A University of Johannesburg (UJ) professor has become the first African woman to be elected as a VP of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). She was also appointed to the International Science Council. She is Algerian-born South African Medical Geology Professor Hassina Mouri. The IUGS was founded in 1961 and is one of the largest scientific organisations in the world. Its member bodies represent more than a million geoscientists worldwide, and it seeks to facilitate and advance international cooperation for the study of geological problems, as well as interdisciplinary cooperation in the Earth sciences.
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