People affected by xenophobic violence queue prior to being transported back to their countries from Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The experiences of non-nationals in South Africa’s public health care system are more complex and varied than implied by the dominant discourse on “medical xenophobia”
TB is still a leading cause of death around the world.
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Many of the most fundamental aspects of TB disease remain unknown. For example, after exposure to the organism that causes TB, why do only some people get infected and only some of those fall ill?
Zimbabwe’s food insecurity is more complex than the headline figures suggest.
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Zimbabwe’s food insecurity is not just about food production, but access too. It is affected by, among others, the value of assets when sold and social and cultural dimensions that go into exchange.
Hard times in Harare.
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As Zimbabwe’s financial situation worsens, the government pins its hopes on borrowing more money.
African elephant.
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As the ultimate custodians, it is urgent that African countries with elephants take
ownership of the processes at CITES.
Mozambique uses income as a measure of poverty. On this basis, poverty has declined over the past two decades.
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Income is a useful measure for tracking economic progress over time. But a broader lens is needed to understand the relational and often political ways in which poverty emerges and is reproduced.
Women and girls on the move are often framed as victims.
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Health responses need to take on board the fact that the number of women and girls migrating across borders as well as within countries is growing.
Elephants in the Kwedi Area of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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In light of Botswana’s decision to allow trophy hunting again, new evidence suggests elephant poaching has been on the rise.
Historically, Khoisan people from southern Africa were used as scientific subjects in racist experiments.
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Modern western science must be stripped of the epistemological and methodological privileges it enjoys.
An aerial view of the damage from flood waters after tropical cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique’s Sofala province.
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The spate of high intensity tropical cyclones making landfall in Southern Africa has been tied to very warm sea surface temperatures.
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Avoiding malaria could be as simple as “ABCD” if the proper care is taken.
Google Images have revealed valuable data on what Africa’s largest eagle preys on.
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Scientists now have a better understanding of what martial eagles eat. This is valuable for the conservation of this endangered species.
TB, which is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, is a leading cause of death.
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In Southern Africa, high rates of HIV infection have been the primary driver of TB
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.
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Swapo remains the dominant party by far in Namibia. But it seems increasingly unable to live up to its promises.
The map that went viral.
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Maps can show “the big picture” to lots and lots of people in an engaging and colourful way.
ZCC members at Moria City.
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A new biography sheds light on Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Zion Christian Church.
The trilobite manuport (Bainella sp) from Robberg on the Cape south coast was carried at least 10 km to a small cave shelter. For scale, the bar is 10 cm long.
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Geomythology can be a powerful way to inspire more people on the continent to become interested in Africa’s palaeoscience.
While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health.
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Data suggest that people are living many years in poor health in Africa.
A woman draws water from a hand pumped well in northern Ghana.
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Many African countries tend to mismanage their groundwater resources.