30 July, 2026African mining unions have launched the African mining network (AMNet) to coordinate regional action on the sector. The network will focus on mine workers’ rights, precarious work, health and safety, critical minerals, supply-chain accountability and a Just Transition across the continent.
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29.07.2612:00 Personalities Rais of Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov: “We are interested in developing cooperation both with BRICS countries and with states of South-East Asia, Islamic world and Latin America” 21.07.2618:56 Culture Director General of M. I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature, Marina Zakharenko: “Without understanding of another’s culture, it is impossible to…
Weigh the pros and cons of retirement planning for South African expats deciding whether to return home or remain abroad. Image: Unsplash
Despite recent advances in climate change attribution, many health impacts remain unmeasured1. Here we leverage over a century of clinical data2 to investigate whether human-caused climate change has increased the burden of childhood malaria across sub-Saharan Africa. We find a robust effect of temperature and extreme precipitation on prevalence, consistent with previous findings at local scales…
When people think about innovation in Africa, the conversation often centres on fintech, agriculture, logistics, and artificial intelligence. These sectors have attracted significant investment, produced remarkable startups, and transformed millions of lives.
Rising temperatures are redistributing the risk of childhood malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in areas of “new risk” in the east and south of the continent, but also “relief hotspots” in western Africa.
Nearly 300 civil society representatives have called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and Member States to strengthen domestic health financing, presenting four key recommendations designed to protect essential health services and accelerate progress toward universal health coverage.
Smile Train Senior Vice-President and Regional Director for Asia Mamta Carroll and Vice-President and Regional Director for Africa Mrs Nkeiruka Obi exchange a heartfelt moment during the opening ceremony of the Indo-Africa Cleft Conference in Goa, India./HANDOUT
The world’s governments will arrive in Addis Ababa in late 2027 for COP32, the first African-hosted climate summit in five years. Ethiopia’s presidency is on behalf of the African Union, the continental body. Addis Ababa has the chance to show what a Conference of Parties (COP) can deliver. But for that to happen the work…
The continental bid to make more of its own vaccines is moving from ambition to production
