East African nations initiate Great Blue Wall campaign to boost Indian Ocean conservation and economic development
Countries on Africa’s east coast are increasingly turning to climate funding initiatives to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities, aid biodiversity and take climate action. On the margins of the high-level political forum on sustainable development currently underway at the United Nations headquarters in New York, African coastal and island states...
‘My mother deserted us when I was two; the upsetting part is she tried to contact me when made it in football’
Gabby Agbonlahor has opened up on his relationship with his estranged birth mother who left him and his three siblings when he was two years old. The TalkSport host and Aston Villa hero showed real bravery to discuss his own experiences following Sir Mo Farah’s admission about his past. The...
Arms race: US successfully tests a hypersonic missile against backdrop of rivals Russia and China being ahead
The US military’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on Wednesday it has successfully tested a hypersonic missile manufactured by defence giant Lockheed Martin. The news comes amid rising concerns that rivals Russia and China have more advanced hypersonic missile systems. DARPA said the ground-launched test was carried out...
Scrappy management: Employee productivity and retention are directly linked to their direct manager
Gallup research captured in the book 12: The Elements of Great Managing, and expounded upon in Marcus Buckingham’s book First Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently found that the most significant factor in employee productivity and retention is their relationship with their direct manager. This...
Africa’s ‘forgotten’ Sahel conflicts have claimed over 11,270 lives in the past 1o years – report
The Sahel – a 5,000 kilometre long strip of the African continent stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea – has become the most neglected and conflict-ridden part of the planet. Millions of people have been displaced in the region. Mass murders and property destruction occur almost daily....
As South Africa remembers last year’s violence, it’d be risky if lawmakers and police ignored digital vigilantism
As South Africa last week marked the first anniversary of the July unrest that swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, the use of social media to instigate and agitate high-stakes events is in the spotlight. Social media is often used for good – but can also be a tool to...
Eastern Africa countries and Gulf states sign revised Jeddah Agreement to combat piracy in Indian Ocean
Eastern Africa countries, Gulf states and western Asian countries that ae parties to the revised Code of Conduct to fight piracy, robbery and other illicit maritime activities have agreed a raft of new measures to combat new and emerging threats to maritime security. A high-level meeting, held in Dubai between...
Sudanese woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery determined to overturn verdict
A woman in Sudan has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, the first known case in the country for almost a decade. Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab, 20, was arrested by police in Sudan’s White Nile State last month. Tiyrab says she is appealing against the decision. The majority of...
Mosquirix vaccine trials in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi show the drug reduces malaria infection by 30 per cent
Malaria vaccine manufacturer GSK’s Breuer expects the Mosquirix deal with Bharat to accelerate production. The British drugmaker will continue to produce the adjuvant – immune-boosting portion – of the vaccine. The manufacturer recently committed to doubling production to 30 million doses annually, without offering a timeline. Bharat Biotech, which has...
Malaria vaccine: Even after WHO approved Mosquirix, production funding still falls far short of budget
After decades of work, the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the first-ever malaria vaccine last year – a historic milestone that promised to drive back a disease that kills a child every minute. In reality, efforts are falling well short of that, with a lack of funding and commercial potential...
