The inappropriate use of antibiotics, including taking them without prescription or not following doctor's orders closely, is slowly rendering many useless. Read more »
Vertical farms use high-tech lighting and climate controlled buildings to grow crops like leafy greens or herbs indoors while using less water and soil, writes Esther Ndumi Ngumbi ... Read more »
Cholera causes no symptoms in most infected people because they don't become ill and never know they've been infected, writes The Conversation Africa. Read more »
Research has already shown that larger mammals tend to sleep less than smaller mammals. So African elephants, adults weighing between 3000 and 5000 kg, shouldn't sleep much, writes ... Read more »
The draft budget, if passed, will heavily impact the World Food Programme, a key lifeline organization especially in famine-stricken areas. Read more »
Scientists found evidence for the widespread perception that trees and forests also influence rainfall. As such, water and not carbon, should become the primary motivation for ... Read more »
The World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim's three-day official visit, in which he will hold talks with President John Magufuli on robust development projects including an ... Read more »
Uncertainty surrounding one of President Obama's signature Africa policy initiatives was apparent this month when several hundred energy industry representatives gathered for this ... Read more »
Today's African opposition represents a crisis for the 15-year-old court. But it's also a symptom of a deeper dilemma faced by the ICC: how to enforce international criminal law ... Read more »
Zimbabwe Football Association and COSAFA president, Phillip Chiyangwa, has said that he is the happiest African on the continent after "destroying the emperor" of African football, ... Read more »
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