The Lake Chad Basin is a security nightmare. 5 guidelines for finding solutions
Out of the 30 million people in the Lake Chad region, 11.3…
Starlink: SpaceX’s new internet service could be a gamechanger in Africa
Starlink is a satellite-based internet service. It is set to be rolled…
Tigray has resisted Ethiopia’s far greater military might for two years – here’s why neither side is giving in
If Tigray and Oromia’s political problems aren’t correctly understood and resolved, conflicts…
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test – or DART – is meant to…
Northern Ghana is underdeveloped because of underinvestment during colonial rule, not geography
More than 70% of North Ghana's population live in disadvantaged rural areas.…
Ebola outbreak in Uganda: the health system has never been better prepared
Public health messaging is critical and has worked well for Uganda in…
What will its first far-right leader since WWII mean for Italy?
Italy's right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni looks on course to secure…
Earth harbours 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants – and they weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined
There are more than 15,700 named species and subspecies of ants, and…
Nightmares are a good predictor of future dementia – new study
Interestingly, the connection between nightmares and future dementia was much stronger for…
US is becoming a ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
The US is also now considered a “flawed democracy,” according to The…