A 2026 Lancet Global Health analysis using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 data finds that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are accounting for a growing share of Africa’s health burden. In 2023, NCDs resulted in an estimated 263 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), with one DALY representing one year of healthy life lost. NCDs caused an…
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing set to begin after Senegal stripped of Africa Cup of Nations title by CAF. Published On 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026 The long-running saga over the winner of this year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title will move closer to resolution on Thursday when Senegal’s appeal, after being…
World leaders have been asked to support a proposed International Panel on Inequality. Brazil, Norway, South Africa and Spain, together with Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, made the call on the margins of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September 2026. The panel would be modelled on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change….
Paratus Namibia has launched Eutelsat’s OneWeb low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite service in Namibia. The new service, designed to appeal countrywide to both the residential and commercial market, combines high-speed, low-latency satellite connectivity with competitive pricing and the Paratus customer management solution, which gives users greater visibility and control over their data usage. The Namibia launch…
New analysis reveals the true climate impact of Big Chocolate for the first time – and how the EUDR is already driving down deforestation-linked emissions Key points Analysis of public reporting from world’s largest chocolate companies shows emissions related to cocoa sourcing falling by a quarter in the last three years, even as global cocoa…
Numerous merchant ships belonging to Iran and other countries remain at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sept. 8, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images Oil rose Wednesday as attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis on Saudi Arabia raised concerns over crude flows from the Middle East even as…
The 2026 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for his discovery of high energy neutrino particles from space. The Nobel committee said Halzen has made “decisive contributions” to the discovery of “neutrinos of astrophysical origin” with IceCube, an experiment installed under ice at the South Pole. Ellen Moons, secretary general of…
Billy Mashele, lecturer in the Department of Construction Economics and Management at the University of Cape Town. Every artificial intelligence (AI) conversation in South African business right now starts in the same place: what can it do? Vendors demo capabilities, conferences rank models and boards ask for “an AI strategy” as if the technology were…
Mali Army Retakes Kidal With Russian Support Mali’s army, backed by Russian paramilitary forces, has retaken the northern town of Kidal after Tuareg separatists announced a “strategic and controlled withdrawal” from the area. The Azawad Liberation Front said its forces withdrew without direct fighting, attributing the move to what it described as the disproportionate…
Republican Zach Lahn and Democrat Rob Sand repeatedly returned to one topic in their first debate Tuesday night in the race to be Iowa’s next governor: questions about Lahn’s residency history in the state. Sand, the state auditor, and Lahn, a businessman, met in Davenport as they run to succeed retiring Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds…
