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Pangolins are among the most trafficked and poached mammals in the world.
Zoo-based research can teach us about the needs of animals in our care.
About 60% of the human body is made up of water. Excessive water loss can be fatal.
Niger is cutting military ties with the US. This has implications for security in the Sahel region.
Major African cocoa plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans.
Nigeria’s forest resources have dwindled and are in danger of disappearing in a few decades if nothing is done to save them.
The Independent Electoral Commission cannot afford to put a foot wrong in the country’s most important election since democracy in 1994, on 29 May.
Nigeria’s sudden and total removal of fuel subsidies was not the best strategy to use.
L’accord n’a pas rencontré une volonté populaire au Mali exigeant son application, mais au contraire, il a été appréhendé comme le catalyseur de la division du pays.
It is feared that the current violence against political opposition in Chad could signal the beginning of another long term dictatorship.
Lorsque l'argent est mêlé aux relations, les choses peuvent vite devenir compliquées.
Important factors, such as conflict, are central to understanding a country’s degree of press freedom, development and democratisation.
Approximately 22% of Malawians are food insecure, partly because of the poor maize harvest in 2023.
Attempts to postpone Senegal’s election indefinitely reflect deeper governance problems within Macky Sall’s administration, and the shortcomings of his chosen heir, Amadou Ba.
South Africa’s national survey of food and nutrition security identifies the areas most in need.
By reporting this new way that future antivenoms can fail, the research has highlighted a problem with current antivenom testing recommendations.
Fibre optic cables now literally encircle Africa, though some parts of the continent are far better connected than others.
Le stock mondial de vaccins contre le choléra est épuisé, ce qui est préoccupant pour l'Afrique australe. Quelles sont les raisons et les mesures prises pour remédier aux pénuries en Afrique ?
Several conditions must be met to ensure the successful launch and operation of a multilateral currency.
Factors pushing inflation rates downwards in other parts of the world are achieving the exact opposite result in Nigeria.
Sleep is an essential part of life. What happens when we don’t get enough sleep and how do we ensure that we do?
Office workers are sedentary for hours at a time. Our research looked at what they should do to stay healthy.
When money is entangled with relationships, it can often become a tricky situation.
Negative perceptions of police professionalism and corruption go hand in hand with low public trust in the police, poor marks on government performance, and citizens’ sense of insecurity.