Namibia Strikes First Oil Namibia, a nation of about 3 million people in Southern Africa, wants to start producing its own oil in four years. This news comes after Shell, a British multinational oil and gas company struck the country’s first offshore oil discovery at the Graff‑1 well. Hailed as the “final frontier” of oil exploration…
Why CORBEVAX? Scientists in the state of Texas in America have developed a new accessible COVID-19 vaccine (CORBEVAX) to combat low inoculation rates in low-income and underserved countries. Hailed as “the World’s COVID-19 vaccine,” Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine’s CORBEVAX uses the conventional method of taking a harmless protein from the…
The 2021 UN-organized Climate Change Conference or COP26 was held from October 31 to November 13 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. As a region most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, coverage on Africa’s agenda at COP26 focused on climate finance and justice. Going into COP26, the African Group of Negotiator’s message to developed nations was…