Confirmed resistance to front-line malaria drugs in Africa, may put a damper on rising vaccine hopes
Scientists have confirmed that malaria parasites in Africa have developed resistance to a key family of drugs used to protect against them. “We’ve all been expecting and dreading this for quite some time,” says Leann Tilley, a biochemist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, who researches the molecular basis...
How will Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk fight pan out? The big guns weigh in
Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk meet in a thrilling heavyweight showdown this Saturday with the IBF, WBO and WBA titles at stake. Joshua is coming up against a fellow 2012 Olympic gold medallist in Usyk, a man who won everything there is to win in the cruiserweight division with his...
As ban nears end, Arsenal goalkeeping target Andre Onana slams Van der Sar over contract truth, plans Ajax exit
Ajax goalkeeper and Arsenal transfer target Andre Onana has revealed that he has 15 offers on the table over his playing future. The 25-year-old is currently in a state of limbo as he serves the final two months of his doping ban. Indeed, the Cameroon international was hit with a...
How tough maritime laws, establishment of Coast Guards played a role in reducing piracy in African seas
The seas off West Africa, particularly in the Gulf of Guinea, have been a hotspot for increasingly violent maritime crime, particularly piracy. In 2020, 136 seafarers were abducted in 27 incidents in the Gulf of Guinea and according to Dryad Global, the attacks are becoming increasingly violent as the use...
Why it’s very difficult for victims of gender-based violence to get protection in US asylum set up
Tens of thousands of women from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, collectively known as the Northern Triangle of Central America, have left their homes to try to reach the United States in recent years. Many are fleeing rampant gender-based violence. But those who are able to enter the US, often...
Loss of indigenous language means loss of exclusive knowledge about medicinal plants – studies
A study at the University of Zurich in Switzerland shows that a large proportion of existing medicinal plant knowledge is linked to threatened Indigenous languages. In a regional study on the Amazon, New Guinea and North America, researchers concluded that 75 per cent of medicinal plant uses are known in...
Unreported and unregulated fishing by Chinese in Ghanaian waters is rife, now killing fishing industry
Essien, a 28-year-old Ghanaian fisheries observer, was working on board the Chinese trawler Meng Xin 15 when he captured video of the crew engaging in saiko, a practice in which a catch is transferred from a trawler to a large canoe. The illegal catch then is sold to local communities...
Taliban renounce al Qaeda and ISIS, vow Afghanistan will not host the extremists
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said on Tuesday there was no evidence of Islamic State or al Qaeda militants being in the country, days after Islamic State claimed responsibility for bomb attacks in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Since toppling the Western-backed government in Kabul last month, the Taliban have faced pressure...
Although Khartoum has agreed to hand over Bashir to ICC, competing domestic interests remain a hurdle
The Sudanese government is performing a delicate balancing act in the interests of advancing justice during a complex political transition. The question when, where and how ousted President Omar al Bashir will face criminal justice crimes against humanity. In August, Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi announced that...
Fear grips Burundi capital after a series of explosions that claimed three lives, injured scores
A series of explosions hit Burundi’s commercial capital, killing at least three people and injuring dozens on Monday evening, police and media reports said, the latest in a string of attacks. The blasts in Bujumbura followed a deadly grenade explosion in a bar in the capital Gitega on Sunday and...
