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Many of Africa’s forests are unknown to the public at large, yet so fascinating and important.
Thousands of people have fled inter-ethnic clashes in northern Cameroon.
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The failures of nominally elected governments has denied leaders - as well as the democratic system - a vanguard popular constituency.
Coast of Robberg marine protected area at the Robberg Peninsula, South Africa.
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If the local context and priorities of those who most directly rely on natural resources for their survival isn’t considered, conservation efforts will continue to fail.
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore at the Elysee Palace, in Paris in November.
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Macron’s approach to Africa policy emulates the 1950’s strategies. Why? A big part of the answer can be found in the fact that today’s global circumstances are similar to those of post-World War II.
Un chat de forêts.
Image capturée par les pièges photographiques du projet
L’opinion généralement acceptée est que Madagascar n'a pas de chats indigènes, pourtant ils sont très nombreux.
A baby scale hangs on a tree branch during a malnutrition screening session in Ifotaka, southern Madagascar.
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Out of the last six years in Madagascar, five years have had poor or very bad rainy seasons.
Andry Rajoelina, le président de la République de Madagascar.
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Madagascar semble se diriger vers une nouvelle crise politique, beaucoup plus complexe et probablement plus violente que les précédentes.
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina.
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Madagascar seems to be heading towards a new political crisis, much more complex and probably more violent than the previous ones.
The Coquerel Sifaka in its natural environment in a Malagasy national park.
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Most of Madagascar’s conservation and research projects are conceptualised and funded from abroad.
King Mswati III of eSwatini, Africa’s last absolute monarch, is facing growing demands for democracy and rule of law.
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There is more support for democracy among African people than is often recognised. Yet this can be undermined by election rigging and is lower in countries like Lesotho, Mozambique and South Africa.
Technology has been key in tackling fraud.
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Countries have adopted a wide array of measures involving a proliferation of fraud agencies.
Still standing: a structure surrounded by lava following a volcanic eruption on 23 May 2021 in Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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National governments need to wake up to the volcanic risks posed by tectonic rifting around Mount Nyiragongo.
Madagascar’s former president, Didier Ratsiraka.
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Ratsiraka was a national hero and great patriot for some, for others a ruthless dictator.
Brookesia tedi, described in 2019, is one of the smallest chameleons, and indeed one of the smallest amniote vertebrates, on earth.
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Madagascar stands out as an exceptionally interesting place in which to study the evolution of “mini” creatures. And we are only just starting to scratch the surface of this.
A nurse holds a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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Even those that live in areas where the population has already been vaccinated would not be totally protected if the virus mutates elsewhere.
A coalition of physicians, AIDS activists and medical students protest Trump’s global gag rule, which expands the policy restriction to all US health funding.
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Trump’s expanded global gag rule weakened national health systems and created barriers to women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare access.
Farmhouse near Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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Agricultural investments could play a role in reducing poverty and improving food security.
Residents of Lamu, Kenya, accuse the government of ignoring their concerns and going ahead with the construction of a huge port.
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Africa’s blue economy initiatives focused on economic outcomes. Limited attention was given to social equity and ecological sustainability.
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Currently, there is no evidence that this highly effective antimalarial can treat COVID-19 – and the threat of drug resistance should deter us from using it indiscriminately.
A forest cat.
Captured by the project's camera trap.
The conventional view is that Madagascar has no native cats. Yet, cats are plentiful.