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Africa: Who Watches the Human Rights Watchers in Africa?

[New Times] I have interacted with human rights organisations across Europe, USA and Africa. They have performed an indispensable service in the world and in Africa. They have documented torture, unlawful deportations and detention, political repression, conflict-related abuses

Ezra Collective Stay Hopeful

I was stunned when Ezra Collective drummer Femi Koleoso told me he’s just 31 years old. (He’ll be 32 in October.) I’ve been listening to him for a decade, since the group’s 2016 debut EP, Chapter 7 , and two albums he played on the following year, Nubya Garcia’s Nubya’s 5ive

Soil heterogeneity helps bacteria find nutrients

Microorganisms regulate key processes in soils and aquifers, including nutrient cycling, carbon turnover and contaminant degradation. Many bacteria use chemotaxis, the ability to sense and swim toward chemical signals, to locate nutrient-rich hotspots. However, natural

Trump extends invite to Putin to attend Miami G20

The Trump administration has issued a formal invitation for Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Group of 20 summit to be held in Miami in December. “We’ve invited President Putin to the G20,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Wednesday at a press

Uncovering gravity's impact on the human genome

The Human Genome Project was launched in 1990, preceded by decades of breakthroughs in genetics. It eventually gave us a sequence of the human genome. Yet, while the physical rules behind the genome's organization remain an active area of research, many questions are still