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 origins
Ghana’s electricity crisis is holding the country back — how it got here
A rapid succession of regimes and the ravages of structural adjustment policies in the 1980s and 1990s challenged the ability of Ghana to clean …
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
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 …
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 …
The Woman King is more than an action movie – it shines a light on the women warriors of Benin
For some African feminists, African women have never been frail and defenceless
Deforestation increases frequency of thunderstorms locally in West Africa: Study
Study shows storm frequency has doubled in the region in 30 years
Ebola outbreak nears an end, but stigmas remain
The epidemic has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa
Hanging in balance: 64% of West African coast highly or very highly vulnerable, shows study
Socio-economic factors, especially human development activity, major contributor to vulnerability
Lassa fever kills 41 in Nigeria
The first case of the viral disease in the country was reported in November 2015
Ebola spreads to the West, authorities struggle to control it
Health care professionals in Spain, Norway and the US are being treated
Amid Ebola crisis, West Africa fears Lassa fever outbreak
Symptoms of Lassa mimic the initial symptoms of Ebola virus disease
Ebola can still spread to other parts of world: UN top official
6,928 people have already died from Ebola and more than 16,000 have been infected
New prototype diagnostic tools can help in cheaper and faster detection of Ebola
Present Ebola tests cost US $60 to $200 each and take about six hours
Bushmeat contributing to Ebola epidemic, warns FAO
Ebola death toll rises to over 630
Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after 1 person dies of rare Sudan strain
Sudan strain’s case fatality rates ranged from 41% to 100% in previous outbreaks
A year after worst Ebola outbreak, world is still unprepared to tackle such epidemics
‘Viruses, not wars, may kill people in large numbers in future’
Genesis of malaria
A study links malaria to farming
Cash-strapped cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast struggle with poor harvest
Erratic weather blamed for low quality of beans
Clinical trials for Ebola drug begin in Liberia
The drug was originally developed for other viruses
Health minister asks authorities to be prepared for Ebola emergency
The present outbreak of the virus in West Africa has claimed nearly 5,500 lives
West Africa’s plastic waste could be fuelling the economy instead of polluting the ocean: Experts
World Rainforest Day: Goliath frogs need urgent conservation measures
Goliath frog population is estimated to have halved in the last 15 years
Farmers in Burkina Faso give smart answer to climate change
Adoption of innovative techniques restores 300,000 ha of degraded land
Monitoring animal health must to prevent Ebola-like outbreaks: FAO
70 per cent of infectious diseases in recent decades have originated in animals