
Africa’s Red Sea states face growing risks as Houthi rebels expand their reach
The African shoreline is now much more valuable to outsiders who want to monitor, contain or outflank the waterway opposite them.
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The African shoreline is now much more valuable to outsiders who want to monitor, contain or outflank the waterway opposite them.

Studies may include both sexes yet leave differences unexplored. That gap becomes more consequential when old evidence helps train medical AI.

Satellite tracking data was used to look at which ships and boats were active in the Seychelles waters.

For once, it could serve the interests of the governing party to change the voting rules.

One size does not fit all places.

How prepared are you for an emergency?

While deep water immobilises a vehicle, flowing water can take a car downstream.

Wolves are a vital part of Canada’s rich biodiversity and are a culturally important species. Killing them to protect caribou repackages the colonial fear of the “big bad wolf.”

On The Conversation Weekly podcast, defence and security analyst Hugh White explains why the AUKUS project has been anything but smooth sailing.

Not even experts can agree on what the term means.

Searing writing that seeks to bear witness to the violent reality of queer Jamaicans.

Among contemporary African musicologists, Agawu has been one of the most distinctive voices over the past half-century.