Treated bed nets are effective in preventing malaria where mosquitoes bite indoors and late at night.
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Kenya has managed to reduce the number of malaria cases in parts of the country. But this, in turn, has led to immunity levels dropping.
Herbs, roots and plants can have health benefits. But they can also interact negatively with Western medicines.
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Numerous traditional African medicines are undeniably beneficial in treating disease or maintaining good health.
Angry protests for free higher education by South African students forced the country to search for a solution.
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Land expropriation without compensation in South Africa will be resolved by opening up the economy and addressing inequalities.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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The US Secretary of State’s mission to Africa will produce few benefits for the continent or for US-Africa relations.
Gabonese President, Ali Bongo Ondimba, wants to be president for life.
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Gabon’s Ali Bongo Ondimba has watched over constitutional changes that have given him far reaching powers.
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Insights and approaches drawn from anthropology could be a useful part of the toolkit for a cop trying to catch a killer.
The idea of “Harambee” - self-help - was central to Jomo Kenyatta’s thinking and politics.
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Kenyans believe that fixing education is not someone else’s task or someone else’s failure.
In the Randilen Wildlife Management Area. higher densities of giraffes and dik-diks were found.
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A new study found that community-based wildlife conservation can quickly result in clear ecological success.
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South African commercial law courses do not address the question of what norms and procedures govern business relations in indigenous African communities.
Sailors from the French Navy ship “La Somme” board a small craft after a pirate attack on a French command and supply ship in 2010.
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The number of piracy attacks has certainly declined. But the risk of being attacked at sea remains.
The polyphagous shothole borer is tiny - but a fungus it’s commonly associated with can be deadly for trees.
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The beetle and the fungus have devastated trees in California in the US as well as in Israel. Now they’re in South Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa during the late night announcement of his new cabinet.
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Overall South Africa’s new president has a cabinet that forms a team with whom he can work.
Spring Festival Gala with some Chinese actors in blackface.
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In China, like in other parts of the world, Africa is routinely treated as a single unit, erasing its linguistic, racial and cultural diversity.
Men transporting a large bag in the Muvumba river valley in Kigali. A massive Rwandan electrification programme sets out to benefit rural communities.
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A massive rural on-grid electrification programme in Rwanda has delivered considerable benefits. But is it the most sensible way to deliver power to remote areas?
Small economic players stand no chance to thrive in South Africa due to domination of key sectors by monopolies.
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South Africa’s idea of radical economic transformation is missing a critical element.
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In the future, traps for mosquito that spread the dengue and chikungunya virus could be made from the carbon dioxide in human breathe as well as body odour.
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In a society like South Africa’s that is increasingly becoming polarised, simplified opinions should be approached with caution.
Kenya lacks skilled welders who can work on a live oil pipeline.
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To realise Kenya’s oil, gas and mining potential, the sector needs more people with the right skills to support it.
Donor funding for HIV treatment has saved millions of lives in sub Saharan Africa.
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Remarkable progress is being made on HIV treatment. But African countries need to work on sustainable ways to ensure the treatment programmes are not entirely dependent on foreign aid.
Jacob Zuma.
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The obituary of the Zuma administration can be summed up with its ethos: grab as much and as fast as you can.