/channels/taxonomy/term/326/all en /channels/channels/news/research-group-african-air-and-space-law-launched-355951 <p>This is only the first step. The <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/78307533/admin/feed/posts/#">ƻ����Ժ Institute of Air and Space Law</a> is thrilled to announce the take-off of the Research Group focusing on air and space law in Africa! Thank you to the Co-Director, Prof. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/78307533/admin/feed/posts/#">Vincent Correia</a> and our Executive Director <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/78307533/admin/feed/posts/#">Stefan-Michael Wedenig</a> for their opening remarks.</p> Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:04:58 +0000 webfull 198412 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-understanding-human-origins-africa-348366 <p>There is broad agreement that <i>Homo sapiens </i>originated in Africa. But there remain many uncertainties and competing theories about where, when, and how.</p> Wed, 17 May 2023 15:03:00 +0000 webfull 189688 at /channels /channels/channels/news/men-who-paid-sex-more-likely-live-hiv-337049 <p>Twenty years’ worth of surveys suggest that nearly one in ten sexually active men in 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been clients of sex workers. These men are about 50 percent more likely to be living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a team of international researchers, including <a href="/epi-biostat-occh/mathieu-maheu-giroux">Professor Mathieu Maheu-Giroux</a> and Caroline Hodgins of ƻ����Ժ.</p> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:02:38 +0000 webfull 177144 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-sudan-army-seized-power-prevent-civil-war-says-coup-leader-334491 <p>Sudan's coup leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the military seized power to prevent "civil war". He added that the deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was being kept at the general's house "for his own safety” but has now returned home. Protests are continuing for a second day in the capital, Khartoum, with roads, bridges and shops closed. Phone and internet lines are also disrupted. (<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59052260" target="_blank">BBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here is an expert from ƻ����Ժ that can provide comment on this issue:</p> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:39:15 +0000 webfull 174391 at /channels /channels/channels/news/state-and-trends-adaptation-report-2021-africa-334488 <p>During his official visit to the Netherlands and the Global Center on Adaptation on October 29 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (seen here with Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, Chief Executive Officer, Global Center on Adaptation) examines the "State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2021:  Africa", co-directed by ISID Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir.  The full report can be found online.</p> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:48:53 +0000 webfull 174387 at /channels /channels/channels/news/launch-uhuru-mcgill-journal-african-studies-321368 <p>More than ever now, Africa is being studied, watched, admired, criticized and exported. In this continual movement of creating new understandings, dismantling biased thought systems and valuing native culture, the creators of this journal, UHURU 2020, give life to the conceptualization of new issues facing Africa in this edition. We hope that you will enjoy reading it as much as we have enjoyed putting it together with the contributions of students tackling issues across the whole continent! Again, thank you and, we can't say this enough, stay home, stay safe. - Uhuru Team 2020</p> Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:52:32 +0000 webfull 159820 at /channels /channels/channels/news/unaids-likely-not-meet-its-hiv-targets-among-gay-men-africa-301364 <p>Despite improvements in HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa, they are missing out on HIV treatment.</p> <p>This is the finding of research, published in <i>The Lancet HIV, </i>led by Imperial College London, which analysed data from 75 independent studies involving 44,993 MSM across 28 African countries, between 2004 and 2018.</p> Mon, 07 Oct 2019 22:27:16 +0000 webfull 154073 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-joins-mastercard-foundation-scholars-program-226633 <p style="text-align:left" align="center">ƻ����Ժ announced today its participation in The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, a transformative initiative aimed at advancing social and economic progress in Africa. As part of the Program, ƻ����Ժ will receive $27 million over the next decade to educate academically talented young people from economically disadvantaged communities in Africa, and prepare them to return to their home countries, successfully transition into the workforce, and lead change in their communities. Fri, 03 May 2013 14:26:40 +0000 webfull 96533 at /channels