Kenya’s police still kill with impunity – what needs to be done to stop them: Days ahead of the first anniversary in Kenya of the Gen Z-led anti-government protests that resulted in at least 60 deaths and displays of police brutality, news broke that Albert Ojwang, a young Kenyan blogger, had died in police detention. …
Eating wild meat carries serious health risks – why it still happens along the Kenya-Tanzania border: Pastoralist communities, their livestock and diverse wildlife species coexist within a biodiversity-rich landscape stretching along the Kenya–Tanzania border. However, at this wildlife-livestock interface, local communities face mounting challenges. Shifts in land use, prolonged droughts, erratic rainfall patterns and increasing …
Historical films and TV shows are embracing diversity – but real historical voices are still overlooked: In the Disney+ television series, A Thousand Blows, Malachi Kirby plays Hezekiah Moscow, a Jamaican immigrant in London who is part of an underground boxing ring in the 1880s. The character, like many in the show, is based on …
Fossil fuels are still subsidised: G20 could push for the funds to be shifted to cleaner energy: As the G20 presiding nation, South Africa has an opportunity to champion issues relevant to emerging economies. One of these issues is government subsidisation of privately owned fossil fuel corporations. Fossil fuel subsidies are paid when a government …
Oscar contender The Last Ranger shows that the world still wants to see South African stories: The Last Ranger is South Africa’s latest Oscar nominated film – and the only African movie on the 2025 shortlist for the career-making US awards. The 28-minute short film, shot on location in a game reserve in the Eastern …
6 in 10 young South Africans have no jobs. Why some still reject offers of work: South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. The official rate is 32%, rising to 42% when discouraged job seekers are included. Among young people aged 15 to 24, unemployment reaches a staggering 60%. While …
Gaza ceasefire: fragile deal offers hope for peace but could still fall apart: This article was first published as World Affairs Briefing from The Conversation UK. Click here to receive this newsletter every Thursday, direct to your inbox. Waiting for news this week of whether a ceasefire deal between Hamas and the Israeli government must …
Rape is still rape even if you’re married – report finds some South African men don’t believe it is: Sexual violence, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), includes any sexual act or attempt to obtain sex through coercion, regardless of the relationship between the parties. This encompasses rape, unwanted sexual touching, and non-contact …
Russian mercenaries have a bad reputation but some African regimes still employ them: study explores why: Russian mercenaries, like the Wagner group, have an awful reputation. Multiple western outlets have reported on their military ineffectiveness, their abysmal human rights record, and their exploitative nature. For example, in July 2024, the Wagner Group faced a military …
Cop29: Indigenous communities still being sold short as the world decides how to regulate carbon markets: dee karen/Shutterstock As the annual UN climate conference, Cop29, draws to a close, negotiators, civil society observers and activists are staying up late, poring over draft texts that will determine how the international community addresses climate change for years …
Most businesses won’t pay more national insurance. But the UK’s small employers still need support: Stock-Asso/Shutterstock There are nearly 5.5 million businesses in the UK. It may come as a surprise, however, to learn that most of these (about 4.1 million) are not employers. They might be, for example, the sole traders we call to …
Graphene at 20: still no sign of the promised space elevator, but here’s how this wonder material is quietly changing the world: High Level Specialist Twenty years ago this October, two physicists at the University of Manchester, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, published a groundbreaking paper on the “electric field effect in atomically thin carbon …
Race still divides South Africa – study shows little transformation in new suburbs in country’s economic hub: As South Africa reflects on 30 years of democracy, it’s important to ask whether its cities have changed for the better when it comes to racial mixing. During apartheid, South Africa’s residential development was segregated in law along …
Men still dominate Uganda’s party politics – women’s participation is mostly cosmetic: Electoral gender quotas in Uganda – first introduced in 1989 – have increased women’s numbers in Uganda’s parliament to 34%. Today there are 189 women out of 557 members of parliament. But women politicians in Uganda continue to be restricted to minority representation. …
Scrapping FA Cup replays has upset smaller clubs, but they could still win from being matched against the top sides: Newport County took on Manchester City in the 2019 FA Cup. Jacek Wojnarowski/Shutterstock Football fans delight in historic moments enjoyed by their club. Exeter City supporters for example, will have fond memories of the FA …
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Cameroon’s rebels may not achieve their goal of creating the Ambazonian state – but they’re still a threat to stability: Cameroon’s separatist insurgency is an armed conflict in the country’s North West (NW) and South West (SW) regions that began in 2017. It pits government forces against several non-state armed groups, locally known as “Amba …
The Turing scheme was supposed to help more disadvantaged UK students study abroad – but they may still be losing out: Kichigin/Shutterstock The loss of access for UK university students to the Erasmus+ scheme – a Europe-wide exchange programme that offers students the opportunity and funding to study or work abroad for up to a year …