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More than 60,000 penguins have starved to death off the coast of South Africa
as a result of collapsing sardine numbers, according to a new study.
From 2004 to 2011, more than 95 per cent of the African penguins on Dassen Island and Robben Island died.
Researchers said they probably died during the moulting period, the annual event where they replace all their feathers at once over a number of weeks.
The climate crisis and overfishing have been attributed to driving…

More than 60,000 penguins starve to death near Africa after fall in sardine numbers
African penguins need sardines to fatten up before a three-week moulting period on land

African fintech Flutterwave acquires Nigerian open banking startup Mono, sources say in an all-stock deal valued at $25M to $40M; Mono raised $17.5M since 2020 (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/flutterwave-buys-nige…

Flutterwave buys Nigeria's Mono in rare African fintech exit | TechCrunch
Africa’s largest fintech company, Flutterwave, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock deal.

"African forest hornbills gain new protections from unsustainable trade"
#Birds #Animals

African forest hornbills gain new protections from unsustainable trade
Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that regulates the currently unrestricted trade in all seven species of African forest hornbills. Eight West and Central African countries had tabled the proposal at the ongoing summit of CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, taking place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It calls for […]

As the Milan Winter Olympics approach, what are the environmental expectations? #Milan

As the Milan Winter Olympics approach, what are the environmental expectations?
Italy is preparing to host the 25th Winter Olympic Games next month—from Feb. 6 to the 22nd, followed by the Paralympic Games from March 6 to the 15th.

Catalonia bans access to natural areas in 91 municipalities until December 14 over African swine fever
https://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/african-swine-fever-outbreak-barcelona-catalonia-december-5-2025

Catalonia bans access to natural areas in 91 municipalities until December 14 over African swine fever
Entry to natural parks, forests, rivers, meadows, and farmland prohibited, though agricultural activity is allowed

FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average worker’s yearly pay by noon on 6 January
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/ftse-100-ceos-earn-more-than-average-worker-yearly-pay-by…

FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average worker’s yearly pay by noon on 6 January
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/ftse-100-ceos-earn-more-than-average-worker-yearly-pay-by…

"By pairing caffeine with CRISPR, a powerful gene editing technology known as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, scientists are developing new ways to treat long-term illnesses such as cancer and diabetes through an approach called chemogenetics."
CRISPR Meets Caffeine: Scientists Develop New Approach to Cancer Treatment
https://scitechdaily.com/crispr-meets-caffeine-scientists-develop-new-approach-to-cancer-treatment/

🌍 East African Rift study uncovers why breaking up is hard for some continents
#geology

East African Rift study uncovers why breaking up is hard for some continents
Tulane University researchers, collaborating with an international team of scientists, have discovered why some parts of Earth's crust remain strong while others give way, overturning long-held assumptions about how continents break apart.

2-year postdoc on the #history of USAID at @…
The Chair of African History at the University of Bayreuth invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The fellowship is embedded in the interdis…