Tag: africa
The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy...
Abraham Nunbogu, United Nations University and Kaveh Madani, United Nations University; Yale University
There is a troubling contradiction at...
Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from...
Paul C. Sereno, University of Chicago
My fixation on a small, desolate locale in the heart of the Sahara...
Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict
Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington
Sudan’s brutal civil war has dragged on for more than 2½ years, displacing millions...
Autocracies in transition: In 2025, Cameroon and Tanzania rulers clung to...
Yonatan Morse, University of Connecticut
Autocratic leaders in Africa like their numbers to be in the high 90s, it...
Madagascar’s military power grab shows Africa’s coup problem isn’t restricted to...
John Joseph Chin, Carnegie Mellon University
Those who rise to power through a coup often fall by the same...
Idi Amin made himself out to be the ‘liberator’ of an...
Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan
Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the...
Will Africa’s young voters continue to punish incumbents at the ballot...
Richard Aidoo, Coastal Carolina University
Voters in Gabon head to the ballot box on April 12, 2025, in a...
How an unexpected observation, a 10th-century recipe and an explorer’s encounter...
Bronwen Powell, Penn State and Abderrahim Ouarghidi, Penn State
For generations, collard greens have formed an important part of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
