Climate change: Schools to reopen in South Sudan after two weeks of extreme heat
South Sudan in recent years has experienced adverse effects of climate change, with extreme heat, flooding and drought reported during different seasons.
Scrutiny of iris-scanning crypto project Worldcoin grows as privacy campaigners call for ban
In August last year, Kenya suspended Worldcoin’s local activities while the government assesses potential risks to public safety.
Irony of South Africans fighting for Israel in Gaza as case filed by Pretoria against Israel continues at world court
In 2009, the Palestinian Solidarity Alliance handed a list of 73 South Africans of Jewish descent who had fought for the Israeli military in 2008 and 2009 to the National Prosecuting Authority. The authority declined to prosecute.
Democracy test: Senegal election offers respite in coup-prone West Africa, eyes now on South Africa
Recent votes in Nigeria, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo saw losing candidates reject the results. The next major test for democracy on the continent will be the parliamentary vote in South Africa on May 29, where the ANC is expected to lose its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994.
Mediterranean Sea is world’s largest migrant grave with more than 28,000 out of 63,000 sea deaths
Behind each nameless death is a family facing “the psychological, social, economic and legal impacts of unresolved disappearances,” a painful phenomenon known as “ambiguous loss,” the report says.
Hazardous textile waste: Kenya’s secondhand clothes traders oppose EU ban on used clothes export
The EU exported 1.4 million tonnes of used textiles in 2022, more than twice as much as in 2000 according to UN trade data. Exports to developing countries can lead to pollution when clothes that cannot be resold end up in dumps, the EU has said.
4 people, including 3 police officers, die after an IED explodes near police station in northern Kenya
The latest attack followed another one on Sunday in coastal Kenya’s Lamu County, where two police reservists were also killed. The area has a forest that has often been the site of security operations because it’s a known hideout of al-Shabab militants.
From prison to presidential palace: Little-known opposition leader Faye named Senegal’s next president
Senegal’s President-elect Bassirou Diomay Faye’s roots lie in a small town in central Senegal. He is a practising Muslim and has two wives. Ahead of Sunday’s election, Faye published a declaration of his assets, and called on other candidates to do the same. It lists a home in Dakar, and land outside the capital and in his hometown. His bank accounts hold roughly $6,600.
Former Senegal PM Ba concedes defeat, congratulates opposition candidate Faye even before final vote is tallied
Faye’s expected victory reflected frustration among youth with high unemployment and concerns about governance in the West African nation. Faye, backed by popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, has vowed to protect Senegal from corruption and interference from foreign powers like former colonial master France.
Doctors: Pizza and pancake weaken libido and lowers sperm count in men leading to infertility
Sodium aluminum phosphate is commonly found in commercially baked goods such as cakes, muffins and biscuits, and self-rising flours and baking powders. It is also used in processed cheeses to improve texture and melting properties. The prevalence of sodium aluminum phosphate in school lunches and fast food items, such as pizza dough and hamburger buns, is concerning, Wolf said.
