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Released: 26-Jun-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: Kenya’s President Rejects Finance Bill After Violent Protests
George Washington University

Kenya’s president said Wednesday he will not sign a finance bill that included tax hikes, bowing to pressure from protestors had stormed parliament, launched demonstrations across the country and... ...

Newswise: Africa is no longer the carbon sink of the world
Released: 3-Apr-2024 3:00 PM EDT
Africa is no longer the carbon sink of the world
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

In only nine years between 2010 and 2019, Africa has turned from being a net carbon sink, to being a net carbon source.

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Released: 5-Mar-2024 4:55 PM EST
Building Financial Resilience in Africa to Address Labor Trafficking
School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Through a multi-institutional partnership funded by the U.S. Department of State, a new research partnership seeks to reduce vulnerability to labor trafficking by enabling youth and young adults to achieve financial security and stability at home.

19-Feb-2024 5:00 AM EST
Droughts may trigger HIV transmission increase among women in rural sub-Saharan Africa, study finds
University of Bristol

Droughts have the potential to increase the spread of HIV for women living in rural parts of Africa, researchers at the University of Bristol have found.

Newswise: WCS Joins Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi to Advance Conservation Efforts
Released: 14-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
WCS Joins Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi to Advance Conservation Efforts
Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society was honored to be invited to participate in a high-level event today hosted by His Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, the President of the Republic of Mozambique, at Maputo National Park.

Newswise: Protected areas for elephants work best if they are connected
Released: 5-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Protected areas for elephants work best if they are connected
Duke University

Conservation measures have successfully stopped declines in the African savanna elephant population across southern Africa, but the pattern varies locally, according to a new study.

Newswise: New study concludes finding cure for malaria may be even more challenging than thought
Released: 6-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
New study concludes finding cure for malaria may be even more challenging than thought
Case Western Reserve University

Researchers who have studied malaria for decades, hoping to find a cure, long thought they’d identified a type of blood that seemed to defend against the disease. But a new study published Dec. 5 in Cell Host & Microbe concludes that even some people with the protective blood type became infected. The question now is, “how?”

Newswise: New Agreement Provides Long-term Annual Funding to Protect Climate-Critical Madagascar Wilderness Area
Released: 28-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
New Agreement Provides Long-term Annual Funding to Protect Climate-Critical Madagascar Wilderness Area
Wildlife Conservation Society

Madagascar’s Makira-Masoala wilderness will receive an annual $1 million grant through a new agreement between the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Legacy Landscapes Fund (LLF), with support from Arcadia.

Released: 8-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EST
First evidence of how the Asian malaria mosquito is spreading drug-resistant malaria in Africa
Lancaster University

Asian malaria mosquito found to spread drug and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa.

Newswise: S&T professor’s glass powder that controls bleeding may also prevent infections
Released: 8-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
S&T professor’s glass powder that controls bleeding may also prevent infections
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Scientist to collaborate with South African researcher to test glass powder for antibacterial properties.

   
Released: 7-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Why companies should report what CEOs and workers earn
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Changes in the law will ensure that companies can’t go on ignoring inequalities in earnings and wealth in South Africa.

Newswise: Bouldering in South-Central Madagascar: A New “Rock-Climbing” Gecko Species of the Genus Paroedura
Released: 11-Oct-2023 1:35 PM EDT
Bouldering in South-Central Madagascar: A New “Rock-Climbing” Gecko Species of the Genus Paroedura
Pensoft Publishers

Named after its habitat preference, Paroedura manongavato, from the Malagasy words “manonga” (to climb) and “vato” (rock), is a bouldering expert. Part of its “home range” is also very well-known to rock climbers for its massive granitic domes.

Released: 11-Oct-2023 9:45 AM EDT
The 2023 Ameri Prize Recognizes Innovative Use of Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Embassy in Guinea
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD) announced the 2023 recipient of the Ameri Prize for Innovation in Public Diplomacy.

Released: 11-Oct-2023 9:05 AM EDT
$7.3M Grant to Expand Wheat Pathogen Surveillance
Cornell University

One of the world’s largest crop pathogen surveillance systems is set to expand its capacity to protect wheat productivity in food vulnerable areas of East Africa and South Asia.

Newswise: Poor infrastructure and rising sea levels exacerbated flooding in Libya, says expert
Released: 13-Sep-2023 11:55 AM EDT
Poor infrastructure and rising sea levels exacerbated flooding in Libya, says expert
Virginia Tech

Thousands of people are dead and at least 10,000 missing after devastating flooding in Libya. The Mediterranean storm brought heavy rains to the northeastern part of the country, already crumbling from more than a decade of conflict.   “Although Storm Daniel caused the devastating flood, a combination of factors exacerbated the nation's vulnerability to natural hazards, resulting in enormous casualties,” says Virginia Tech geophysicist Manoochehr Shirzaei.

Released: 29-Aug-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Extreme weather events linked to increased child marriage
Ohio State University

Among the negative impacts of extreme weather events around the world is one that most people may not think of: an increase in child marriages.

Released: 24-Aug-2023 6:05 AM EDT
The swan song of African hydropower?
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

The attractiveness of new hydropower is decreasing fast, both due to the increasing economic competitiveness of solar panels and to the increasingly uncertain effects of climate change on river flows.



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