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Urban spaces are a repository of people’s beliefs, memories and collective conscience.
Bird flu has been recurring in Africa since 2006 and Nigeria is heavily affected. High-level biosecurity measures are required to keep people and animals safe.
Urban farms can work in developing countries if farmers and architects are aware of conditions that favour food production in built spaces.
Researchers encourage citizen scientists to contribute to datasets on animal deaths caused by infrastructure. This will inform efforts to reduce the human impact on biodiversity.
Zambia has progressively incorporated green-based policy interventions since the 1960s.
Poverty drives vulnerability to climate risks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, has a chief heat officer, the first in Africa. She has her work cut out for her.
Tropical cyclones are becoming more frequent in the Indian Ocean. Here’s why and what that means.
Nigeria’s incoming president must prioritise environmental protection to avert further loss of the country’s biodiversity.
Vehicle import restrictions on their own are unlikely to yield meaningful, sustained public health and environmental gains in Africa.
South Africa needs to integrate urban green spaces as part of valuable infrastructure and provide framework for their sustainability.
The work done by the campaign before, during and after the drought remains important for the food security of Cape Town
The two West African countries can help each other avert flooding disasters.
Digital technology is changing the way water is accessed in Ghana. Water ATMs are gaining traction as a means to an end.
Plastic pollution can be checked in Nigeria if the government insists that companies integrate corporate social responsibility into their processes.
Kenya, Malawi, Gabon, Nigeria and Togo are already interested in scaling carbon credit production.
Ghana needs improved supply systems to expand the use of clean fuels.
Tigers exist in South Africa because they’re being intensively farmed for commercial trade in live individuals or their body parts.
Climate change is a huge threat to Madagascar’s four forest types – urgent action is needed to ensure they don’t disappear completely.
Several reasons have been advanced for rising levels in Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes. New evidence points to the most significant cause: higher rainfall.
Machine learning techniques showed that individual identity is important to spotted hyenas.
Destructive mining in Congo’s protected areas is rampant because it generates money for citizens, officials and armed groups.
African leaders must take radical actions to strengthen the continent’s voice and participation in future events.
West Africa’s marine litter problem cannot be ignored. It can hinder the region’s economic and tourism growth, while putting people’s health at risk.