An activist poses for the camera outside Botswana High Court which ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality in June 2019.
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Predominant public sentiment remains largely anti-homosexual and overshadows constitutionally guaranteed rights in Africa.
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In some communities, over a quarter of the children were misclassified as iron replete whereas they were iron deficient.
Kenyan women launched the #HerLifeMatters campaign in Nairobi in 2019 against femicide.
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An international protocol to document and investigate sexual violence in conflict is falling short.
Kenya has seen a huge decline in the number of roan antelopes.
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Kenya can save its roan population if it re-stocks from other countries, eliminates poaching and improves their habitat.
Donkey carries water for pastoralists in Marsabit, Kenya.
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Ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicine, is what’s driving demand for donkey skins the most. It consists of gelatin that is extracted from boiled donkey hides.
A man runs through a desert locust swarm in Kitui County, Kenya.
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Changing weather modifies insect traits and can have an impact on their food, natural enemies and predators.
Students at school on Rusinga Island, Kenya.
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Overcrowding can have severe negative consequences for the education and safety of learners.
The links between people, animals and the environment call for a new approach to health.
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The interdependency between humans, animals and the environment is becoming more pronounced. This calls for an interdisciplinary approach to health problems.
Ethiopia’s economic growth hovered between 8%-11% for over 10 years but its sovereign credit rating has not been upgraded
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The alarm being raised by multilateral financial institutions about rising government debt across Africa is exaggerated. The real problem is that African governments pay way over the odds for debt.
Viral sequences related to known human coronavirus outbreaks have been identified in horsehoe bats.
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Understanding the many factors that may play a role in spillover of pathogens from bats to humans requires systematic surveillance of bat populations.
Avocados are grown in several parts of Kenya.
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Smallholder avocado farmers in Kenya face several barriers to participating in export markets.
Serious lead poisoning cases are a growing problem on the continent.
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Unregulated and hazardous lead acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants are often adjacent to residential areas, agricultural and grazing lands.
A road destroyed by a landslide in West Pokot County, northwestern Kenya. November 23 2019.
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The unusual weather can be attributed to the Indian Ocean Dipole. This is the difference in sea surface temperatures between the eastern and western tropical Indian Ocean.
Peter Mutharika during his inauguration as the President of Malawi last May. A court has annnulled his election.
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Will the same electoral commission, so heavily criticised in the court’s ruling, improve its capacity and arrange more credible elections?
Parsons chameleon, Calumma parsonii, in Andasibe - Analamazaotra National Park, Madagascar.
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This fossil find provides strong evidence of an African origin for some Malagasy chameleon lineages.
Daniel arap Moi
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Moi’s financial generosity, skills in the vernacular, frequent tours of the countryside, and excellent memory for names and faces kept him popular with many.
A man chases away a swarm of desert locusts in the bush near Enziu, Kitui County, some 200km east of the capital Nairobi, Kenya.
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The best way of dealing with desert locust, as other locust species, is to adopt a preventive management strategy.
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The number of users is likely to grow and there are health risks, so now is the time to act.
Cancer cases are on the rise in many parts of the continent.
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The rapid rise in cancer cases can be attributed to major societal and environmental changes that have occurred in the past few decades.
Kenyan health workers from port health services screen inbound travelers for temperatures at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
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Airport public health officials have got better at screening at ports of entry especially for international arrivals.