Analysis: Successes and apparent popularity of recent coups in Africa have set a precedent that may inspire copycats
On the evening of February 15, 2022, reports emerged that key police and military officials in Djibouti were put under house arrest, reportedly amid fears of a coup d’état. This was the latest in the string of successful and attempted coups in Africa – from Mali to Madagascar and Guinea...
Africa’s leading jailer and suppressor of journalists travels to Brussels for EU-Africa summit
Africa’s biggest jailer of journalists, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, will visit Brussels to attend the European Union – Africa summit from February 17-18, 2022. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has appealed to the European Union leaders and the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo to speak out against...
Voices from Africa: Moruping tells fellow women to ask mentors specific questions, not use them as sounding boards
Pontsho Maruping, deputy managing director of operations and business processes at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) in Cape Town, describes a career transition from mining to space, and how she juggles the expectations of male and female colleagues. I call myself a career nomad. I started out in...
Earth-like third planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest neighbour that’s likely to ‘have oceans of liquid water’
Astronomers have discovered a third planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star closest to the Sun. Called Proxima Centauri d, the newly spotted world is probably smaller than Earth, and could have oceans of liquid water. “It’s showing that the nearest star probably has a very rich planetary system,” says Guillem...
New milestone in medical research as scientists in the US use umbilical cord blood to treat HIV and leukemia
A woman of mixed race appears to be the third person ever to be cured of HIV, using a new transplant method involving umbilical cord blood that opens up the possibility of curing more people of diverse racial backgrounds than was previously possible, scientists announced on Tuesday. Cord blood is...
