By Guest Contributor
What we are dealing with here in Benue is a calculated, well planned, full-scale genocidal invasion and land grabbing campaign by Herder terrorists and bandits, which ... is worsening every year.
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By Sadaf Mehrabi, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
Lauren Keira Marie Smith, Postdoctoral Fellow, Environment & Sustainability, Royal Roads University
Every March, the United Nations marks World Water Day to raise awareness about water scarcity and inequality. This year’s theme — water and gender — focuses on how women and girls often face the brunt of water inequities.
Highlighting how unequal access to water impacts women and girls is essential, but even when issues of leadership and participation are acknowledged, the dominant narrative remains incomplete.
Gender inequity is still framed primarily as a problem of access and representation. It’s…
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Scott Pace, the head of the National Space Council during the first Trump administration, talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the launch of Artemis II crewed mission round the Moon.
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By Rodwell Makombe, Professor of English Literary and Cultural Studies, North-West University
South-African born writer and world literature scholar Elleke Boehmer’s sixth novel, Ice Shock, is a breathtaking story about two lovers who, soon after they meet, find themselves separated to pursue different career choices in different parts of the world.
Niall Lawrence spends 14 months at a polar institute in Antarctica while Leah Nash pursues a writing career in London. This relationship,…
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By Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Assistant Professor, Harvard University
A new feature film, Makemation, is an African coming-of-age story set in a time of artificial intelligence (AI).
Makemation was produced by Nigerian AI-developer-turned-filmmaker Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji. As conversations about AI are dominated by external global powers, his film offers a different vantage point: an AI story rooted in African realities.
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By Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Professor of Economics, University of Pretoria
South Africa’s state-owned electricity provider, Eskom, announced in early March 2026 that it would cut off the power to 14 municipalities that collectively owe it more than R110 billion (US$6.5 billion).…
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By Kwasi Konadu, Professor in Africana & Latin American Studies, Colgate University
The resolution passed by United Nations General Assembly on 25 May 2026 seeking recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” potentially creates a broader definition of crimes against humanity in international law and allows for restitution claims against perpetrators. The resolution could elevate the legal and moral standard for what counts as the worst crimes against humanity, and compel more people to legally pursue reparations or compensation cases and thus deter such crimes.
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By Daniel Cook, Professor of English Literature, University of Dundee
Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher begins innocently enough: Sonia Wilson, an anxious young scientific illustrator, has been hired to draw the vast insect collection of the reclusive entomologist (insect expert) Dr Halder at his North Carolina manor house.
Something’s not quite right from the off. No one meets her on her arrival and she wonders whether her new employer really expects her to walk ten miles from the train station to his house? Old Halder is not one for practical details, the tight-lipped locals warn her. Harmlessly eccentric or maddeningly distracted? Intrigue surrounds the…
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By Jialin Wei, PhD Candidate in Biological Science, University of Bristol
The transition from water to land is a question that still intrigues scientists. Those ancient organisms would have needed to adapt to several new challenges to life out of water. So, how did they do it?
In a 2025 study, my colleagues and I tried to understand the genetic basis of adapting to life on land by comparing the genetic material of 150 living animals. We discovered that some adaptations to land are universal, while…
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By Arushan Arulnamby, Policy Analyst, National Institute on Ageing, Toronto Metropolitan University
Samir Kumar Sinha, Adjunct Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
Shingles can cause severe and long-lasting complications, yet vaccination rates in Canada remain low despite the availability of a highly effective vaccine.
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