#wired.com. × #Mar.03.2025 A Lethal Mystery Illness Is Spreading in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response. Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.
#Health #Politics #Tech × #Africa × #USA #North America #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#wired.com. × #Feb.27.2025 A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC. More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.
#Health #Tech × #Africa × #Ebola hemorrhagic fever #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#wired.com. × #Feb.19.2025 Meta Will Build the World's Longest Undersea Cable. Meta's Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents, with landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa.
#Tech × #Africa × #Brazil #South America #South Africa #USA #Asia #North America #India
#wired.com. × #Feb.10.2025 The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison. As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between the world’s biggest crypto exchange and a government determined to make it pay.
#Business #Tech × #Nigeria #Africa × #USA #North America #Binance
#wired.com. × #Feb.08.2025 The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk. HIV research programs have been halted, and many treatment clinics are still closed, despite a waiver for “life-saving” humanitarian aid.
#Tech × #Africa ×
#wired.com. × #Feb.08.2025 How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World. Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to science to be recognized.
#Science #Tech × #Morocco #Africa ×
#wired.com. × #Feb.01.2025 US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time. A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.
#Tech × #Africa × #USA #North America
#wired.com. × #Jan.11.2025 A Glowing Metal Ring Crashed to Earth. No One Knows Where It Came From. The 1,100-pound mystery object landed in Kenya at the end of December. Experts are still baffled.
#Science #Tech × #Kenya #Africa ×
#wired.com. × #May.30.2020 In the Walking Capitals of the World, Drivers Still Rule the Road. In sub-Saharan Africa, about half of travelers move around by foot. Yet in its cities, conditions for pedestrians remain incredibly dangerous.
#Automotive #Tech × #Africa ×
#wired.com. × #Apr.27.2020 26 Hours on a Saharan Freight Train. Photographer Adrian Guerin rode Mauritania’s Train du Desert, one of the world’s longest trains, at the hottest time of the year. It nearly broke him.
#Tech × #Weather #Mauritania #Africa ×
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