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African livestock keepers need help: without proactive interventions, increasing temperatures will reduce meat and milk production.
Most jellyfish are “passive” feeders. This means that they float through the water eating whatever they happen to pass in the water and can fit in their mouths.
Informal economic activities in Norton, Zimbabwe play a part in environmental sustainability and contribute to the town’s financial sustainability.
The fast growth of the metropolis and the city’s political significance, to its large informal economy and the challenges residents face.
For the first time, the drug substance, or active ingredient for a COVID-19 vaccine - in this case mRNA - will be manufactured on the continent.
Detailed field notes can help researchers track down rare species.
Civil society can play a role by holding political authorities accountable.
President Tshisekedi’s government no longer has the excuse that it’s being hampered by the dead hand of his predecessor Joseph Kabila’s cabal.
Education, historical trends in precipitation, and perceived drought experiences predict increased climate change literacy, but rates are lower for women, those in rural areas, and low-income groups.
The provision of better health services and social grants has aided rural women’s progress in South Africa, but there are still tremendous needs to be met.
The WHO estimates that only about 15% to 25% of those in need of assistive technology products in Africa have access to them.
Attirées par la remontée des eaux froides de l’océan indien, les sardines de l’Afrique du Sud restent piégées dans ces mêmes eaux une fois qu’elles redeviennent chaudes.
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African countries are playing their part in fighting climate change but western nations need to come to the party.
Sudan has needed and will require compromise and principled political goodwill to realise a difficult transition from military rule.
Cocoa buyers and chocolate manufacturers still use various strategies to deflect when the issue of child slavery is raised
Five aspects need attention if African governments are to be able to mitigate, adapt to and manage climate change in the coming critical decade.
Nigerian museums continue to present colonised versions of history. This harms local communities.
Satellite imagery can help to get data in fragile, crisis-affected situations.
Countries like the United States, Denmark, Germany, Spain and Switzerland have already vaccinated many millions of adolescents and their experience will guide countries that follow suit.
There are few visible results on the ground after eight years of war in Mali.
Communicating scientific findings is a potential route to reach common ground and avoid political tensions in the Nile region
New technologies can help reduce the cost of producing maps that warn where floods might happen.
Flooding constitutes a threat to Nigeria achieving the global sustainable development goals.
Pregnant women and mothers of infants are at a higher risk of experiencing depression because of increased pressures they face economically, in their relationships, with their families, and socially.