By Rainer Prinz, Senior Scientist, Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck
This decrease of snowfall is driven by changing sea surface temperature patterns in the Indian Ocean, which is a signal of global warming.
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By Michael Wahman, Professor, Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Nicholas Kerr, Associate Professor, University of Florida
Malawi’s constitutional court annulled the 2019 presidential election. The 2020 re-run brought an extraordinary transfer of power from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to the opposition Malawi Congress Party, raising hopes for economic and political renewal.
However, the new government…
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By Tanya Doherty, Professor and Chief specialist scientist, South African Medical Research Council
Christiane Horwood, Senior researcher, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Every woman has the right to be treated with dignity, compassion and respect when giving birth. Yet for many South African women childbirth in public health facilities can be marked by poor communication, neglect, lack of privacy and, in some cases, verbal or physical mistreatment from health workers.
In a few cases, exposure to severe, disrespectful and abusive behaviour can lead to long-term psychological distress, affecting…
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By Bismark Aha, Senior Lecturer in Real Estate, Nottingham Trent University
Abubakar Sadiq Abass, Researcher, City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University
Philip Kofi Alimo, Post Doctoral Researcher, Urban Planning, Economics and Transport Laboratory, ENTPE
Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, Senior lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
For years, Ghana’s housing debate has revolved around one headline figure: a national shortage commonly estimated at about 1.8 million homes. The number is useful. It signals that housing supply has failed to keep pace with population growth, urbanisation…
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By Steve Greenfield, Professor of Sports Law and Practice, University of Westminster
The plan by Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, to invite equity investment into the World Cup didn’t last long. Announced on July 28, it immediately provoked hostility from across football.
Three days later Fifa sought to reassure critics: “Nobody is selling football. This is not something Fifa would ever entertain.” The proposal was then unceremoniously abandoned less than 48 hours…
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By Annie Curtis, Professor (Assoc), School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences (PBS), RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Cansu Gorgun, Tenure Track Researcher, Università degli studi di Genova
Your bones run on a 24-hour clock too and disrupting it with late nights and screens could be weakening your skeleton.
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By Human Rights Watch
(Nairobi) – The Ugandan authorities have brought abusive criminal charges against an opposition politician, Muwanga Kivumbi, apparently based on his criticism of the president’s son, who is head of the armed forces, Human Rights Watch said today. On July 29, 2026, the authorities charged Kivumbi, a deputy president of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Uganda’s main opposition party, with “inciting violence” and “managing an unlawful society,” after unlawfully detaining him for 19 days in an unrevealed location the day after he was released on bail for separate politically related charges.…
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By Amnesty International
My name is Jonas Ndayisenga. I’m a refugee from Burundi and have been living in Nairobi, Kenya, for 11 years. I fled political violence targeted at young protesters. I was with my parents, who suggested I should leave when the violence escalated, and a few days later, the government came and raided our house. When […] The post “I know what it feels like to be a refugee and how change can happen” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Ahead of the third anniversary of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ongoing detention, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said: “For three years, Pakistan’s authorities have systematically denied Imran Khan the right to a fair trial, subjected him to prolonged solitary confinement, and limited his access to medical care and visitation rights. He has not been allowed to meet his family for more than eight months and his vision has reportedly deteriorated significantly. Both he and his wife, Bushra Bibi Khan, have now been denied regular access to…
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By Stephanie Chambers, Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies and Social Policy, University of Glasgow
Susie Smillie, PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Glasgow
When academic research has explored the impact of school summer holidays, it has often focused on the costs to parents and to children’s learning and health.
The childcare juggle, the costs of summer holiday activities and the potential impact of losses in learning or more sedentary behaviour by children in the holidays do have a real impact on families.
But research on the summer break often does not reflect how children and young people feel about school holidays. Children’s rights…
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