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DURBAN – A South African HIV/Aids researcher will be bestowed with a prestigious award for his efforts in prevention and treatment of the virus. Professor Salim Abdool Karim, the director of the  C entre for AIDS Programme of Research in...

In February 2018, she was deployed on peacekeeping duties to United Nations Somalia, UNSOM, thanks to the impact she made on the community and host state police in Jubaland, she has been named UN Female Police Officer...

Johannesburg – Namibia is on track to reach UNAIDS targets by 2020 says First Lady Monica Geingos who has received an international award for her fight against Aids in Namibia. Geingos affirmed her country’s successful fight...

If AI is to improve lives and reduce inequalities, we must build expertise beyond the present-day centres of innovation, says Moustapha Cisse. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing society as profoundly as the steam engine and electricity...

Uganda is the second largest producer of bananas after India with about 9 million tonnes produced annually. All this production creates tonnes of waste in form of stems and stocks. These are returned back to gardens...

High above Egypt and everywhere else, cosmic rays bombard the atmosphere. The rays consist mostly of hydrogen nuclei, but they finish their interstellar journey with a bang, splitting into a shower of smaller elementary particles when...

PRESS RELEASE At the outset of the Jurassic Period, about 200 million years ago, the largest carnivorous dinosaurs were relatively small, with a body length of 3–5 metres. Now, an international team of scientists from the...

FASHION model, producer, graphic designer and all-round creative genius Gina Jeanz is excited for her upcoming gig at South Africa’s Rocking The Daisies music and lifestyle festival. She will be the first Namibian to be featured...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that it would formally flag off the export of yam to Europe on Thursday. Yam, a tuber crop, is a staple food in Nigeria and is grown in several...

Nigeria is made up of several ethnic groups, majority of which are the Igbo, Hausa and the Yoruba. Within these ethnic groups are several tribes numbering 371. However, the multi-tribal nature of Nigeria may put someone...