Rather than constructing a nest, incubating eggs and feeding young, some birds deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds and trick them into doing the child rearing.
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Giraffe numbers have plummeted from an estimated 150,000 in 1985 to fewer than 100,000 today.
Debates centred on the role of recreational hunting in supporting nature conservation and local people’s livelihoods are among the most polarising in conservation today.
South Africa is aiming for 67% coverage, which translates to about 40 million people by the end of 2021.
Since the revolution, Tunisians’ call for “bread, freedom and social justice” have fallen on deaf ears.
A range of factors influence the behaviour of minibus drivers in Ghana. This involves a complex web of factors, motivations and constraints.
Where there are not enough health workers to deliver medical care, one solution is to move certain tasks to less specialised health workers, a process called task-shifting.
An average healer in the rural South African town where the study was done experiences about 1,500 occupational blood exposures in their lifetime.
The HPV vaccine is an effective prevention for cervical cancer, especially if adolescents get it before sexual debut.
The increased use of disinfectants could allow for the development of bacterial strains which are resistant to disinfectants.
For nearly three decades, eastern Congo has been characterised by insecurity, with frequent outbreaks of violence between armed groups and attacks on civilians.
South Africa needs a way to incorporate active citizens within the prevailing constitutional and legal structures, so as to strengthen all levels of government.
Fat replacers have the potential to mitigate the global obesity challenge.
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It won’t be easy to get the 11 countries in the basin to agree to a plan that avoids chronic water shortages in the future. Good information sharing and technical cooperation are critical.
The first female student at the famous Makerere University art school, Karuga only began an art career when she retired at 60. She ended up showing internationally.
A waiver may not allow all developing countries to secure medicines and other anti-COVID technologies in a timely way.
For Nigeria to feed its growing population efficiently and support food production by small farm holders, investment in rural infrastructure is key.
Attempts to formalise charcoal production have been largely unsuccessful.
Demand for charcoal continues to increase in Kenya, it’s vital that the sector is better governed
There has been growing discontent with many local authorities and calls by concerned citizens for the municipalities to be dissolved.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as the first woman and the first African director general of the World Trade Organisation is a win for women globally.
Nigeria’s attempt at privatising its power infrastructure hasn’t been without challenges but they are not insurmountable.
Medium-term expenditure frameworks can be useful only when they are based on comprehensive medium-term development plans.
Africa needs to take advantage of a copyright law to protect and explore its unique local products.
Nigeria’s religious leaders can shape the environmental worldviews and behaviour of their congregations