Zambia

A second HIV patient has been ‘cured,’ but researchers say reducing cases is still the top priority

March 05, 2019

Researchers say a cure for HIV/AIDS is on the horizon, but it's important to reduce cases overall while a cure is developed.

What a grieving orca mother tells us about animals and death

The Conversation

August 28, 2018

Among scientists, however, there remains a prejudice against the idea that animals feel “real” grief or respond in complex ways to death. Following reports of the “grieving,” zoologist Jules Howard, for example, wrote, “If you believe J35 was displaying evidence of mourning or grief, you are making a case that rests on faith, not on scientific endeavor.”

Conflict

For gay men in Zambia, where homosexuality is banned, suicide is a common end

Global Press Journal

August 18, 2018

The LGBTQ community isn’t acknowledged in Zambia because the law doesn’t allow for its existence, so people who struggle with mental health issues often can’t find the care they need. Some grassroots organizations are working to help LGBTQ people, but they often operate in secret.

Environment

For one South African house cleaner, this year's big drought means crying, hungry children

The World

March 07, 2016

The current drought in southern Africa is the worst in decades, and likely a harbinger of things to come as the region warms up and dries out as its climate changes. The drought is having real impact on one resident in a Pretoria township, and what governments in the region can do to help prepare for a hotter and drier future.

Development

Can extreme global poverty end in this century? Here's why it looks promising

Whose Century Is It?

December 03, 2015

Geeking out to help end global poverty. (That's meant with the highest respect for geeks.) Tapping great minds to help the world's poorest, Shashi Buluswar leads the Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies at Lawrence Berkeley Lab in Berkeley, California.

Justice

A musician convicted of rape is released after he sings the praises of Zambia's president

Global Voices Online

July 26, 2015

Clifford Dimba went from serving an 18-year sentence to a presidential pardon.

Global Politics

Time might be running out for Africa’s ‘Presidents for Life'

Global Voices Online

June 07, 2015

In total, 18 African countries do not have presidential term limits, even though a new study shows most Africans are in favor of them.

Global Scan

These Australian protesters have their heads in the sand to make a point

November 14, 2014

Australian protesters put their heads in the sand to bring attention to what they say is their government ignoring the importance of climate change. That story and more in today's Global Scan.

Global Scan

In Burkina Faso, the people rise against a president who just won't leave

October 30, 2014

Burkina Faso is in turmoil after protesters decided they'd had enough of their long-serving leader finding new ways to stay in power. But it seems their protests have worked, and forced him from power.

Global Politics

What sub-Saharan Africa’s first white president in 20 years means for the continent

To the Point

October 30, 2014

Most of Africa spent centuries under white rule, either through colonial policies or post-colonial schemes like apartheid. But that changed two decades ago, and since then Africa hasn't had a white leader of any country. But that just changed.

Zambia

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