We're on our way to having a new housepet, a study suggests. Also, mountain gorillas join humans as part of the (exclusive) 'grandmother hypothesis.'

As the G20 Summit kicks off in Johannesburg, civil society groups and NGOs are pushing for a people-first agenda — on issues like climate justice, debt relief, and social equity. But can grassroots voices truly impact the world's most powerful economies? DW's Eddy Micah Jr. speaks to Sekoetlane Phamodi, Director, New Economy Hub at the African Climate Foundation and DW correspondent Dianne Hawker

Zimbabwe's health system is on life support. Hospitals are understaffed, patients are waiting, and thousands of professionals have left for better opportunities abroad. Why is the country facing a shortage of 14,000 health workers?

A deadly stampede during a recent Ghanaian army recruitment event killed six. How is the military fixing safety and restoring trust?

Can Nigeria curb its diabetes crisis with tech, awareness, and policy reforms on World Diabetes Day?

Solar power is the cheapest energy source in history - and wind isn’t far behind. So why isn't the clean energy transition moving faster? In a new three-part miniseries, we’re digging into why the switch is so damn hard. From solar mega-farms in Morocco to European bottlenecks to climate writer Bill McKibben’s office, we're asking what the holdup is - and where to from here. Starting November 21.

The sanctions loophole allowing EU countries to import Russian LNG, the climate knowledge gap left by war, and the EU’s largest rare-earth magnet factory… right on Estonia’s Russian border. Later: inter-European high-speed rail travel, reducing the carbon footprint of cement, French reforestation and UK wine. + LNG report https://shorturl.at/nj93t + Cement report https://shorturl.at/qeXYY + ?maca=en-podcast_inside-europe-949-xml-mrss

An alarming number of young people are using two very unhelpful drugs to help them sleep. Also, what's behind the sharp decline in youth crime?

Many Kenyan and South African men promised jobs end up fighting for Russia in Ukraine. How are Africans being drawn into the war?

Uganda's parliamentary campaigns kick off ahead of January's high-stakes election. The opposition pushes for change as the ruling NRM fights to keep power in a race that will test the country's democracy.