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Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease
Africa

Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease

Daniel Maxwell
5 min read
El Niño, war and aid cuts converge to push millions toward famine and mass displacement across the region
China is funding African farmers but not food processing and storage: Why it’s a problem
Africa

China is funding African farmers but not food processing and storage: Why it’s a problem

Adrino Mazenda
Development partners should support financing models that connect production with processing, post-harvest infrastructure, market access
Will El Niño drought hit food prices in South Africa? Earlier rains and grain stocks offer hope
Africa

Will El Niño drought hit food prices in South Africa? Earlier rains and grain stocks offer hope

Wandile Sihlobo
4 min read
Field crops will depend mostly on available soil moisture and the timing of showers going into the 2026-27 season
Climate shocks are hitting South Africa’s food businesses — study shows what they need to adapt
Africa’s wildlife laws follow a colonial model which separates people and animals: Why it’s not working
The Toben Gaa self-help group in Kenya discussing their agroforestry project, which helps smallholder farmers adapt to climate change.
The world has the science to transform food systems. The next frontier is scaling it
The 20km ripple effect: How mines can trigger distant deforestation in Africa
We are mapping and monitoring Africa’s underground water supplies in preparation for a hotter future —scientists
Fossil fuels still dominate in Africa’s electricity future — study tracks 3,139 power plants
Rhino horn: Why South Africa wants to revive the international trade, and why critics fear the consequences
AI offers promise for agriculture, but smallholder farmers risk being left behind
Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?
Why Africa — and the world — remain dangerously unprepared for the next pandemic
Poor pay is holding back Africa’s biodiversity research and reducing its contribution to global science
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