World Sep 16 Death of Queen Elizabeth draws mixed reactions from former British colonies in Africa World leaders are preparing to gather in London for the queen’s funeral on Monday. While glowing tributes continue to pour in, her death has also sparked painful memories and anger among several former British colonies and prompted a wider conversation…
Education Jul 04 Students worldwide suffer education setbacks from pandemic school closures One of the major consequences of the coronavirus is that children around the world have been unable to attend schools to learn and are too poor to have computers and thus can't learn remotely. This is especially a problem in…
World Aug 26 African nations struggle with vaccine access, public mistrust and disinformation Record numbers of COVID-19 cases are being reported across Africa as the delta variant pushes hospitals to a breaking point. ICU beds and oxygen are in desperately short supply, vaccines are increasingly scarce and according to the World Health Organization,…
World Aug 27 Pandemic makes learning even harder for Uganda’s refugee children A new report out from UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency, says that at the global height of the pandemic, nearly half a billion children could not access remote learning during lockdowns. Distance education is even harder for hundreds of…