By Nancy Henaku, Lecturer, Department of English, University of Ghana
Tributes for Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (1948-2025) have been pouring in since her death on 23 October 2025. For many Ghanaians, her broad-ranging empowerment work as leader of the 31st December Women’s Movement is deserving of full recognition. The non-governmental organisation started as a women’s political movement and is still active.
Born on 17 November 1948, she became the wife of
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By Felix Dube, Lecturer in the Department of Law, University of Venda
A new South African high court ruling will make electricity price increases more transparent, and force municipalities to consult the public about price hikes.
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By Andreas Hemp, Research Associate Plant Systematics, Bayreuth University
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is sold to the world as frozen romance and pure nature. But the real story today is at its feet, not its peak.
That’s because Kilimanjaro is a great real-world place for scientists to study how and why biodiversity is changing. The mountain has many different land uses, from forests to farms to towns, so researchers can see in real landscapes, not just in computer models or theories, how human activity affects nature in practice.
I’ve been researching east Africa and Kilimanjaro’s vegetation for 36 years. I joined scientists from Tokyo and…
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By Gihad Ibrahim, Assistant Professor and E-learning Department Head, Mashreq University
The civil war in Sudan began in April 2023, causing death, hunger, displacement and destruction on a huge scale. Gihad Ibrahim, head of e-learning and senior manager at Mashreq University in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, spoke with The Conversation Africa about how his institution continued to educate thousands of students despite the destruction of its campuses during the ongoing conflict.
What was Mashreq University like before the war?
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Liberals are set to dump net zero with a strong majority of the party room speaking out against the policy.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Liberals are set to dump net zero with a strong majority of the party room speaking out against the policy.
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By Amnesty International
Fossil fuel infrastructure poses risks for the health and livelihoods of at least 2 billion people globally, roughly a quarter of the world’s population, Amnesty International and Better Planet Laboratory said in a new report on the fossil fuel industry’s harms to climate, people and ecosystems across the world. The report, Extraction Extinction: Why the lifecycle of […] The post Global: Fossil fuel infrastructure is putting rights of 2 billion people and critical ecosystems at risk appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
A Venezuelan migrant allegedly linked to criminal organizations sits inside a cell at CECOT on March 16, 2025, in Tecoluca, El Salvador. © 2025 Salvadoran Government via Getty Images The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.The cases of torture and ill-treatment of Venezuelans in El Salvador were not isolated incidents by rogue guards or riot police, but rather systematic violations.The Trump administration is complicit in torture, enforced disappearance, and other grave violations,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former Congolese rebel leader and government minister, in Kampala, Uganda, February 6, 2013. © 2013 Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty Images The trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former rebel leader and former minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, begins on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, before the Paris Criminal Court. Lumbala is charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed in North Kivu and Ituri provinces between 2002 and 2003, including summary executions, torture and other inhuman treatment, rape, pillages, and…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A desk bearing signs of shelling in a school where displaced people were sheltering, in El Fasher, Sudan, October 7, 2025. © 2025 Mohyaldeen M Abdallah/Reuters Following an appeal by 49 rights groups, a cross-regional group of states requested an urgent United Nations Human Rights Council session on atrocities in North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, in Sudan.The session, planned for November 14, follows reports and images of mass atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is battling the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)following the takeover of El Fasher on…
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