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Life president: NRM Presidential Candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, together with the First Lady Maama Janet Museveni, arrive at Buziga Islamic School grounds, Makindye Division, to kick off election campaigns. Photo: National Resistance Movement
AFRICA

Africa 2026: polls sans choice, jobs

In addition, some of the continent’s wars show little sign of resolution

  • Alex Vines
7 min read
Freshwater fish, sharks, rays, endemic plants and iconic mammals are among the country’s fastest-declining species, as invasive species, reduced freshwater flows and pollution intensify. (Wikimedia Commons)
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

Climate crisis: Coral reefs hit critical tipping point

The world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action, report warns

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
From Arctic shorebirds to Amazon river dolphins, migratory species are facing unprecedented risks from climate change, habitat fragmentation and environmental shifts
AMAZON RIVER DOLPHINS

Rising temperatures and extreme weather endanger wildlife migration

From Arctic shorebirds to Amazon river dolphins, migratory species are facing unprecedented risks from climate change, habitat fragmentation and environmental shifts

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
Concern: The exceptionally hot conditions are great if you have water in which to frolic. But most provinces have seen livestock dying and farmers having to delay planting crops. Photo: Alon Skuy/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty
AGRICULTURE AND DROUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA

It’s hot and records have been broken

The increase in temperature has been above the 1°C pre-industrial level for the past 12 months

  • Aarti Bhana
4 min read