What South Africa’s West Coast might have looked like 5 million years ago. In the foreground, a giant wolverine feeds on a pig while chasing away a primitive hyena.
Maggie Newman, Geological Society of South Africa and the University of the Witwatersrand
Plant diseases require as much attention now as ever to ensure that food systems are in place in the next season. There are also serious implications for forestry and the environment more broadly.
Jeremy Herren, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Mosquitoes that had Microsporidia MB - a tiny parasitic fungus - never became infected with malaria.
A group of men protest while pulling a cart carrying the body of Vitallis Ochilo Owino in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 4, 2020. Vitallis Ochilo Owino was allegedly beaten to death by police officers while walking in the streets after curfew hours.
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While more people are using the internet and social media during the pandemic, they aren’t entirely happy with what they see.
People observing social distancing as they queue for mass testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus in a Nairobi suburb.
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The pandemic coincides with the long rainy season in Kenya. Rain increases mosquito breeding sites, vector density and thus transmission of mosquito-borne diseases.
A woman walks past a police armed vehicle in Eastleigh - Nairobi’s “little Mogadishu”
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Myiasis, a neglected tropical disease, can cause severe clinical outbreaks in humans and animals with potential economic losses in the livestock industry.
A woman walks past a graffiti by Anthony Kihoro in Kenya sensitising people about the coronavirus.
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