COVID-19, climate crisis: 7.8 million across east Africa pushed to starvation
Floods and locust outbreak in east African region lead to increased food shortages, where 34 million people are acutely food insecure
Africa’s research ecosystem needs a culture of mentoring
Mentoring can help build the confidence of young scholars, thereby reducing likelihood of brain drain from the region
What’s driving Africa’s population growth. And what can change it
What’s driving population growth on the continent, and what can be done to slow the trend, is one of the subjects that will be addressed …
18 African countries yet to link health to climate action plans: WHO
Only 29 countries have developed and implemented the health-related National Adaptation Plan to mitigate climate change risks
Lives of 130,000 elephants threatened by new massive oil field in Africa
DTE Coverage of COM2024
Week-long annual gathering of African finance ministers in Zimbabwe found continent trades more with outside world than with itself
South Africa’s Agulhas long-billed lark: adapting and surviving despite farming taking over their nesting grounds
Because it only occurs in a small part of South Africa, the Agulhas long-billed lark presents ecotourism value and forms part of South Africa&…
New law will make Nigeria’s petroleum industry attractive to investors
Among the main objectives of the Petroleum Industry Act are to define the relationship between the society, investors; create regulatory and …
After catastrophic drought for 6 years, flash floods in Somalia displace 200,000
The situation in Somalia is not an isolated incident, rather it is happening in other parts of Africa as well
South Africa’s drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure and neglect – new report
The current state of affairs was predicted two decades ago by numerous researchers and experts
Marburg Virus disease outbreak declared by WHO
Previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in other parts of Africa, including in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, …
Energy giant Shell to pay 15 million euros to Nigerian farmers
Four farmers had sued Shell in 2008, demanding that it pay for cleaning spills in the Niger Delta which had severely polluted three villages
How Africans can assess the value of the latest G7 summit
African scepticism as to whether the west will deliver has merit.
Malawi’s tiny Chapman’s chameleons are holding on for dear life
Populations of the Chapman’s pygmy chameleon in isolated forest patches are ‘genetically disconnected’
Why Nigeria must include parents in plans to protect girls from cervical cancer
Only 8.7 per cent of Nigerian women had a pap smear in 2018
Nine African nations on track to join solar ‘gigawatt club’
Algeria emerging as the continent's third ‘solar champion’ after South Africa and Egypt
Sustainable land management key to controlling degradation, achieving neutrality
The benefits of action against land degradation through sustainable management are seven times higher than its cost in 15 years
Researchers discover new tree species in Tanzania mountains
Mischogyne iddi trees have larger leaves and range between 13 and 45 centimetre in diametre
COP27: African countries launch ‘game-changing’ carbon credits initiative
Target to provide 300 million carbon credits every year by 2030
Kenya election 2022: The candidates, issues and role of money in a fierce contest
Raila Odinga and William Ruto are the leading candidates in the polls
African cities and climate change: The real debate is who should pay to fix the problem
Re-balancing the carbon equation so African cities urbanise sustainably requires immediate and major investments in infrastructure
Tinubu inherits Nigeria’s high debt — an economist analyses what this means for the country’s future
Nigeria’s external debt stock —what it owes non-residents — was $41.69 billion in 2022
South Africa topples Tunisia as most food secure — what are the lessons for sub–Saharan Africa
Governments must employ multi-pronged approach to ensure affordability, availability, quality and safety of food
Togo first in Africa to end sleeping sickness
The west African country did not report any cases for the past 10 years, achieving this feat after more than 2 decades of disease surveillance
New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected
While many children who are HIV-exposed and also HIV-uninfected are growing and developing well, some face greater risks