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TB or not TB? That is the question
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (844+ words) Tuberculosis has earned the undesirable distinction of being the world's top infectious disease killer " a mantle it took back from COVID in 2023. TB claimed the lives of 1.23 million people in 2024 and sickens about 10 million people each year. Research is now…...
Greetings from Kalk Bay, a South African fishing village where wild seals await scraps
2+ week, 2+ day ago (260+ words) The colorful old wooden fishing boats rock gently in this harbor, where wild " and suspiciously plump " Cape fur seals bask in the sun, awaiting the entrails from the daily catch as fishermen deftly gut the snoek and yellowtail they've brought…...
Researchers find Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up sooner
2+ week, 3+ day ago (458+ words) WASHINGTON " Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said. With temperatures in the breeding ground…...
U.S. reconsiders Tanzania ties after deadly post-election crackdown
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (578+ words) NAIROBI, KENYA "The U.S. is "comprehensively reviewing" its ties with Tanzania after the State Department condemned "repression" and "disturbing violence against civilians" during protests that followed the country's disputed October presidential election, which returned President Samia Suluhu Hassan to power. Officials…...
South Africans trapped on frontlines of Russia-Ukraine war plead for help
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (468+ words) The South African government is scrambling to bring home 17 men who say they were deceived into fighting for Russia in Ukraine. It is not the first instance of Africans being lured into becoming mercenaries in the Russia-Ukraine war, as NPR's…...
Who are Afrikaners, the group at the center of Trump's dispute with South Africa?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1233+ words) When the G20 meeting kicks off in South Africa this weekend, one member country will be conspicuously absent: the United States. President Trump has decided that the U.S. will completely boycott the conference over what he considers the discriminatory treatment of Afrikaners…...
A 'breakthrough' drug to prevent HIV, an 'unprecedented' rollout
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (322+ words) Five months after a "breakthrough" HIV prevention drug got approval in the United States and became available in many wealthy countries, it's getting rolled out in two African countries hit especially hard by the disease. On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department…...
Trump is slashing the number of refugees. What does that mean?
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (56+ words) NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Sharif Aly of the International Refugee Assistance Project about President Trump drastically slashing the number of refugees that can enter the U.S. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Sharif Aly of the International Refugee Assistance Project about…...
Madagascar's president flees country in fear for his life after military rebellion
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (882+ words) ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar " Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said he has fled the country in fear for his life following a military rebellion but did not announce his resignation in a speech broadcast on social media late Monday from an undisclosed location....
Lesotho's Famo music: from shepherd songs to gang wars
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (1013+ words) MASERU, Lesotho " Puseletso Seema is musical royalty in the tiny African mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where she's known as "the Queen of Famo" -" a popular genre of pastoral accordion music beloved by the country's people, the Basotho. But for all…...