How elimination of funding for some ‘woke’ studies by Trump administration killed cancer research
While researchers across the country have lost grants, two of the Trump administration’s political targets – Columbia and Harvard – have been hit especially hard. And across the board, many of these grant terminations appear to be part of the administration’s anti-DEI, anti-trans, and anti-vaccine agendas.
State capture: Role of South African Black police and ministers in crime questions ruling ANC’s credibility to confront lawlessness
In early July 2025, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the commissioner of police in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, made some startling claims. He called a press conference and, wearing camouflage uniform, he implicated the minister of police, Senzo Mchunu, together with the deputy national commissioner for crime detection, in a scheme to close down investigations into political assassinations in the province.
New York teachers fired for refusing Covid vaccines take case to US Supreme Court
Several lower courts, including the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in November 2024, ruled against the teachers. The New York City Department of Education, its Chancellor, Melissa Aviles-Ramos, and New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan are among the defendants named in the combined lawsuit.
Tsiswa weather forest: Indigenous climate knowledge used in western Kenya said to provide accurate predictions than modern meteorology
Furthermore, the synergy between indigenous and scientific knowledge is already saving lives as ICPAC facilitates forums where satellite data and indigenous forecasts are discussed together, creating consensus-based outlooks broadcast through local radio networks in vernacular languages.
World at a crossroads as Africa is called to action in fight against HIV after US paused humanitarian support to developing nations
Much of the discussion at IAS 2025 focused on political will. With international funding under pressure – most notably, cuts to US HIV funding in early 2025 – African governments are being urged to lead with urgency. One of the most sobering realities of IAS 2025 was the impact of a political decision on the HIV response.
KARLO invests in rice ratoon technology to push up Kenya’s output from current 183,000 tonnes per year
The director noted that KALRO has produced high yielding varieties of rice that are drought tolerant and that with some of the varieties, farmers are able to do direct seeding, while for others they are able to do a ratoon, where immediately they harvest the first crop of rice they only need to add fertilizer and harvest the second time from the ratoon.
Commercial sorghum and millet farming set for Siaya as farmers embrace indigenous crops
According to nutritionist with Kenya Medical Training College Nairobi Samuel Maina, millet ugali has high fibre content which helps prevent spikes in blood sugar after meals. This means millet raises one’s blood sugar gradually.
New law rewriting story of children arrested for criminal offences as it ‘humanises’ Kenyan prisons
As Kenya rolls out this law across the country, the experience at the Murang’a Children’s Remand Home offers a powerful example of what a more humane, rehabilitative and protective juvenile justice system can look like.
Study finds sugar and artificial sweeteners raise children’s risk of early puberty, lead to shorter adult height
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report named artificial sweeteners as one of the possible contributors to the US childhood chronic disease epidemic. In 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) determined that aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic” and ineffective for weight loss.
Why trying to simply declare independence from US dollar and technology isn’t a viable option
In Europe, discussions are coalescing around an ambitious idea called EuroStack, an EU-led “digital supply chain” that would give Europe technological sovereignty independent from the US and other countries.
