Antibiotic resistance: The magic bullet’s toll
What if a saviour turns into a killer? After 80 years of use, overuse and abuse of antibiotics — termed magic bullets — microbes have …
International Water Conference to focus on water security, peace
The conference, beginning from May 13, will discuss the role of water for driving peace and sustainable development in the world
Why Tanzania’s army is buying country's entire cashew nut
A crisis brimming in Tanzania over the price of cashews has led to a spate of twists and turns
Seychelles launches world’s first sovereign blue bond
Proceeds from the bond will include support for the expansion of marine protected areas, improved governance of priority fisheries and the …
Sahara, the largest hot desert, expanded by 10 per cent in the 20th century
Climate change is causing the expansion of the desert into once arable land, says a study
Ghana targets bringing a million fisherfolk under insurance cover
The nationwide rollout will cover all the landing beaches across the fishing communities in the country. The scheme was launched on December 1, 2015
Lake Victoria: CSE lays out strategy to manage water quality in Tanzania
Startegy for Mwanza city suggests greater focus on Nyashishi river needed, connecting households to sewer lines and waste segregation
राहत भरी खबर, अफ्रीका में कम हो रहे हैं कोविड-19 के मामले
विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन ने कहा है कि अफ्रीका में कोविड-19 के मामलों में पहली बार साप्ताहिक मामलों में खासी गिरावट दर्ज की गई है
WHO’s Ebola vaccination strategy ineffective in DRC: MSF
The aid agency has also called for an independent, international committee to manage Ebola vaccine stocks and their use
Ethiopia, Rwanda make history; churn out gender-balanced cabinets
Both nations join a handful of mostly European nations to have this distinction
Ebola fear spreads to DRC’s neighbours as millions of displaced people migrate
Humanitarian crisis in DRC is forcing millions to flee to Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania
Progress on controlling malaria cases stalls due to lack of funds: WHO
To achieve 40 per cent reduction in malaria cases and mortality rates by 2020, the focus should be on the most heavily affected countries in Africa
How international scientific collaborators sideline African researchers
Scientists from sub-Saharan Africa writing research papers on health in their own countries are often not named first or senior author, finds a study
Experts call for action against spread of mycetoma
At the sixth international conference in Sudan they said it’s essential to set goals and milestones to trigger collaborative research on …
Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples
This would have a strong impact on nutrition and the environment, in turn helping to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals
Climate change will increase severe stunting by 55 per cent in Sub-Saharan Africa: report
Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to the health risks of climate change because of weak systems in health, infrastructure and environment
UN must help Africa meet Sustainable Development Goals, says Secretary-General
Guterres said that the best prevention of conflicts lies in sustainable and inclusive development
Earth lost a tenth of wilderness in just two decades
Major losses have occurred in the Amazon and Africa. Efforts to protect the critical areas are failing to keep pace with the rate of loss
COVID-19 pandemic can slow progress in policy making for healthy ageing in Africa: WHO
Low literacy rates among elderly made access to online health services difficult
CITES CoP 2019: Resolution seeking closure of domestic ivory markets not adopted
30 African countries panned EU, Japan for not closing legal ivory markets
Zimbabwe lifts ban on lion hunting
Ban was imposed recently, in the wake of Cecil the lion’s death
India projected to be world’s most populous country next year: UN Report
The world population will reach 8 billion November 15, 2022
COVID-19 derailed universal health coverage in Africa, flags report
There have been signs of progress, but they have been slow, the report said
NASA images show impact of Cyclone Eloise on Mozambique
Thousands of acres of farmlands have been flooded by the cyclone
Zimbabwe sold 97 sub-adult elephants to China, UAE
Cash-strapped southern African country earned $2.7 million