Promoting sustainable energy solutions in sub-Saharan countries is crucial for addressing energy poverty, reducing carbon emissions, and fostering long-term environmental and economic sustainability. This study explored using indigenous knowledge and emerging technologies to reduce carbon footprints and GHG emissions in Africa's climate hotspots in sub-Saharan countries. The study revealed that operating institutions utilize various applications to ensure that energy management resources can mitigate the effects of carbon emissions. The study revealed that the most efficient use of natural resources for energy production requires collaboration among governments, private sectors, NGOs, and local communities. By adopting a holistic and inclusive approach, one can work toward a more sustainable and low-carbon energy future. This paper focuses on carbon footprint analysis and proposes solutions to address environmental issues in implementing sustainable energy solutions in sub-Saharan countries. A multifaceted approach involving effective strategies is needed to lower the carbon footprint. The contribution of this study is to improve energy consumption in communities in Africa by integrating climate resilience considerations into sustainable energy projects to ensure long-term viability. This will involve planning for changing climate conditions, such as extreme weather events, and designing infrastructure that can withstand and adapt to these challenges. It has been concluded that carbon footprint analysis is useful for determining the impacts of carbon particles in the world’s atmosphere. The role of energy management operations seeks to improve the assessment and analysis of carbon footprints by allowing atmospheric measurements of carbon.

Recently, shortcomings in legal policies and practices, together with lax land management, have led to many land conflicts, causing complex political and social hotspots. Among the causes of this situation are unreasonable compensation prices for site clearance; unclear land boundaries, lack of legal basis, lack of land management records; and overlaps and conflicts between customs and practices of land use with laws and administrative regulations in land management in ethnic minority areas. The purpose of this study is to clarify the limitations in land laws such as land use limits, land use terms; regulations on land recovery and compensation when recovering land, restrictions on land prices; regulations on resettlement for people whose land is recovered; land use planning; from these shortcomings, propose solutions to improve land laws to protect the legitimate interests of the people.

This study critically examines the ethical implications of the practice known as "point and kill," wherein nonhuman animals are selected and immediately killed for food, a practice that has become commonplace in many African cultures. While food is essential for the survival and growth of both human and nonhuman animals, the manner in which nonhuman animals are often treated as mere commodities raises significant ethical concerns. Despite extensive debates in contemporary animal ethics, the focus has predominantly been on issues such as biomedical research, animal confinement, and entertainment, with relatively little attention given to the ethical ramifications of using animals for food, particularly in the context of practices like "point and kill." This paper addresses the gap in the literature by interrogating the moral worth of nonhuman animals and questioning the justification for their wanton killing for human consumption. Employing critical and conceptual analysis, the study draws on the Igbo philosophy of ‘ugwu anu’ (animal integrity) to argue against speciesism and advocate for the moral consideration of nonhuman animals. It contends that nonhuman animals deserve care, respect, and fair treatment, and that the practice of "point and kill" reflects a speciesist attitude that undermines the inherent value of animal life. By bringing this issue to the forefront, the study contributes to the broader discourse on animal ethics and calls for a reevaluation of culturally ingrained practices that perpetuate animal suffering.

This study investigated the impact of AI-Powered Personalized Learning Platforms on the Academic Achievement and Motivation of Computer Science senior secondary school students in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) FCT-Abuja, Nigeria. The study raised two research questions and two corresponding hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a mixed research method; of both the quasi-experimental design and descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the public senior secondary school students in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A sample of 100 students was selected through a combination of purposive and simple random sampling techniques for the study. The researchers adopted Code.org as a treatment instrument while the instrument for data collection was a researchers’ designed Computer Achievement Test (CAT) and Motivation Based Questionnaire (MBQ). A draft of the questionnaire was validated through expert judgment involving three lecturers. This was done to establish the face and construct validity. The reliability of the instrument was established through a test-re-test method. A reliability co-efficient of 0.85 and 0.80 was established for both instruments (CAT & MBQ). The data collected were analysed by using independent t-test statistics to test the two formulated hypotheses. The results indicated that Code.org significantly improved the academic achievement of secondary school students compared to traditional learning methods. Furthermore, Code.org positively impacted the motivation of secondary school students. The study recommended amongst others that schools should adopt AI-powered personalized learning platforms such as Code.org for teaching and learning.

The main thrust of this study is to investigate organized crime, poverty, and drug trafficking in Nigeria: A sociological perspective. The study avers that organized crime, poverty and drug trafficking has been identified over the years as not only a threat to national security in Nigeria, but also a serious social problem befalling contemporary society and globally threaten peace and unity. Regrettably, Nigeria was initially tagged as a drug-transit nation, gradually; that conception has changed in recent times, because of frantic and dogged effort by government at all levels to fight drug related activities to a standstill. The study argued that regardless of the counter efforts by NDLEA and other government agencies, sizeable amounts of drugs gain passage through the extensive seaports, airports and land borders in Nigeria on a daily basis. The objective of the study is to investigate the effects of rising organized crime, poverty, and drug trafficking on national security in Nigeria with focus on social problems and increasing damage of our national image globally. However, the study relied heavily on relevant theoretical and empirical literature from internet search engines, such as Google, journals, and text books, etc. The study adopted a quantitative research method. Functionalism Theory were explained and adopted as theoretical framework. The study reveals that the preponderance increases of organized crime, poverty, and drug trafficking in Nigeria is a veritable strong weapon for terrorism financing, social problems, corruption inducement, political instability and neglect to economic development. This has affected Nigeria international image and the negative effects are highly felt in the rising level of insecurity and drug related crimes in the country. Consequently, data for the study were generated using the secondary sources interpretative documents related to the organized crime, poverty, and drug trafficking in Nigeria. The study also identified a high level of institutional cum political corruption, poverty (unemployment) as among major contributing factors to the rising trends of organized crime, drug trafficking in Nigeria. Based on the discussion the study recommended among others: Urgent steps should be taken to increase capacity building and strengthening of Nigerian security agencies as well as good governance.

This article presents the characteristics of the use of classifiers for animals in Vietnamese through an examination of the literary work "The Adventures of a Cricket" by the author Tô Hoài and its corresponding translation into modern Chinese. Based on the results obtained, we analyze the translation methods and propose recommendations and solutions that are appropriate for specific linguistic contexts.

Decentralized systems have often been associated with effective and inherent opportunities that promote citizen involvement and improve efficiency in the delivery of local services. This paper presents findings from a study carried out among local government practioners in Uganda that aimed at analysing the evolution of the decentralization system and identifying lessons from its past experiences. Three discussion groups of public officials were organised in the Central, East and Northern Districts of the country and tasked to give account for the decentralisation policy as it evolved in the last twenty-five years. The methodology was qualitative and participants gave their own accounts based on experience as practioners in the system. Findings revealed that the ambitious system that was aimed at giving full transfer of political and administrative powers to local communities had fallen short of its expectations and instead met far-reaching shortcomings and challenges. These included diminished local accountability, insufficient human and financial resources, corruption, patronage, and eventual recall by the central government of some of the transferred functions all of which have restricted the implementation of decentralised reforms and putting participation and efficiency in service delivery at stake. The paper recommends a redefinition of the objectives of the decentralisation policy and embracing the lessons learn in the past implementation process.