A Balli Walirafudhu handover ceremony held by the Borana Oromo people in Southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. They have long practiced rotational, peaceful leadership transfer, known as the Borana Gadaa system. Photo used with permission.
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Over twenty years ago, YouTube began with a simple, powerful idea: that everyone, everywhere, deserved a global stage. In 2025, this creative ecosystem contributed over €8.4 billion to the EU’s GDP and supported more than 220,000 full-time equivalent jobs.
Much of what scientists know about how genetic differences affect health comes from studying populations outside Africa. This matters because genetic information is increasingly being used to understand disease, interpret genetic tests and, in some cases, guide treatment.
Climate change could make a number of infectious diseases worse. I expected malaria would be one of them.
As German troops crashed into Belgium in August 1914, British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey gazed out of his office in Whitehall and concluded: “The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our time.”
Indonesia, Sep 26 — For generations, Bali has sold the world beaches, rice terraces, temples and sunsets
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“As African tech funding continues its recovery and investors become more selective rather than simply more active, IP diligence is likely to get more rigorous, not less.”
South African police have discovered the bodies of eight women in the Kempton Park area, east of Johannesburg, over the past two months
Climate change has already doubled the world’s heatwaves between 2024 and 2025 and brought more severe droughts, floods and water shortages to Africa. These changes are damaging crops, homes, infrastructure and ecosystems, and placing growing pressure on people’s health and livelihoods.
