World

Kids feel less family support, more school pressure: WHO Europe

Copenhagen — Youths in Europe, Canada and Central Asia feel less family support and more school pressure than before,... Read more

13 Nov, 2024

Countries

Somaliland votes amid Horn of Africa tensions

Hargeisa – Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia at the centre of a diplomatic storm, holds a presidential election... Read more

13 Nov, 2024

Countries

Four out of five people in Africa use wood for cooking: a transition to clean fuels would cut emissions and save lives, a model for Nigeria shows

Maria Yetano Roche, University of Wuppertal and Temilade Sesan, University of Ibadan Four in every five people in Africa... Read more

13 Nov, 2024

Botswana

Botswana’s election shock: analyst reflects on why voters kicked the ruling party out after 58 years

Christian John Makgala, University of Botswana The dramatic loss of power by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had... Read more

12 Nov, 2024

World

Mauritius opposition leader claims crushing vote win

Port Louis – Mauritius opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam declared on Tuesday that his alliance had won a crushing election... Read more

12 Nov, 2024

World

Marcos signs law cutting Philippine corporate taxes

Manila — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday trimmed corporate taxes and offered more fiscal incentives under a new... Read more

11 Nov, 2024

World

After hurricanes, two earthquakes jolt crisis-hit Cuba

Havana — Two powerful earthquakes rocked southern Cuba in quick succession on Sunday, US geologists said, just days after... Read more

11 Nov, 2024

World

COP29 opens with Trump climate withdrawal looming

Baku — The COP29 climate talks open Monday in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of... Read more

11 Nov, 2024

World

What Trump’s re-election could mean for Africa

Lagos – During his first term as US president, Donald Trump sparked outrage over his remarks about African nations,... Read more

11 Nov, 2024

World

Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector

MJ (Thinus) Booysen, Stellenbosch University and Joubert Van Eeden, Stellenbosch University In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter... Read more

11 Nov, 2024