Category: Latest News

Oct 29
Did African countries try to plant giant wall of trees to stop Sahara Desert’s spread?

More than 20 African countries banded together to combat the spread of the Sahara Desert by planting a giant wall of trees to run across the continent. This wall will stretch for around 7,000 km coast to coast.

Oct 29
Molecular epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in impala (Aepyceros melampus) from the Greater Kruger in South Africa: Detection of the Africa 4 lineage

Author summary This study investigated Toxoplasma gondii infection in impala by detecting anti–T. gondii IgG antibodies in serum and T. gondii DNA in tissue samples. The main goal was to determine T. gondii infection in impala and identify the specific parasi…

Oct 29
What Is Driving the Global Resurgence of Mangrove Forests?

After decades of losses, mangrove trees are gaining ground on coastlines around the world, often in places they have never grown before. Paradoxically, scientists say, warming temperatures and the destruction of inland forests are helping to power the revival…

Oct 29
China supports India in hosting BRICS Summit, highlighting importance of cooperation

China supports India in hosting the BRICS summit, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. While attendance details remain unannounced, the 18th summit in New Delhi will mark two decades of the bloc, focusing on trade, development, and Glo…

Oct 29
Kenyans unable to afford a healthy diet rise by 9m

FAO says the cost of a healthy diet has increased from $2.56 per person in a day to $4.5 over the eight years.

Oct 29
Uruguay EV Sales Report: Sales Soar in August as Market Share Reaches 56%!

Latin America’s small champion keeps making headlines and surpassing even the most optimistic expectations. Uruguay’s EV adoption has diverged from the region and reached a level that many of us would’ve though irrationally optimist only two years ago. Amidst…

Oct 29
BRICS 2026: From bigger to better? The New Delhi summit may put trade, tech and energy in focus

BRICS 2026 will test whether the expanded 11-member grouping can translate its growing economic and geopolitical weight into practical cooperation. With trade, payments, startups, AI, energy, critical minerals and climate finance on the agenda, India’s presid…

Oct 29
This small island off Yemen is now a strategic prize in the widening Iran war | CNN

Perim Island sits in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a pinch-point that’s taken on outsized importance since the war with Iran effectively shuttered the Strait of Hormuz.

Oct 29
Deported to Liberia, again

Two centuries after the American Colonization Society shipped free black Americans to Liberia, Washington is sending its unwanted there once more.

Oct 29
african-speech-mcp added to PyPI

Quality-aware read-only MCP server for Wolof speech corpus selection