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A psychedelic plant from Africa holds promise for addiction and trauma — but it's not for everyone
08 Feb 2025 11:19 GMT
Most mornings, Sean, a Marine Corps and Air Force veteran who served three times in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan, would wake up with an overwhelming feeling of dread. After losing his son to suicide in 2017, he knew he had to process his grief. But all of …
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AI Governance in Africa: Embracing the 24-Hour economy for sustainable growth
03 Feb 2025 05:37 GMT
… policy frameworks. The Rwandan government has also … AI-powered healthcare and diagnostics are revolutionizing medical treatments, … should also prioritize gender, disability, and minority inclusivity, … stage AI entrepreneurs. African-based venture capital firms …
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Mine Clearance Operations in Cambodia Continue with Support...
08 Feb 2025 06:06 GMT
AKP Phnom Penh, February 08, 2025 --
The clearance of mines, cluster bombs, and other explosive remnants of war continues with support from the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and other donor countries besides the U.S.
The remarks were made by the …
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Don’t Gut USAID
07 Feb 2025 23:16 GMT
Last week, the Trump administration ignited a firestorm when it issued a stop-work order for most U.S. foreign aid programs and announced that it would permanently close all 80 field missions of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. …
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The Most Outrageous, Horrific Things USAID Did With Your Tax Dollars
05 Feb 2025 20:41 GMT
… groups in West and Central Africa, $3.3 million was … for a "Disability-Inclusive Climate Action" … gay, female, indigenous, and disabled climate activists.
According to Mast … wildlife and understanding forest-disease dynamics in Liberia, and …
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study
04 Feb 2025 23:28 GMT
Abstract
To date, pregnant women are excluded from programmes delivering community-directed treatment of ivermectin (CDTI) for onchocerciasis and preventive chemotherapy of other helminthiases because of concerns over ivermectin safety during pregnancy. …
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What can US foreign aid accomplish? Let Fred Burkle explain how much
08 Feb 2025 14:03 GMT
One of Donald Trump's first vengeful acts in his second term as president was to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization. As we’ve all heard over the last week or so, the first government agency he and Elon Musk have sought to destroy is …
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Kenya calls for ceasefire and peace talks in Eastern DRC conflict
07 Feb 2025 16:18 GMT
Kenya has joined fellow East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states in calling for an immediate ceasefire and cessation of hostilities in the conflict-prone eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Kenya …
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Negotiation, not combat, is what will help restore peace in Eastern DRC - Mudavadi
07 Feb 2025 13:55 GMT
Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi speaks when he co-chaired the EAC Foreign Ministers caucus on February 7, 2024. PHOTO | OPCS
Kenya
has joined other East African Community and Southern African Development
Community member States in calling for cessation and …
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SONA 2025: Energy security, employment, cooperation and improved infrastructure, promises Ramaphosa
07 Feb 2025 10:03 GMT
… troops who died as Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) militia … country's economic health, he noted intensifying competition … work together for all South Africans'; good."
… the National Skills Fund Disabilities Programme, launched in November last …