How football, smartphones and mobile money drive youth sports betting in Africa
Africa is a multi-billion dollar market for gambling, with a growing number of young people using smartphones to place bets, particularly on football matches.
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Prisonniers en Ukraine, les Africains recrutés par la Russie sont aussi abandonnés par leurs États
La Russie recrute des ressortissants africains, souvent attirés par des promesses d’études ou d’emplois, pour les envoyer combattre en Ukraine.
Donor aid models don’t determine food security in Zambia, but local farming practices do
For decades, competing global development models have shaped sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural landscape. Traditional western donors, such as the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), have promoted climate-smart agricultural…
Un nouvel ouvrage dévoile les dessous du commerce de peaux d’âne entre l’Afrique et la Chine
La demande en peaux d'âne a connu une croissance exponentielle au cours des 15 dernières années, principalement sous l'impulsion de la Chine. Lauren Johnston est spécialiste des échanges commerciaux entre la Chine et l'Afrique.
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Environment More than water: villagers in South Africa mapped a river’s importance to daily life
The Kat River begins in the Hogsback and Katberg mountain ranges of South Africa’s Eastern Cape, a province of farmland, rural villages and rugged mountains along the country’s south-eastern coast.
Community Pourquoi l'OMS doit déclarer le changement climatique « urgence de santé publique »
Partout dans le monde, les populations ont directement ressenti les effets du changement climatique. L’hémisphère nord a connu un nouvel été record, marqué par des vagues de chaleur et des phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes.
Environment North Africa’s green hydrogen exports to Europe could harm water supply and marine life – study
Green hydrogen is a form of renewable energy that, if taken up widely, could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. It is produced by splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable power.
ScienceFarming subsidies in Zimbabwe do help spread crop risk, but impact on income is limited – research
In rural development, the conventional wisdom has for decades been simple: households are better off when they have more than one way of making a living. Diversify, spread your risk, and you’ll be more resilient.
Real Estate When government fails, who helps citizens get answers? How South Africa’s community developers bridge the gap
South Africans – like many citizens across the world – don’t experience their government as a single entity.
Government Rwanda-RDC : les sanctions américaines, un instrument de pression à géométrie variable
De nouvelles sanctions sont imposées dans la région des Grands Lacs. Alors que le Burundi est désormais épargné, son voisin du nord, le Rwanda, est à son tour visé.
Culture Forgotten flint tools in museum boxes reveal how Egypt’s early farmers paved the way for the pharaohs
More than a century after they were excavated from beneath Cairo, almost 3,000 stone tools from Heliopolis show that specialised work was already reshaping village life before Egypt became a state.
Environment South Africans living through water cuts blame corruption and neglect, not just broken pipes – study
Going without piped water for weeks or even months has become a reality for many South Africans. The residents of Madibeng, meaning “place of water” in Setswana, in the country’s North West province, are no exception.
Business Algeria is sending troops to Niger for the first time in decades – what’s at stake
Algeria recently announced it would deploy its army into neighbouring Niger. This marks a departure from its long-standing reluctance to deploy its military outside its borders.
Culture China imports millions of donkey hides from Africa every year: new book traces the drivers and impact
The demand for donkey hides has grown exponentially over the past 15 years, driven mainly by demand from China. Lauren Johnston is a specialist on China trade with Africa.
Government South Sudan wants to hold elections in December: 3 major obstacles and some ways around them
South Sudan is scheduled to hold general elections on 22 December 2026 – its first since independence. President Salva Kiir and his inner circle have repeatedly insisted that the elections will take place on that date.
Community Couper les réseaux sociaux pour éteindre les crises ou l’illusion d’une solution politique ?
De nombreux gouvernements africains ont restreint l’accès aux réseaux sociaux lors de récentes tensions politiques ou sociales.
Business
More Business →Business Un nouvel ouvrage dévoile les dessous du commerce de peaux d’âne entre l’Afrique et la Chine
La demande en peaux d'âne a connu une croissance exponentielle au cours des 15 dernières années, principalement sous l'impulsion de la Chine. Lauren Johnston est spécialiste des échanges commerciaux entre la Chine et l'Afrique.
Business Algeria is sending troops to Niger for the first time in decades – what’s at stake
Algeria recently announced it would deploy its army into neighbouring Niger. This marks a departure from its long-standing reluctance to deploy its military outside its borders.
Business African countries face rising economic risks: six ways they can navigate global uncertainty
The current global economic situation is confusing. On the one hand it’s characterised by inflation, and food and other critical supply shortages caused by the wars in Ukraine and the Gulf states.
Technology
More Technology →Technology AI and blockchain are coming to African farms: 4 things must happen for farmers to benefit
The use of digital agriculture is expanding across Africa. Tools like artificial intelligence (AI), sensors and blockchain are helping farmers receive information about weather, pests, markets and farm management.
Health
More Health →Health Why the WHO must declare climate change a public health emergency
Across the world, people have felt the impacts of climate change firsthand. The northern hemisphere has had another record-breaking summer season of heat and extreme weather events.
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- Baringo Family Buries 20-Year-Old Son Who Died of Meningitis Weeks Before Joining University
- Sina ubaya: Baringo man speaks after being turned away from event with seedlings
- Family seeks answers after 68-year-old Enoch Chelimo is taken by armed men in Baringo
- Baringo Central Member of Parliament Joshua Kandie (in the middle) issues goats at Kabarnet Museum grounds to targeted self-help groups drawn from across the constituency. The legislator, accompanied by his Germany friends for the Sh3.5 million empow
- 15 springs vs Sh50m shrine: Why Baringo residents have rejected Catholic pilgrimage site
- Hundreds of excavators deployed in massive operation to stop lakes Baringo and Bogoria from merging
- Ecological disaster looms in Baringo as Lake Baringo risks spilling into Lake Bogoria
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