By Saheed Babajide Owonikoko, Researcher, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology
Located in the same Sahel region and threatened by similar jihadist insurgents, Nigeria has some lessons to learn from Mali.
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By Marew Abebe Salemot, Researcher in Political Sciences and International Studies, Debark University
Behaliu Atenafu Dessie, Assistant professor in Media and Communication Studies, Bahir Dar University
Kibrom Berhane Gessesse, PhD candidate, University of British Columbia
Mulatu Alemayehu Moges, Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication, University of Agder
When conflicts break out, most people around the world rely on international media to understand what is happening. These reports do more than inform. They shape how crises are interpreted, which actors are seen as responsible and where global attention is directed.
In complex situations, what is left out can matter as much as what is included.
Ethiopia is a clear example of this problem. Since 2020, the country has experienced multiple, overlapping conflicts.
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By Lisette IJssel de Schepper, Chief Economist Bureau for Economic Research, Stellenbosch University
It is forgivable to think that an oil shock mainly hurts at the petrol pump. After all, that is where households feel it first. But when my colleagues and I at the Bureau for Economic Research started digging through South Africa’s fuel data, a different story emerged – one that says as much about the country’s infrastructure failures as it does about global geopolitics.
As we began modelling the likely impact on the South African economy, it quickly became clear that diesel would inflict even more pain on the…
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By Jia B. Kangbai, Senior lecturer, Njala University
By the second week of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo it was already clear that containing the spread of the haemorrhagic disease was proving to be difficult.
On 17 May 2026, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak…
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By Gabriela Mesones Rojo
Bolivia’s 2024 wildfires devastated Santa Cruz, but Indigenous Chiquitano and Monkox communities led recovery through collective organization, ancestral knowledge and fire management strategies, and revived food systems amid delayed state response.
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By Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The Global Ocean Observing System informs weather forecasts and climate projections. But funding pressures could create data gaps leaving the world blind.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Özgür Özel addresses supporters outside the Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters in Ankara after a court decision to remove him as party leader, May 21, 2026. © 2026 Necati Savas/EPA/Shutterstock (Istanbul) – A court decision ordering the removal of the party chair and leadership of Türkiye’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), is the latest deeply damaging blow to the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Türkiye, Human Rights Watch said today.On May 21, 2026, the 36th Ankara regional court of appeal issued an interim…
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By Chloe Duteil, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Liverpool
Daniel Cumming, Post Doctoral Fellow, Melting Metropolis, Queens College, CUNY
Jon Winder, Postdoctoral Research Associate, History, University of Liverpool
Across the 19th and 20th centuries, urban residents developed a range of strategies to manage extreme heat in densely built environments.
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By Ide O'Shaughnessy, Associate Professor, School of Allied Health, University of Limerick
Christina Hayes, Assistant Professor, Ageing Research Centre, University of Limerick
Katie Robinson, Professor of Occupational Therapy, University of Limerick
Two people of the same age can age very differently. Frailty helps explain why, and what can be done to reduce risk.
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By Syed Abdul Ahad, Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Limerick
The world we live in today runs on batteries. But the lithium ion batteries that dominate the market are expensive and environmentally demanding to extract. The raw materials for lithium ion batteries are scarce and concentrated in a few geographical regions. This places continued pressure on supply chains.
Sodium-ion batteries are a promising alternative because they use abundant materials. But sodium has shortcomings that have blocked it from being used as a replacement for lithium.
In work…
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