Kenya joins the ‘Elephant Protection Initiative’
President Kenyatta makes pledge as part of package of conservation on signing to the Pan-African ‘Giants Club’
Access to midwives could annually save 1.2 million lives in East and Southern Africa by 2035
Achievements depend on midwives gaining better education and training
East Africa drought: ‘Climate change is making La Niña impact severe’
Climate change is pushing countries like Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia into a famine as they face their fifth consecutive deficit rainy seasons
We mapped green spaces in South Africa and found a legacy of apartheid
Using publicly available satellite images in combination with the 2011 census data, we found that virtually all (96 per cent) South African …
Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it
Translating lessons learnt during the outbreak in West Africa into improved vision health is an ongoing necessity in Congo
Foreign investors perpetuating poverty in Africa, says report
The Annual Progress Report of Africa says the continent is losing 6% of GDP a year, mostly due tto illegal logging and unregulated fishing
Starvation, disease: Tribes of Lower Omo bear the brunt of development projects
Oakland Institute report looks into condition of Ethiopian Indigenous communities displaced for dams, sugarcane plantations
South Africa’s great white sharks are changing locations — they need to be monitored for beach safety and conservation
Great white sharks have a pivotal role in marine ecosystems
Africa Protected Areas Congress puts spotlight on protection and conservation of biodiversity
First-ever meet by IUCN to outline long-term strategies; to give voice to marginalised communities
When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa
Ability to produce speech sounds catapulted Homo sapiens into a world in which they would dominate all other species
Droughts bring disease: Here are 4 ways they do it
Prolonged dry spells, particularly in semi-arid and arid regions, may have serious impacts, particularly if people aren’t prepared
Autonomous Africa CDC a game-changer on disease outbreak response: Experts
Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention will now be in a position to assess disease outbreaks on the continent and declare it an …
Why history will judge Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza harshly
Pierre Nkurunziza ruled with an iron fist, making few compromises: his insistence in 2015 on changing the constitution to enable him to have …
Africa aims to end hunger by 2025; FAO for curbing food imports
UN's food agency emphasises on need to improve local and traditional nutritious food, calls for private investments to increase the food security …
Gum arabic from Africa’s acacia trees in the Sahel is used in hundreds of products: What’s worth knowing
Sudan accounts for about 70% of global gum arabic exports
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
From trash to power: How to harness energy from Africa’s garbage dumps — and save billions in future damage
Garbage dumps in 44 sub-Saharan African countries are 95 per cent unregulated
COP28: Can Africa Green Industrialisation Initiative be the Continent’s Holy Grail?
African leaders & experts broadly agree with green industrialisation; but completely convincing countries heavily reliant on oil to abandon …
Famine should not exist in 2022, yet Somalia faces its worst yet. Wealthy countries, pay your dues
Over 300,000 people in Somalia may be in famine by December
Nigeria’s food insecurity: Declaring a state of emergency isn’t a real solution — here’s what is
Prices of staple food items have risen by over 25% over the last year
Money is breaking democracy in Nigeria
As long as money can buy votes, the future of democracy is uncertain
Namibia rejects Russian company’s mining permit
Raises environmental concerns over extraction methods
COVID-19: Africa could suffer 1.2 bln infections, 3.3 mln deaths, UN agency warns
A host of factors make the continent particularly vulnerable to the pandemic, it said
Antibiotic resistance: AMR among poultry, cattle a worry for Kenya
Health ministry draws up ways to prevent antibiotics residue from ending up in plate
Cape Town invites public comments on draft water strategy
Says the strategy will ensure the city is more resilient to future natural droughts