Grant Bybee, Head of the School of Geosciences; Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand The G20’s new critical minerals framework wants to move Africa beyond raw exports so that mineral ...

Marieve Pouliot, Assistant Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen Competition for shea trees is rising in west Africa, leaving the poorest women collectors with ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed the Secretary of the Defence Department, Greg Moriarty, to be Australia’s new ambassador to Washington, succeeding Kevin Rudd, who leaves the position in ...

Somaliland is not internationally recognised as a sovereign state, though it declared independence from Somalia in 1991. A territory becomes a sovereign state when its independence is recognised by ...

A severe winter storm sweeping across the central and eastern U.S. in late January 2026 threatened states from Texas to New England with crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow. Several governors ...

Edwin Mtei, who passed away on 20 January 2026, was the first governor of Tanzania’s Central Bank after independence from Britain. He filled the post until 1974. Mtei was appointed by Julius Nyerere, ...

"For me, cultural continuity is both a responsibility and a source of strength. It reminds me of why this work matters and who it is ultimately for." ...

In January 2023, the German parliament formally recognised Yazidi genocide. Yet, the recognition remains largely symbolic and has no influence on asylum decisions.

A study links plant-based diets to lower odds of reaching 100 – but the result depends on age, weight and how plant-based diets are followed.

A century ago, John Logie Baird achieved a landmark moment in television history. The viewers weren’t convinced ...

Over the past year, images of masked, heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting men, women and children – outside of courts, at schools and homes – have become common across ...

The UN’s top human rights official has raised alarm over what he described as the growing dehumanisation of migrants in the United States, warning that current immigration enforcement practices are ...