By Alex Ezeh, Dornsife Endowed Professor of Global Health, Drexel University
Russell Viner, Professor of Child and Adolescent Health, UCL
Sarah Baird, Professor, George Washington University
The Lancet has released its second global commission report on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Adolescents are defined as 10- to 24-year-olds. The report builds on the first one, done in 2016. The latest report presents substantial original research that supports actions it recommends to be taken across sectors as well as at global, regional, country and local level. The co-chairs…
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By Philip Harrison, Professor School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
Graeme Gotz, Director: Research Strategy, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
Lorena Nunez Carrasco, Professor of Health Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
Rashid Seedat, Executive Director, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
The question is not whether a city is fixed – it can never finally be – but rather what trajectory it is on.
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By Andrew Kweku Conduah, PhD Candidate, University of Ghana
Ghana’s national agenda often focuses on the country’s large number of young people. In fact a less noticed demographic transformation is reshaping society: the country’s older population is growing rapidly. According to Ghana Statistical Service estimates, people aged 60 and above are projected to make up over 12% of the total population by 2050, more than doubling the 2021 estimate of 6.8%.
And more of these older…
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By David Phaho, Adjunct professor, Discipline Lead: Energy and Director of the African Energy Leadership Centre., University of the Witwatersrand
Steven Matome Mathetsa, Senior Lecturer at the African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa’s G20 presidency wants to set up at least three projects to share energy across borders in Africa within 10 years.
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By Global Voices Brazil
After the Israeli Embassy in Brazil called criticism over the war in Gaza ”antisemitic,” President Lula da Silva reinforced his position. Argentina and Paraguay, however, have taken opposite positions.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the news that Israel has intercepted and detained the 12-person crew aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s Madleen boat, including activist Greta Thunberg, who has been designated by Amnesty International as an Ambassador of Conscience, which had attempted to break Israel’s illegal blockade on the occupied Gaza Strip and get in desperately needed humanitarian […] The post Israel’s interception of Madleen and detention of crew bound for Gaza flouts international law appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Zita Zage
"I wanted to tell a story about resilience in the face of quiet hopelessness, Not through news headlines or oversimplified narratives, but through the textures of everyday life."
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By Oiwan Lam
Wong has spent over 1,600 days in detention since November 23, 2020. He could face a maximum life imprisonment with the foreign collusion charge.
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By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
It’s always suited Trump to manufacture crises to further his agenda. By demonising protesters as insurrectionist mobs, he could be laying the groundwork for further escalation.
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By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University
Many nations agreed Israel had a right to self-defence after the October 7 2023 Hamas attacks. Whether this defence still holds 20 months later is now debatable.
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