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Relations between China and Africa are making global headlines as leaders from the continent descend on Beijing for the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Though these summits started 24 years ago, Bhaso Ndzendze argues that Africa hasn’t benefited greatly from them because, unlike China, the continent hasn’t developed a unified strategy to make the relationship work in its favour.
And Lauren Johnston, an expert in China-Africa economic relations, provides insights into the new race for Africa’s ‘green’ minerals and the implications for the continent.
Brazil’s decision to block access to the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) after the country’s Supreme Court issued an order banning the site has sparked a furious backlash and raised questions about whether the court had gone too far in its fight against fake news. Tariq Choucair looks at whether other countries could take a similar step.
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Bhaso Ndzendze, University of Johannesburg
The past eight Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summits, since 2000, have not resulted in mutual gain, particularly in trade and industrialisation for Africa.
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Tariq Choucair, Queensland University of Technology
The ban follows a long-running battle between Brazil’s supreme court and Elon Musk. It shows the country will no longer tolerate tech giants ignoring the rule of law.
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Sarah Schiffling, Hanken School of Economics; Liz Breen, University of Bradford
Fighting in parts of Gaza has paused to allow young children to be vaccinated against polio.
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Felicity Roux, Curtin University; HuiJun Chih, Curtin University; Jacqueline Hendriks, Curtin University; Sharyn Burns, Curtin University
Fewer than one in ten teen girls surveyed could identify when ovulation happens in a menstrual cycle – even though many of them had had their period for years.
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Busra Nisa Sarac, University of Portsmouth
Islamic State may have lost all of its territory, but the group’s ideological and operational capabilities are far from eradicated.
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Nilakshi Veerabathina, University of Texas at Arlington
While space is mostly empty, it does have some matter and particles spread throughout it.
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation
The second of two episodes on geoengineering from The Conversation Weekly podcast examines the case against solar radiation modification.
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation
In the first of two episodes on geoengineering, The Conversation Weekly examines the case for repairing the climate with technological interventions.
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Adriana Zuniga-Teran, University of Arizona
Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It’s time to get that knowledge back.
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