Nigeria’s agricultural sector simply isn’t equipped to produce the amount of rice to meet demand.
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The winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics says scientists shouldn’t feel pressured to do research that has economic or commercial ramifications. Science for the sake of science is more important.
The space industry and global interest in all matters inter-planetary is growing.
Researchers have increasingly turned to DNA sequencing to help identify and track diseases like Ebola.
Post conflict recovery is largely driven by the assumption that as soon as conflict ends, normality returns.
Like Japan, the UK is facing an ageing population that is compounding other problems putting pressure on the labour market.
The government has been partially closed since Dec. 22, making it the second-longest shutdown on record. A finance professor who studied the 2013 shutdown explains the economic impact.
A few decades ago Boston Harbor was one of the nation’s dirtiest water bodies. Now, healthier fish in the harbor underscore that a multibillion-dollar cleanup has succeeded.
Nanotechnology and materials are the source of countless innovations, but we don’t accurately know how they are affecting humans and the environment.
Plankton in the world’s oldest and deepest lake are being disrupted by exceptionally warm waters.
Farmers should use biopesticides - naturally occurring substances that kill pests such as the fall armyworm - instead of using pesticides, which are often highly toxic.
Very few women, especially those married, feel protected by the domestic violence laws in Sierra Leone.
Referenda have their place in democracy, but can also be misused.
Given the range of support for President Omar al-Bashir it isn’t surprising that he’s managed to resist pressure to step down.
The Brazilian president used WhatsApp and other social media to smear his opponents and sow division in the electorate.
The DRC could be the exception after a year in which opposition parties fared badly across East and Central Africa.
Maduro, who was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 10, has rigged elections, jailed rivals and plunged Venezuela into crisis. But Trump’s proposed ‘military option’ to remove him remains unpopular.
The US has sent troops to countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo in anticipation of violence and unrest once the election results are announced.
Estimates of modern slavery vary widely, whether they try to pin down numbers in the U.S., across the globe or just in certain industries.
The recent poll in the DRC was messy. Nevertheless, it showed that significant change is underway in the country.
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