Cities can adapt by creating new zoning regulations, restoring wetlands to protect against floods and planning green infrastructure
How to end hunger in sub-Saharan Africa: Fight inequality, gender imbalances and climate change
West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes
El Nino drought leaves Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba only 13% full: A disaster for people & wildlife
Ghanaians love rice — how smallholder farmers could harvest more of it with the help of machines
Efforts to produce more rice often results in increased labour-intensive work for smallholder farmers
West Africa’s falling fish stocks: Illegal Chinese trawlers, climate change and artisanal fishing fleets to blame
Current west African coastal fishing crisis in the Gulf of Guinea is complex because it has multiple and reinforcing ...
Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains
Rising temperatures in northern Ghana influence the incidence and spread of cerebrospinal meningitis
South Africa’s crucial water supplies from Lesotho: What the six-month shutdown means for industry, farming, residents
If people start extracting groundwater, this could put additional strain on already stressed ecosystems
Microplastics in Nigeria’s Osun River: New study flags alarmingly high levels
A recent study found as many as 22,079 pieces of microplastic in just a litre of water
Africa now emits as much carbon as it stores: Landmark study
Anthropogenic sources increased to neutralise sequestration gains; here's what can be done to reverse the trend
El Nino disasters: Governments know what’s coming, but are unprepared — what must change
There is a need to be clearer about who does what and coordinate preparations for disasters better
The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights
Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalised female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults
Why rural Nigeria needs to fix its sanitation gaps on a war footing
Open defecation near water source deteriorates quality causing a visicious circle of poor sanitation & water crisis
Pangolins in Africa: Expert unpacks why millions have been traded illegally and what can be done about it
China and Vietnam are the main destinations for these illegal shipments
Cocoa beans are in short supply: What this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers
A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana
Malawi and maize: Prices have spiked on the back of bad weather and trade bans
Sustained excess margins in Malawi indicate that regional trade is not working well
Almost 50% of adult South Africans are overweight or obese. Poverty and poor nutrition are largely to blame
69% of obese adults from food insecure households where families had little dietary choices
Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it’ll take for it to succeed
Close coordination of macroeconomic and budgetary policies, establishment of robust monetary management institutions and creation of an integrated common market ...
What’s behind the worldwide shortage of cholera vaccines? For starters, they’re only made by one company
Oral cholera vaccine stockpiles ran dry at the beginning of 2024
Nigeria risks losing all its forest elephants – what we found when we went looking for them
Habitat fragmentation, forest degradation, illegal hunting, genetic isolation and human-elephant conflict means the future of these elephants is precarious
East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during the short rainy season — new study
In the long term it is crucial to ensure that any new infrastructure is robust to withstand more frequent ...
Kenya’s had unusually hot weather — an expert unpacks what could be causing it
What Nairobi has had is a wave of hot weather that the human body can easily adjust to.
Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa — why this is wrong
Financial links between corporations and academic institutions are well known to lead to conflicts of interest
Serengeti migration: fire and rain affect how zebras, wildebeest and gazelles make the journey
This may help conservationists manage migratory herbivore populations, especially as they face future threats due to human induced climate ...
Africa’s debt crisis needs a bold new approach: Expert outlines a way forward
Africa needs to advocate more aggressively for its own interests