By Jesper Bjarnesen, Senior researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute
Ivorians went to the polls on 25 October 2025 to choose between incumbent president Alassane Ouattara – seeking a fourth five-year term – and one of four candidates who didn’t have the backing of the largest opposition parties.
There was not much of a choice, as the three main opposition candidates were banned from standing. Ouattara claimed another first-round landslide…
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By Gift Khumalo, Lecturer, Durban University of Technology
Bokang Lipholo, Senior HTS Coordinator
Nosipho Faith Makhakhe, Senior Lecturer, Durban University of Technology
School violence is a global public health phenomenon. This is when learners and teachers are the victims of physical and psychological abuse, cyber threats and bullying, fights, gangsterism, and the use of weapons at school.
The consequences of school violence are dire. There are implications for learners, teachers, the school and the community. Violence undermines the…
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By Craig McGregor, Associate Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Director of the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group, Stellenbosch University
Varun Pratap Singh, Associate Professor (Extraordinary) in the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University
India links new rural power lines to solar projects, providing cleaner energy for farms, while South Africa has ways for communities to benefit from green energy profits.
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By Kenny Monrose, Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
“I have a dislike for politicians as they’re not truthful people. It’s the nature of politics that you cannot be straight, you have to lie and cheat,” said the reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, who died on November 24 at the age of 81.
Cliff was born James Chambers on July 30 July 1944 in Somerton, Saint James Parish, Jamaica. Long before luminaries such as Bob Andy, the Wailers, Lee Perry and others had made an indelible mark on Jamaican popular music, Jimmy had taken the genre to “foreign” – not just to the US or the UK but around the world. Suffice to say Jimmy Cliff was
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By Jamaica Cass, Director, Queen's-Weeneebayko Health Education Partnership, Queen's University, Ontario
Despite a decade of commitments, audits and Calls to Action, the federal government has failed to deliver meaningful and measurable improvements in First Nations health services.
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By Richard Bloomfield, Assistant Professor in Management and Organizational Studies at Huron University College, Western University
Kassie Miedema, Researcher, Management and Organizational Studies at Huron University College, Western University
Rebecca Ellis, Sessional Instructor, Geography, Geology and Land Stewardship Program, Algoma University
London, Ont., adopted Canada’s first stand-alone Urban Agriculture Strategy in 2017. Yet, almost eight years later, many of the strategy’s goals remain unrealized.
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By Gloria Bell, Associate Professor of Art History, McGill University
Catholic missionaries sent thousands of Indigenous belongings to Rome for a 1925 exhibition. Beyond what the Vatican has now committed to repatriating, many more belongings must be returned.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to news that the Tunis Court of First Instance convicted human rights defenders Mustapha Djemali and Abderrazek Krimi yesterday evening, and released them due to the time already served after they have spent more than 18 months in arbitrary detention, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Sara Hashash said: “Their […] The post Tunisia: Conviction of human rights defenders confirms criminalization of civil society work appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
As married couples know, no union is always smooth sailing, but the probable Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson partnership may be testier than most.
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By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
Jane Wright, Commissioning Editor, Arts & Culture, The Conversation
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