Internally displaced people need more protection: insights from Africa: Residents of Sake in the Democratic Republic of Congo leave their homes to avoid clashes between rebels and government forces. EPA/Dai KurokawaNew figures show that more than 70.8 million people are displaced worldwide – that’s the highest figure ever recorded. Of these, more than 41.3 million are … [Read more...] about Internally displaced people need more protection: insights from Africa | The Conversation
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We’ve learnt a great deal since South Africa’s biggest quake 50 years ago | The Conversation
We've learnt a great deal since South Africa's biggest quake 50 years ago: The 1969 earthquake did a huge amount of damage in Tulbagh. From the archive of Fagan ArchitectsFifty years ago I was a teenager growing up in Cape Town. At about 10pm on 29 September 1969, our house started to shake violently. Alarmed, my family and I fled out of doors; our neighbours did the same. The … [Read more...] about We’ve learnt a great deal since South Africa’s biggest quake 50 years ago | The Conversation
Ancient humans may have made patterns and sculptures on South Africa’s beaches | The Conversation
Ancient humans may have made patterns and sculptures on South Africa's beaches: A rock surface containing a circular pattern with a central depression. The scale bar = 10 cm. Images modified from: Helm, C.W.; Cawthra, H.C.; De Vynck, J.C.; Helm, C.J.; Rust, R.; Stear. W. Patterns in the Sand: A Pleistocene hominin signature along the South African coastline? Proceedings of the … [Read more...] about Ancient humans may have made patterns and sculptures on South Africa’s beaches | The Conversation
Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem — just ask Siri | The Conversation
Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem -- just ask Siri: Sexist stereotypes are playing out in the world of artificial intelligence. yavi/ShutterstockSuggest to Samsung’s Virtual Personal Assistant Bixby “Let’s talk dirty”, and the female voice will respond with a honeyed accent: “I don’t want to end up on Santa’s naughty list.” Ask the same question to the … [Read more...] about Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem — just ask Siri | The Conversation
Namibia’s urban poor are stuck in limbo, without land or services | The Conversation
Namibia's urban poor are stuck in limbo, without land or services: An informal settlement in Windhoek, Namibia Pemba Mpimaji/Wikimedia CommonsInformal settlements are increasingly emerging in cities in developing countries across the world, including Africa. Today an estimated 25% of the world’s urban population live in informal settlements. These settlements have limited or … [Read more...] about Namibia’s urban poor are stuck in limbo, without land or services | The Conversation
