Africa

"Southern Africa has faced impacts of climate change for the past four years nonstop. ... I have witnessed the short-lived hope in people's eyes these past four years when seeds are distributed or exchanged in the hope for a better yield next season, only to be disappointed by more climate disasters," she said. … [Read more...] about Southern Africa’s Hunger Upsurge Blamed on Climate, COVID-19

The retail chain said 425 of its stores have been targeted, with many prominent South Africans also taking to social media to comment on the advert. Local media also reported that a group of people threw a petrol bomb into one of its stores in Emalahleni, a local municipality in the southern African country. … [Read more...] about Protests erupt in South Africa over controversial TRESemme ad featuring Black hair

Moore saw an opportunity to bring social change to remote communities with affordable solar power kits -- and started M-KOPA Solar in 2011 together with Nick Hughes, Chief Product Officer, and Chad Larson, Chief Credit Officer. … [Read more...] about This solar-powered TV brings global news to rural Africa

In Nigeria, doctors resumed a strike on Monday “over unpaid salaries, non-payment of hazard allowance, and a dearth of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in hospitals” that was suspended in June. Nigeria’s National Association of Residents Doctors (NARD) said that the government had yet to fulfill these needs and called for the strike’s resumption this week. … [Read more...] about Africa Struggles with Health Worker Strikes During Pandemic

After he defended Mandela in the Rivonia trial, he continued to offer support, with Mandela once saying that Bizos had “behaved like a brother” to him while he was in jail, helping Mandela maintain communication with the exiled leaders of the then-banned African National Congress.    … [Read more...] about South Africa Mourns Death of Anti-Apartheid Icon, Lawyer George Bizos