Lessons learned from the threat of Cape Town’s “Day Zero.”
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Cities need to pay attention to how extreme weather events effect their resources.
The Korle Gono beach in Accra covered in plastic bottles and other items washed ashore following weeks of heavy flooding in 2016.
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Focusing on everyday politics can help explain why powerful interest groups undermine policies that might improve the public good.
A woman searches for materials to rebuild her home after the passage of Cyclone Idai, in Beira City, central Mozambique.
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The lack of in-depth coverage of the southern African floods tell a grim picture of the state of South Africa’s newsrooms.
Devastation in Sofala Province, central Mozambique.
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From New Orleans to Haiti to Mozambique, global inequality plays a major role in making disasters deadly.
People leaving their homes in the flooded section of Praia Nova, Beira, Mozambique in the wake of tropical cyclone Idai.
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The recent storms provide a grim reminder of the prospect of future tropical cyclones in a region under continued threat from climate change.
Torrential rains in Malawi have caused dozens of deaths.
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High poverty levels mean people lack access to land and work and they are often driven to settle in zones that are exposed to natural hazards.
Fresh produce at a market in Blantyre, Malawi.
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Across Africa less than 10% of the population is connected to a sewer system. But the waste could be used elsewhere.
Women in Malawi visit clinics many more times in their lives than men.
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Female-centred health services are good, but they may detract from gender equality and men’s health.
The change in leadership is one of the factors that led to the decriminalisation of homosexual relationships in Angola.
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Angola’s new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
Underwater world of Lake Malawi.
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Lake Malawi is considered a biodiversity treasure because almost all its species occurs nowhere else on the planet.
Liberia’s President George Weah has ruffled feathers by proposing changes to citizenship laws.
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Liberian President George Weah believes the current citizenship regulations in the country are unnecessarily “racist” and restrictive.
When the wheels of partnership turn smoothly, Africa can benefit enormously.
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It’s all too common for local scholars to be sidelined in what are supposed to be genuine research partnerships.
Ornamental craft made from palm leaves and pine cone in grass baskets are sold in Eswatini.
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Non-Timber Forest Products don’t often feature in discussions about poverty reduction and alleviation.
The theme for World Aids Day is “know your status”.
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Access to HIV testing is an important factor in reaching UN goals that 90% of people with HIV must know their status by 2020.
Hunger is a daily reality across large parts of Africa.
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It’s one thing to come up with food security plans. But implementing them is tough.
The Akaki river runs through central Addis Ababa.
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Planning for rivers is one thing, but implementation is another as urbanisation and population growth increases.
Cybersecurity is everyone’s problem, all over the world.
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In reality, cybersecurity attacks are like a disease affecting people globally.
A community built tree nursery in Chikwawa District, Malawi is one example of sustainability in action.
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Without contextual knowledge, education and adaptation, foreign or imposed practices or resources cause new sets of problems.
Listening and learning during a Sustainable Futures in Action meeting in Kampala, Uganda.
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Without change, the trajectory of growth and development in the world will remain consistent with that of the past 80 years.
High tech plus ‘bucket and spade’ employed in the fight against malaria.
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High-tech drones and low-tech ‘bucket and spade’ are helping Malawians fight malaria.