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A ground-breaking drug against HIV has found to be 100% successful in preventing new infections. Another advantage is that the drug, lenacapavir, is given as an injection twice a year. This makes HIV prevention much easier than having to remember a daily pill. Scientist Linda-Gail Bekker explains why the drug offers hope.
Many of the grievances expressed by young people taking to the streets in Kenya have been palpable for years. William Ruto capitalised on the simmering discontent to win the 2022 election with a campaign centred on economic inequality between the country’s working poor and its political class. Peter Lockwood argues that now Ruto is picking up the bill from a generation of young adults fed up with political graft and economic insecurity.
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Linda-Gail Bekker, University of Cape Town
A breakthrough drug is a significant step forward in the fight against HIV. But without changes in behaviour, infection rates won’t come down.
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Peter Lockwood, University of Manchester
President Ruto’s re-awakening of class identities has shifted the character of Kenya’s politics in ways even he could not have predicted.
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Marian Selorm Sapah, University of Ghana
Geoscience literacy and awareness among the Ghanaian public is poor.
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Robert Krause, University of the Witwatersrand
Communities who have lived off the land and the sea for hundreds of years will need to organise if they want to stop giant companies like Shell from destroying their livelihood by mining.
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From our international editions
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Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex
The supreme court’s latest judgment gives a US president limited immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed while in office.
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Sam Carr, University of Bath
Loneliness comes in many forms and can strike at any time and at any age.
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Brian Tang, University at Albany, State University of New York
Beryl’s strength and rapid intensification set records for so early in the year. It’s alarming in what’s expected to be a very active Atlantic hurricane season, as a meteorologist explains.
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Colin Michie, University of Central Lancashire
Men are often embarrassed or in denial about penis cancer and so only seek treatment at a late stage.
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