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Sylvia Chebet
Senior Editor, TRT AFRIKA English
Senior Editor, TRT AFRIKA English
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You don’t smoke. Could being around smokers affect your chances of having a baby?
A WHO review links tobacco exposure to infertility in both women and men. But experts warn women who do not smoke but are exposed to second-hand smoke also have an estimated 1.2-times higher risk of infertility.
3 min read
Can Africa skip costly infrastructure and move straight into the AI era?
As mobile internet, cloud services and AI spread across the continent, some technology leaders argue that Africa’s greatest advantage may be its ability to leapfrog expensive legacy infrastructure and build directly for the next digital era.
6 min read
Mistake or intentional? US map of Africa blunder sparks outrage
The US apologised for displaying a flawed map of Africa at a conference, but critics say the incident exposes more than a presentation error, reopening questions about AI, institutional knowledge and efforts to correct distorted portrayals of Africa.
4 min read
Africa’s climate whiplash: Lives lost, homes washed away, futures uncertain
Between mid-December 2025 and February 2026, floods and cyclones affected an estimated 1.9 million people, claimed more than 370 lives, and displaced over 175,000 others—particularly in Mozambique, Madagascar, and South Africa.
4 min read
World TB Day: How GeneXpert machines are transforming the fight against TB in Togo and Congo
For countries that once had to send samples abroad to culture the bacteria and test antibiotic resistance, this represents a dramatic shift. Previously, results could take six to eight months—delays that severely hampered patient care.
5 min read
Mauritius vs UK: The hidden story of Chagos Islands
While colonial rule in Africa appeared to have formally ended with South Africa’s triumph over the apartheid regime, Mauritius has yet to achieve full decolonization, and the US-Iran war has thrown its sovereignty dream into further disarray.
10 min read
River blindness: How Congo-Brazzaville is tackling the neglected tropical disease along Congo River
The debilitating disease presents with intense itching, skin rashes, thickening, and can ultimately lead to blindness.
4 min read
Sudan war: After 1,000 days of fighting, women bear the brunt of world's worst humanitarian crisis
Friday, Jan. 9, marks the 1,000th day of war in Sudan. The UN says majority of female-headed households are suffering acute hunger crisis.
5 min read
How the first quarter of this century changed the world
From imagining a telephone as a bell in the 1960s to teaching over Zoom in a borderless digital village, each generation proves how technology keeps widening the radius of human possibility.
7 min read
Community to crisis: How Africa became the world's loneliest continent
A WHO report states that loneliness claims 100 lives globally each hour while strong social ties promote health, longevity and productivity, proving that human connection is as vital as medicine.
5 min read
