Africa: COP30 Report Reveals How Climate Change Is Spreading Infectious Diseases to New Regions

Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their vectors - such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks - to… Read more »

Africa: Who Speaks for the Dead? Rethinking Consent in Ancient DNA Research

Would you choose to have a part of your body live on after you died? How might your choice affect your relatives - or even your entire community? Read more »

Africa: Strokes Are On the Rise in Africa - Why the Continent Needs Its Own Care Guidelines

A stroke is a medical emergency that happens when something prevents the brain from getting enough blood flow. Stroke is now one of the leading causes of death and disability in… Read more »

Africa: Smartphones, Women's Rights and Coupons - New Trends That Can Boost Insurance for African Farmers

Storms, drought, floods and heatwaves are a disaster for small scale farmers in Africa, who can't all afford insurance. Yet new, technologically advanced and cheaper types of… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Drone Wars Are Growing - but They Rarely Deliver Victory

In the last decade, armed drones have become one of the most visible symbols of modern warfare. Once the preserve of advanced militaries, armed drones are now widely available on… Read more »

Africa: What Will It Take to Make Africa Food Secure? G20 Group Points to Trade, Resilient Supply Chains and Sustainable Farming

The Sustainable Food and Agricultural Systems work stream of the Business 20, a G20 engagement group, has endorsed three principles that it argues will contribute to the building… Read more »

Africa: Culture As a Sustainable Development Goal? It's Starting to Become a Reality

Eight global millennium development goals were established in 2000 by member states of the United Nations (UN) and endorsed by other multilateral organisations. They ranged from… Read more »

Africa: Climate Tipping Points Are Close - Scientists Urge Radical Action Before It's Too Late

New research has found that the world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points. These will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action. Read more »

Africa: Land Is Africa's Best Hope for Climate Adaptation - It Must Be the Focus At COP30

Agriculture, forestry and other land uses together account for about 62% of Africa's greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, land degradation, deforestation and biodiversity… Read more »

Africa: African Poetry Is Celebrated in a Groundbreaking Publishing Project

For 10 years, Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes and his friend the Nigerian writer Chris Abani have sifted through piles of manuscripts looking for Africa's new poetic talent. Since 2014,… Read more »

Africa: The Secret Life of Baobabs - How Bats and Moths Keep Africa's Giant Trees Alive

Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees", because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to… Read more »

Africa: Children and Young People At Climate Talks - Seen, Photographed, but Not Allowed to Decide Anything

Children and young adults are very much involved in campaigning against the climate change that older generations have caused. The global youth climate justice movement uses… Read more »

Africa: Why Are So Few Environmental Criminals On Interpol's 'Most Wanted' List?

Environmental crime is big business, often listed among the world's top five criminal activities, just behind counterfeiting and drug crime. So it would be reasonable to think it… Read more »

Africa: African Countries Need Strong Development Banks - How They Can Push Back Against Narrative to Weaken Them

A quiet but consequential contest is playing out in the global financial architecture. One that could determine Africa's ability to finance its own development. Read more »

Africa: What Is Françafrique? the Taboo Word That Reveals the Shifting Influence of France in Africa

The term "Françafrique" describes the political, economic and military networks built to preserve French influence in Africa. It refers to a past era but many believe that… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Trade Deal With the U.S. Was Left in Limbo - What Exporters Can Do About It

The US-Africa preferential trade deal - in place for a quarter century - expired on 30 September 2025. It's far from certain if the trade deal will be renewed and, if so, how.… Read more »

Africa: Why Are So Many Millennials Getting Cancer?

If you're reading this there's a good chance that you, like me, are a millennial. If so, you've probably noticed more and more cases of friends or acquaintances with diseases that… Read more »

Africa: Where Did the First People Come From? the Case for a Coastal Migration From Southern Africa

The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to Africa as the continent from which our ancestors dispersed… Read more »

Africa: Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others - the Dark Side of Researching Popular Species

Biologists often form deep bonds with the species they study. For some, that relationship begins early in their careers and shapes decades of research. The connection can be… Read more »

Africa: Climate Crisis Is a Daily Reality for Many African Communities - How to Try and Protect Them

For many African communities, the climate crisis is not a future scenario - it is a daily emergency. Irreversible losses, destroyed homes, failed harvests, vanishing ecosystems and… Read more »

Africa: Young People Around the World Are Leading Protests Against Their Governments

The spate of public demonstrations against unemployment, corruption and low quality of life around the world is striking because of who is leading them. Young people have used… Read more »

Africa: AI Reveals Which Predators Chewed Ancient Humans' Bones - Challenging Ideas On Which Homo Species Was the First Tool-Using Hunter

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones… Read more »

Africa: Ecoball - How to Turn Picking Up Litter Into a Game for Kids

Every year humanity produces nearly 300 million tonnes of plastic. Only a fraction ever gets recycled. Most ends up in rivers, oceans and soil, slowly breaking down into tiny,… Read more »

Africa: Ibuprofen - How an Everyday Drug Might Offer Protection Against Cancer

Ibuprofen is a household name - the go-to remedy for everything from headaches to period pain. But recent research suggests this everyday drug might be doing more than easing… Read more »

Africa: Taking Down Malaria's Bodyguards - Scientists Target Parasite's Secret Defence System

Malaria remains one of the world's most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year. In Africa, the illness is mostly caused by a parasite… Read more »