Why medics are key to detecting, preventing and punishing crime – the South African scenario

Why medics are key to detecting, preventing and punishing crime – the South African scenario

A mass shooting in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape on May 8 and another on May 21 have drawn attention to the high violence levels in the province and South Africa. New official crime statistics for the first quarter of 2022 show a 22 pe cent increase in murders compared...

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A year into Taliban rule academic life has become unbearable for Afghan female scholars and students

A year into Taliban rule academic life has become unbearable for Afghan female scholars and students

Life is growing increasingly unbearable for academics in Afghanistan, almost a year into the Taliban’s rule. It has become particularly tough for female scholars and students. Since the Taliban seized power last August, the country has descended into a humanitarian crisis. Many Afghans are not getting enough food; there is...

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New study reveals intermittent fasting can slow diabetic kidney disease with reduced albumin in urine

New study reveals intermittent fasting can slow diabetic kidney disease with reduced albumin in urine

In 2021, researchers published the findings of a ground-breaking study looking into the effects of intermittent diet on type 2 diabetes care. They concluded that a fasting-like diet might help reduce the amount of albumin in the urine, which could have a positive effect on the kidneys. Intermittent fasting is...

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DRC crisis: UN envoy terms recent spate of killings in Congo ‘a repeat of a brutal history of violence’

DRC crisis: UN envoy terms recent spate of killings in Congo ‘a repeat of a brutal history of violence’

The recent spate of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is, according to a senior United Nations (UN) official entrusted with African affairs, “a repeat of a brutal history of violence” in the central African country. Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the departments of Political...

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Morocco welcomes back millions of citizens trapped abroad in ‘biggest cross-continental migrations’

Morocco welcomes back millions of citizens trapped abroad in ‘biggest cross-continental migrations’

Morocco began welcoming back an influx of its citizens living in Europe after the pandemic led to a halt in what has been called one of the world’s biggest cross-continental migrations. The last such effort in the summer of 2019 saw 3.3 million people and more than three quarters of...

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Rwanda terms fighting in DR Congo ‘internal matter’ as Kinshasa says ‘there’s no doubt’ Kigali backs M23 rebels

Rwanda terms fighting in DR Congo ‘internal matter’ as Kinshasa says ‘there’s no doubt’ Kigali backs M23 rebels

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has said “there’s no doubt” that Rwanda supported M23 rebels in clashes in the east of his country that have displaced tens of thousands. Rwanda has consistently denied accusations of backing the rebels. On Monday, there was renewed fighting between the Congolese army...

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Chelsea in pole position to sign Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele as PSG, other suitors cool interest in the France international

Chelsea in pole position to sign Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele as PSG, other suitors cool interest in the France international

Paris Saint-Germain have pulled out of the race for Ousmane Dembele, leaving Chelsea as the only club who could take him away from Barcelona, TalkSport reports. The online publication says Dembele is due to become a free agent at the end of the month unless Barcelona can renew his contract....

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Displaced residents of Ethiopian border town of Abala narrate horrors visited on their businesses by Tigrayan rebels

Displaced residents of Ethiopian border town of Abala narrate horrors visited on their businesses by Tigrayan rebels

Mubarak Nur, an Afar teenager who stuck out the rebel occupation in Abala in northern Ethiopia, recalls the looting and killings his home town witnessed. Nur recalls, “ did what you can see. They looted everything when they entered: blankets, food, wheat, vehicles. They also killed some people...

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Guns may be silent, but Ethiopia’s once bustling Abala town remans home to stray dogs and scavenging baboons

Guns may be silent, but Ethiopia’s once bustling Abala town remans home to stray dogs and scavenging baboons

here’s almost no one left in Abala, a once-bustling town on the border of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray and Afar regions. Its streets are empty, given over to stray dogs and troops of baboons that scavenge undisturbed among the abandoned houses. Last week, we became the first international media outlet to...

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Big interview: Ukraine President Zelensky says sanctions against Russia will be effective if applied uniformly

Big interview: Ukraine President Zelensky says sanctions against Russia will be effective if applied uniformly

In this wide-ranging interview, which has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Big Tech to do more to pull out of Russia, praised Elon Musk’s Starlink and explained why modern leaders have to appeal to the distracted social media generation. “We just live...

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