Precarisation of journalists by employers is main cause of decline in quality of editorial production – EFJ
The Forum on Information and Democracy published yesterday its report titled A New Deal for Journalism. The report presents, among other things, a plan to guarantee up to 0.1 per cent of GDP per year to journalism “in order to preserve its social function for the future”. The document, however,...
Real America’s attitude toward the rest of the world is isolationist, hostile to humanitarianism
From its beginnings, Real America has also been religious and in a particular way: evangelical and fundamentalist, hostile to modern ideas and intellectual authority. The truth will enter every simple heart and it doesn’t come in shades of grey. “If we have to give up either religion or education, we...
Mobile phone app Truecaller announces launch of ‘smart’ SMS feature in Africa
Truecaller, the world’s most trusted and accurate caller ID and telephone search engine, is rolling out a new feature to further augment the user experience in Africa. The new feature, Smart SMS, has been introduced based on user feedback and is designed to cater to the evolving needs of consumers,...
America grapples with millions of people with organ transplants in need of extra Covid vaccination
Covid vaccination in the US has been framed as a binary: People either seek out the inoculation, or they distrust the formula or the politics that produced it and reject the shot. People who accept the vaccine get to return to normal life. For the people who don’t, “Your health...
Ethical and moral red flag raised about DNA data use without informed consent
Last year, forensic geneticist a Berlin research hospital Lutz Roewer removed profiles that had been uploaded by the authors of a paper describing DNA studies of Uyghur, Kazakh and Hui minority groups in China. He did so after Springer Nature investigated and retracted that paper. The authors said that the...
Can bar of soap fix tired legs syndrome? Some medics agree, but can’t explain why
At times, we are all prone to feeling restless. When it is chronic, it can be a symptom of restless legs syndrome (RLS). Restless legs syndrome or RLS, is a sleep disorder characterised by an uncontrollable urge to move the lower legs. It is usually worse in the evening and...
Egypt gets €83m AfDB loan for electricity sector to spur economic recovery
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an €83 million loan to finance the second phase of Egypt’s Electricity and Green Growth Support Programme. The funding is part of the bank’s budget support to the Egyptian government to strengthen its electricity infrastructure to bolster the private sector and accelerate recovery...
AfDB approves $1.4 million for Zambia to improve household food security
The African Development Bank has approved a $1.4 million grant from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme to reduce malnutrition among the Southern African nation’s most vulnerable households. The Mitigating Impacts of Covid-19 on Household Food Security Project will create about 150 permanent skilled or semi-skilled positions and 40...
America grapples with millions of people with organ transplants who need extra Covid vaccination
Covid vaccination in the US has been framed as a binary: People either seek out the inoculation, or they distrust the formula or the politics that produced it and reject the shot. People who accept the vaccine get to return to normal life. For the people who don’t, “Your health...
