By David Everatt, Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
Fewer young South Africans are doing as well as their counterparts from 30 years ago. They are hardest hit by unemployment.
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By Emily Cullen, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Meskell Poet in Residence, University of Limerick
The American poet Adrienne Rich once asked: “To say that a poet is responsive, responsible – what can that mean?” This question about poets bearing witness and being the “conscience” of their society is something I’ve pondered over the years.
My own political awakening was something of a slow burner. As a fledgling poet from a middle-class background, growing up in Carrick-on-Shannon in the Irish county of Leitrim in the 1980s, I watched the news each night in shock as another bomb exploded not far…
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By Oiwan Lam
Several pro-establishment commentators and outlets claimed that the page had been hijacked by the “yellow clan” (pro-democracy) and a newspaper columnist warned that it might “incite” discontent against the government
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By Amira Guirguis, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, Swansea University
Vaping is now more common than cigarette smoking among young people, according to a new report coordinated by the University of Glasgow and commissioned by the World Health Organization.
This echoes research that has found the popularity of vaping among young people in the UK has surged in recent years. The number of children experimenting with vapes increased from 7.7% in 2022 to 11.6% in 2023, according to a survey…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The women’s mosque in the center of Soro village, Thiou district, northern Yatenga province, Burkina Faso. March 2024 © 2024 Private (Nairobi) – The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages on February 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. These mass killings, among the worst army abuse in Burkina Faso since 2015, appear to be part of a widespread military campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with Islamist armed groups, and may amount to crimes against humanity. Soldiers killed…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Syrian children gather between tents at a refugee camp in Saadnayel in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, June 13, 2023. © 2023 Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Lebanese authorities have arbitrarily detained, tortured, and forcibly returned Syrians to Syria in recent months, including opposition activists and army defectors, Human Rights Watch said today. Between January and March 2024, Human Rights Watch documented the forcible return of a Syrian army defector and an opposition activist by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the General Directorate of General…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A 19-year-old woman carries her child outside her secondary school classroom in Nyeri, Kenya, January 8, 2021. © 2021 Monicah Mwangi/Reuters Throughout 2024, the African Union will mark the “AU Year of Education.” The aim is to renew collective commitment and joint action by African countries towards the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 on education, as well as the Continental Educational Strategy for Africa, designed to make education a reality for all children and young people in Africa. However, tens of thousands of African girls drop…
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By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
Australia’s inflation rate has halved, but it’s falling more slowly than it was, and previous high inflation is set to push up student debt.
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By Meighen McCrae, Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University
With General John Monash in command and four companies of US soldiers fighting alongside the Australians, the battle was a resounding success, taking just 93 minutes
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By Kathryn Willis, Postdoctoral Researcher, CSIRO
Britta Denise Hardesty, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
Katie Conlon, Ph.D., Researcher, Portland State University
Win Cowger, Research Director, Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, University of California, Riverside
The more plastic, the more waste we produce. It sounds simple, but this discovery could help us find ways of ending plastic pollution.
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