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What lies behind Africa’s lack of access and unreliable power supplies

Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan research network, recently released a report highlighting Africa’s electricity challenges. Power shortages can hamper socioeconomic development, but they also have implications for health and education. The Conversation Africa’s energy and environment e

Coal is parching the planet as well as cooking it, says new report

John McGarrity A new report outlines how coal use is the number one threat to water supplies The burning of coal isn’t just cooking the planet through climate change, the fossil fuel is using large amounts of water in parts of the world where supplies of the most precious of natural resources

It’s Not Just Doctors And Nurses, Patients Need To Wash Their Hands, Too

Shefali Luthra One in four adults leaving hospital had on their hands a superbug: a virus, bacteria or another kind of microbe that resists multiple kinds of medicine Encouraging doctors and nurses to wash their hands frequently has always been considered an easy and effective way to curb the spread

The plight of Vaigai river, India

Marianne Furtado de Nazareth A study, a conference, and a field visit along the stretch of the Vaigai river including to the temple town of Madurai reveals the deteriorating state of the river During a three-day National Training Programme Climate Change News Coverage for Aspiring and Young Vernacu

We just had the hottest year on record – where does that leave climate denial?

Stephan Lewandowsky People who deny climate science do not put their money where their mouth is. And when they very occasionally do, they lose. At a news conference announcing that 2015 broke all previous heat records by a wide margin, one journalist started a question with “If this trend continue

Children paid in moonshine and glue for cleaning toilets in central Africa

Children in the African rainforests have been paid in glue to sniff, and alcohol, in return for menial work Market traders in the Republic of Congo plying children from the Bayaka tribe with glue in 2013, in exchange for cleaning out latrines. In Cameroon Baka tribespeople, illegally evicted from th

Progress can Kill: Survival report reveals world’s highest suicide rate

A new report published by Survival International reveals that the appalling suicide rate among the indigenous Guarani Kaiowá people of southern Brazil is the highest in the world. The rate of self-inflicted deaths within the tribe is 34 times the Brazilian national average, and statistically the h

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Give bees a chance: the ancient art of beekeeping could save our honey (and us too)

Marianne Peso There’s no denying it: we’re in a long-term relationship… with bees. Recent evidence published in the journal Nature shows that humans have been depending on honey bees for about 9,000 years. Researchers conducted chemical analyses of over 6,000 fragments of pottery revealing the

Which wealthy countries have the best and worst development policies?

Where do donor countries stand in a barometer-Denmark has the most development-friendly policies while South Korea, Japan and US ranks poorly The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) for 2015 ranks the policies of donor countries especially when the Paris Climate deal, the SDG goals and the globa

UN launches 2016 humanitarian appeal asking for $20.1 billion, the highest request ever

More than 125 million people in the world need humanitarian assistance. This will require a record US$20.1 billion in funding – five times the amount a decade ago. Through collective and coordinated action, aid organisations aim to bring urgent help to more than 87.6 million of the most vulnerable

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