Sickle cell disease refers to a group of inherited blood disorders with symptoms like anaemia and blocked blood vessels. About 80% of the world’s sickle cell disease cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of access to comprehensive healthcare in the region adds to the burden of the disease. Nigeria has the largest population of individuals…
Authorities in Pierce County, Washington, used a lasso to pull a man from a pond after he allegedly chased his father with a chainsaw over the weekend, according to bodycam footage released on Monday. Neighbors reported that a 32-year-old man was running after his father with a chainsaw in a yard, according to the Pierce…
Pretty Kubyane grew up surrounded by entrepreneurship — from her father’s car repair workshop to a wood-cutting business that trained local women and youth. Those early lessons in resilience and community impact stayed with her, even as she pursued a career in technology. Today, as co-founder and tech lead of the eFama App, Kubyane is…
Bogota, Colombia — The services the ocean provides are the backbone of our collective health, wealth and food security, yet today just 2.7% of the ocean has been assessed and deemed to be effectively protected. In failing to establish adequate safeguards, not only are we condemning communities and ecosystems across the world to decline and…
ጠፈር ላይ ከጊዜያቸው በላይ የቆዩ የ ዩናይትድ ስቴትስ የኤሮኖቲክስ እና ጠፈር ምርምር (ናሳ) ጠፈር ተመራማሪዎችን ለመተካት ወደ ሊላክ የነበረው የስፔስ ኤክስ መንኮራኩር የሮኬት ማስወንጨፊያ እክል ስለገጠመው ወደ ጠፈር ጣቢያው የሚያደርገው በረራ ዘግይቷል፡፡ ቡች ዊልሞር እና ሱኒ ዊሊያምስ የተባሉት ጠፈርተኞች ከዘጠኝ ወራት ቆይታ በኋላ ወደ ምድር ከመመለሳቸው በፊት እነሱን የሚተካ የጠፈርተኞች ቡድን ከዓለም አቀፉ የጠፈር ጣቢያ…
Despite a recent surge in terrorist attacks, the region is more at risk of fragmentation than centralised jihadist rule. Insecurity has risen sharply in the Sahel in recent months. Between late May and early June, major attacks claimed by Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) targeted…
EPA With Israel’s airspace closed, some people are trying to leave via land crossings to Egypt and Jordan Thousands of Britons are stranded in Israel and unable to leave, as Iran and Israel continue to attack each other in an intensifying conflict that has been ongoing for days. The Israeli airspace is closed until further…
Africa accounts for 70% of the R18 trillion stored in mobile wallets. Credit bureau TransUnion believes it is possible to enable as many as 500 million financially excluded Africans to join the formal economy, growing gross domestic product (GDP), through analysing mobile network subscribers’ behaviour when they buy data or airtime. TransUnion Africa − in…
– In the wake of the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector, the top United Nations aid official today presented the global “hyper-prioritized” appeal aiming to help 114 million people facing life-threatening needs across the world. The plan seeks US$29 billion in funding. It further prioritizes, but does not replace, the…
Africa’s most “underrated” country is home to amazing experiences featuring beautiful scenery and majestic wildlife. One YouTuber, who makes travel videos based on the wide range of destinations he has visited across the globe, featured Zimbabwe in a recent video and explained exactly why it is Africa’s most underrated spot. In fact, he went as…
