The UK has joined the EU’s Horizon science funding scheme – but if we want the UK to lead, the hard work has just begun: Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock The UK government’s announcement that it had rejoined the European Union’s Horizon Europe science funding programme was cause for celebration among researchers in Britain and across Europe. …
Why we did it: the Kenyan women and girls who joined Al-Shabaab: Muslim women and children in Lamu in north east Kenya. Al-Shabaab's recruitment of female members is most evident in coastal and north eastern counties. Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images The direct involvement of women and girls in …
How viral song Jerusalema joined the ranks of South Africa’s greatest hits: A group of colleagues taking up the viral #JerusalemaDanceChallenge in Cape Town. NIC BOTHMA/EPA-EFE There’s something seemingly novel about a song from South Africa going viral to the extent that the 2019 house music song Jerusalema has done in 2020. The song is …
Weird Al Yankovic joined Weezer on stage for a cover of Toto’s ‘Africa’: For the rest of us, it might be the song of choice for karaoke aspirants around the world, but it doesn't match the power of watching it performed live. Especially when Weird Al Yankovic joins in, stepping onstage with Weezer during their …
South Africa in the news: Police protection for ANC MP who joined Zuma bashing after death threats: 47-year-old Makhosi Khoza, joined a growing list of ANC officials who are calling for the embattled president of South Africa and ANC leader to step down even before December this year when his successor is to be elected. …