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South African study finds 4 low-income communities can’t cope with global warming: what needs to change
6th August 2025 Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa’s city of Pietermaritzburg,... →
Sudan’s rebel force has declared a parallel government: what this means for the war
6th August 2025 Sudan’s south-western city of Nyala in Darfur recently became the centre of a significant political development. After more than two years of... →
Trump’s deportation deals signal a troubling shift in US-Africa relations
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th August 2025 Eswatini and South Sudan are just two on a list of many African countries America has asked to accept violent criminals. United States (US)... →
Futures Dialogue Insights: Strategic Foresight is Reshaping Africa-Europe Climate and Energy Cooperation
6th August 2025 The Futures Dialogue highlighted a growing awareness that traditional diplomacy is increasingly inadequate in addressing the deep-rooted, long-term... →
South African learners struggle with reading comprehension: study reveals a gap between policy and classroom practice
5th August 2025 South African learners consistently struggle with reading comprehension, performing poorly in both international and local assessments. A... →
The global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s how
5th August 2025 Steep cuts in US government funding have thrown much of the field of global health into a state of fear and uncertainty. Once a crown jewel of US... →
Ubuntu matters: rural South Africans believe community care should go hand-in-hand with development
4th August 2025 The failure of many development initiatives has led some scholars, especially those associated with the post-development and decolonial schools of... →
Drones, disinformation and guns-for-hire are reshaping conflict in Africa: new book tracks the trends
4th August 2025 Alessandro Arduino has researched Africa’s security affairs with a particular focus on the use of private military companies and other... →
October elections will reveal the extent of Tanzania’s democratic decline
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th August 2025 As the country slides towards electoral authoritarianism, even SADC and EAC election observers have been excluded from the polls. Tanzania is... →
South Africa’s electricity price is soaring. Why protests are often the only way for people to be heard
1st August 2025 Millions of unemployed South Africans, many of whom survive on a Social Relief of Distress Grant government grant of R370 per month, are not able... →
