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Africa: Climate Change Worsened Deadly Floods in African Regions, Scientists Say
[ad_1] Devastating rains that triggered floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan in recent months - killing hundreds of people and displacing millions - were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists announced Wednesday. Global warming made the seasonal downpours this year about 5-20 percent more […]
Africa: Governance Stalls in Africa As Security and Democracy Deteriorate, Threatening Progress in Development – 2024 Ibrahim Index
[ad_1] The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), the latest iteration of the biennial dataset assessing governance performance and trends in the 54 African countries over the decade 2014-2023. Collected from 49 independent sources, with some data commissioned by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, […]
Africa: War and the Supernatural – Former Congolese Soldiers Recall the Ritual Practices Used to Prepare for Battle
[ad_1] War takes a toll on soldiers' bodies and minds. To prepare for battle, soldiers are taken through various forms of training. Part of this training aims to strip candidates of their civilian values and inculcate military culture. While armies have access to an array of contemporary strategies and weaponry […]
Africa: Ethical Framework Aims to Counter Risks of Geoengineering Research
[ad_1] Pressure for climate intervention may gain momentum as world heats up As interest grows in geoengineering as a strategy for tackling global warming, the world's largest association of Earth and space scientists today launched an ethical framework as a guide to responsible decision-making and inclusive dialogue. The report, facilitated […]
Ethiopia: The Atse Tewodros Project Aims At Reconciliation Between Ethiopians and Italians
[ad_1] Gabriella Ghermandi is a singer, performer and writer born in Addis Ababa in 1965 to an Italian father and an Italian-Eritrean mother raised in Ethiopia. Ghermandi moved to Italy in 1979, during the harsh repression of the military Derg regime in Ethiopia. Her work has always revolved around the […]
Africa: Nigeria’s Weaker-Than-Expected Activity Slows Sub-Saharan Africa’s Economic Growth – IMF
[ad_1] In contrast, growth in the Middle East and Central Asia is projected to pick up from an estimated 2.1 per cent in 2023 to 3.9 per cent in 2025 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the growth forecast in Sub-Saharan Africa has been revised downward by 0.2 percentage […]
Nigeria/Algeria: Super Falcons Gear Up for International Friendlies Against Algeria
[ad_1] A 35-member Algerian delegation is scheduled to arrive in Nigeria on Thursday morning via Qatar Airways. Head Coach Justin Madugu expressed his excitement as all 25 invited players reported to camp for the Super Falcons' first training session at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos. The team is preparing […]
Africa: Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics
[ad_1] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — New institutional economics (NIE) has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance ensure growth, development, equity and democracy. Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson (AJR) are well known for their influential cliometric work. AJR have elaborated […]
Africa: Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit Bolsters Food Security Amid Crises
[ad_1] Longyearbyen, Svalbard — The Svalbard Global Seed Vault received yesterday a deposit of more than 30,000 new seed samples from 23 depositors across 21 countries, including seven international genebanks. This marks the largest number of depositors since the Seed Vault received samples from a record-breaking 35 genebanks in 2020, […]
