Tensions grow as China ramps up mining for green tech
China has taken big stakes in mines across the world extracting minerals vital to the green economy.
China has taken big stakes in mines across the world extracting minerals vital to the green economy.
Sending money across borders, particularly in Africa, can still be expensive.
Painless and easier to store than injections, it remains early days for microneedle-patch technology.
Fellow fighters send condolences as the Cameroonian former heavyweight loses his 15-month-old boy.
Kenya's President William Ruto says that he will deploy 'every resource' to help tackle the flood emergency.
[Daily Maverick] In an effort to bring the Olympics to a wider and younger audience, breaking is the latest "sport" to make its debut at Paris 2024. But how will it work as a scored sport?
[Daily Maverick] Two environmental activists, born in remote farm villages along the Wild Coast, have been honoured with a global environmental award for their role in halting seismic blasting tests by the Shell oil and gas multinational off the Eastern Cape coastline.
[New Era] South African High Commissioner to Namibia Thenjiwe Ethel Mtintso says Namibia played a critical role in the freedom and democracy of her nation.
A second football game between teams from Algeria and Morocco is called off because of a row over an extended map of Morocco.
The West African nation "strongly rejects" allegations its army killed at least 223 civilians in February.
[UNFPA] The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will join global leaders to call for renewed commitment towards progress on eradicating preventable maternal and newborn deaths at a 29 April event during the 57th Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
[Jubilee] Washington, DC -- The World Bank program that provides aid to poor countries should triple funding by 2030, said interfaith African organizations in a statement addressed to leaders meeting in Nairobi. On April 29th, the President of Kenya, William Ruto, hosts the
Villagers were swept away as they slept after a tide of water crashed downstream.
[New Times] The Africa Soft Power Summit is set to return to Kigali for its third consecutive year from May 28th-31st. This was announced in a Kigali cocktail mixer event that was organised on Thursday April 25 in Kigali.
Tory MP for East Worthing and Shoreham Tim Loughton says he was barred from entering Djibouti.
[DW] Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had called for Lisbon to find ways to compensate its former colonies, including canceling debt. The government says it has not initiated any process to that effect.
[The Conversation Africa] The "birds and the bees". The "facts of life". Whatever you call it, many parents dread discussing sex and sexuality with their teenagers. They may be embarrassed, or worried that they don't understand some concepts. In some countries, cultural norms
[Africa Renewal] Artisanal and Small-scale Miners (ASM) are the "orphans" of the mining world. The global mining industry, including some governments, perceives artisanal mining as a "residual sector." Yet over 40 million artisanal miners toil in mines around the world and
[Africa Renewal] UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Alexandre Zouev, acknowledges progress amidst global tensions and challenges within countries