy to create jobs for young people hasn’t fully worked: Young people constitute over 77% of Uganda's population EPA/YANNICK TYLLE Uganda’s pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, continues to face harassment and arrest in Uganda. This is clearly because he has amassed a popular following of young …
Climate denial hasn’t gone away – here’s how to spot arguments for delaying climate action: Jambor Orsolya/Shutterstock Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The UK and many other rich countries have set ambitious targets for emissions cuts to tackle climate change, and have already made much headway in recent years. Further progress can …
South Africa in the news: Lockdown hasn’t decreased child abuse, neglect cases – Red Cross Children’s Hospital: National Child Protection Week, 29 May – 5 June 2020, is commemorated in the country annually to raise awareness of the rights of children as articulated in the Constitution of the Republic of South …: “South Africa” – …
Democrats should avoid pledges to overturn the Trump revolution – there hasn’t been one: The battle to oppose Donald Trump in 2020 has begun. A large field of Democrats has embarked on the complex strategic game of choosing policies and styles as each candidate strives to win attention in a crowded field. Over all of …
South Africa in the news: Land was stolen under apartheid. It still hasn’t been given back: “History is complicated in South Africa,” I remark to him. “Our forebears took land from people. If not always directly, it was certainly helped by the legislation of the previous governmen: “South Africa” – BingNews Passport forgery jailed 20 …
‘Hostile environment’ in Britain hasn’t put off irregular immigrants – but it’s increased their suffering: The British government’s “hostile environment” policy, which aimed at making life so difficult for irregular immigrants in the UK that they would leave, has been widely criticised in recent months, particularly after members of the Windrush generation were caught up …
Music hasn’t had a defining #MeToo moment … yet: Righting wrongs. GrandeDuc/Shutterstock It’s now ten months since the #MeToo wave broke over Hollywood, with Harvey Weinstein at its centre. Similar revelations have shaken comedy – with Bill Cosby the most notable example – and sexism in the political realm has also been in the spotlight, …
Technology for incontinence hasn’t developed that much since ancient Egyptian times: Voyagerix/Shutterstock.com Today’s healthcare is full of technology that would seem like science fiction to our grandparents. But this is far from true of in every area: some remain woefully neglected by innovation. Hop in a time machine back to ancient Egypt and you would …