Stephen Appiah Takyi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Owusu Amponsah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Ghana’s government should shift to a community-based and voluntary approach to forest restoration and conservation
Quantifying the financial costs of overweight and obesity is important for national policy.
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Lowering obesity and overweight rates will lift the burden on healthcare spending.
American president Joe Biden, left, with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2021 G7 Summit in England.
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Nigerian students can support positive environmental behaviour if they learn about the impact of solid waste management on society.
Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome often battle infertility and may not conceive easily. Photo by Florian Plaucheur/AFP via Getty Images.
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is common among women and girls in Nigeria but not many know its impact on their lives and reproductive health.
South Africa’s education system has not given people numeracy and technical skills needed for jobs like plumbing.
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High unemployment rates are among South Africa’s biggest challenges. Three of the president’s advisors talk through what is needed to change the status quo.
The waters of Lake Nyos, Cameroon, turn a murky brown following a deadly release of toxic gas.
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Queen Elizabeth adjusted with aplomb and good grace – personally and as monarch – as countries achieved their independence from Britain.
Members of Operation Dudula sing and chant slogans during their protest outside the Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville township, west of Pretoria, restricting undocumented migrants from accessing healthcare.
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Small, organised groups of South Africans who are stopping undocumented foreigners from using hospitals bring the issue of migrants accessing healthcare into the spotlight.
Smile if you love dinosaurs as much as Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus loved being a carnivore.
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The African continent is a rich repository for dinosaur fossils, including teeth and track marks.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma appearing in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in 2020 on charges of corruption.
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Former South African president Zuma is trying to turn the contestation of a court hearing into an all-out war and chill those who pursue justice against him.
A large number of West African women rely on the blue economy to survive.
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A project to transcribe Dutch colonial records of the weather in Cape Town can benefit modelling of future climate scenarios and assist in forecasting weather now.
A protester holds a placard as workers show solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
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Public universities in Nigeria have been bedevilled by lecturers’ strikes for years. To break the cycle, the union insists the institutions should be adequately funded.
A container ship docks at the Lamu Port in Kenya.
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Ramaphosa’s presidency has been dogged by several controversies related to his business interests.
Le Président chinois Xi Jinping en train de s'adresser au sommet Chine-Afrique par vidéoconférence depuis Pékin, le 17 juin 2020.
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Cette dernière annulation de la dette reflète la pression que la Chine ressent dans le débat sur la dette à l’échelon international..
Inauguration ceremony of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, left, and vice president Francia Marquez in Bogota, on 7 August.
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