South African study highlights growing number of landfill sites, and health risks: Living close to waste sites has multiple health risks. Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty ImagesThere has been considerable public attention in recent years on the role of waste in developing countries, in particular because they are often recipients of waste that originates in developed countries. … [Read more...] about South African study highlights growing number of landfill sites, and health risks | The Conversation
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Africa’s growing lead battery industry is causing extensive contamination | The Conversation
Africa's growing lead battery industry is causing extensive contamination: Serious lead poisoning cases are a growing problem on the continent. GeetyImagesAfrica is facing a serious lead poisoning problem. In Senegal, for example, researchers linked the deaths of children from processing lead waste to supply a lead battery recycling plant in a poor suburb of Dakar. Villagers … [Read more...] about Africa’s growing lead battery industry is causing extensive contamination | The Conversation
Turkey in Africa: what a small but growing interest portends | The Conversation
Turkey in Africa: what a small but growing interest portends: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the opening of the new Turkish embassy in Mogadishu in June 2016. MOHAMED Abdiwahab/AFP via Getty ImagesThe strategic presence of France, the US and the UK in Africa over more than a century is well documented. So is the growing presence of China and the resurgence … [Read more...] about Turkey in Africa: what a small but growing interest portends | The Conversation
SA News: Theron: Benefitted From ‘white Privilege’ Growing Up During Apartheid
Theron: Benefitted From ‘white Privilege’ Growing Up During Apartheid: Hollywood actress Charlize Theron said during a fundraiser that she benefitted from her 'white privilege' while growing up in Apartheid-torn South Africa Charlize Theron has said she benefitted from ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Bafana Bafana win gives Ntseki something to build on ahead of … [Read more...] about SA News: Theron: Benefitted From ‘white Privilege’ Growing Up During Apartheid
How Russia is growing its strategic influence in Africa | The Conversation
How Russia is growing its strategic influence in Africa: Angolan President Joao Lourenco and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Johannesburg in 2018. EPA-EFE/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin PoolMuch has been made about China’s role and profile in Africa and the factors underlying its activities on the continent. Less debated is the spread and depth of Russia’s contemporary presence … [Read more...] about How Russia is growing its strategic influence in Africa | The Conversation
