Despite the continent’s experience facing epidemics, countries will need help to expand resources and protect health care workers. AS CASES OF THE NEW coronavirus that originated in China continue to rise, most of the focus has been on Asia. After a halting start, there has been a strong mobilization of resources. Asia has experience with infectious disease outbreaks, including SARS in 2003 and periodic… Read more »
Africa’s leading economies are increasingly looking to wind energy to power homes. It’s part of a trend towards varying forms of clean energy across the continent. South Africa, the continent’s most advanced economy, is a clear leader in renewable energy policy and projects, shows research (pdf) by BloombergNEF. For example it will lead the drive for wind power installations with an additional 3.3 gigawatts… Read more »
Africa is both the world’s least electrified continent and the most vulnerable to climate change. And as the continent with the world’s fastest growing population, the decisions that African politicians make to boost power supplies could have an impact both locally and globally. The conundrum is how to meet the demand for energy without making the climate situation worse. There… Read more »
Locusts are types of grasshoppers that have “swarming phases” and create extensive damage to crops. In East Africa, there is a threat of a Locust swarm and Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia are all being warned about a possible outbreak of famine in their countries. If they do not take certain measures to protect their crops and pastures, then… Read more »
With the coronavirus being talked about all over the world, it is no shocker that every country is being threatened by it. Seychelles has banned their residents from traveling to China due to the risk of getting the coronavirus. They are allowing people from China who visited to travel back to China, however. They are also trying to prevent and… Read more »
The main thing that first pulled me into this article to read more about was the fact that in class we have been discussing maritime territory and rules that go along with it like with China and their new “man-made islands”. With Morocco, they have taken waters right off the coast of Western Sahara and made it apart of their… Read more »
The Ethiopian Parliament passes a new law that limits its people’s right of free speech if it is deemed incorrect information or hate speech. “The new law defines hate speech as rhetoric that fuels discrimination “against individuals or groups based on their nationality, ethnic and religious affiliation, sex or disabilities”.” If someone creates or shares a social media post that… Read more »
Recently, a report has surfaced of the coercive practices in Uganda. Men drinking their partners breast milk is a common practice in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. Studies recently conducted have shown that a link between this practice and gender violence, along with deteriorating health of the upcoming generations. Before Sarah Opendi, Uganda’s minister of state for health, spoke of this… Read more »
In Zimbabwe, horrific numbers of sextortion victims have surfaced. Reports show that more than 57% of women have been forced to exchange sex for employment, medical care, and even when attempting to enroll their children at school. The report, entitled Gender and Corruption, revealed that sextortion is the most prevalent form of non-monetary bribery in Zimbabwe; the increasing numbers of… Read more »
In 2018 Abiy became prime minister of Ethiopia after protests caused the ruling coalition to reshuffle and remove the governing party from power after nearly 30 years of authoritarian rule. In addition to sweeping political and economic reforms, Abiy released political prisoners and made a peace deal with neighbouring Eritrea, ending two decades of hostility. For this, he won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. But… Read more »