Africa: High-Tech Cameras Capture the Secrets of Venomous Snake Bites

For more than 60 million years, venomous snakes have slithered across Earth. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Air Links Are Poor - Can the G20 Push for More Direct Flights to Improve Tourism and Trade?

In Africa, less than one in five continental airline routes are direct. Air connections are decided by factors like trade levels, diplomatic relations, and whether there's enough… Read more »

Africa: Rift Valley Fever - What It Is, How It Spreads and How to Stop It

Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes that mainly affects livestock. It can also infect humans. While most human cases remain mild, it can cause… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 mRNA Vaccines Could Unlock the Next Revolution in Cancer Treatment - New Research

The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a… Read more »

Africa: Cancer Drug Quality in Africa Is a Worry - What We Found in a 4-Country Study

The number of people receiving treatment for cancer has risen dramatically in the last decade in many African countries. For example, 10 years ago in Ethiopia and Kenya, cancer… Read more »

Africa: Cannabis Boom in South Africa and Zimbabwe Is Good for Wealthy Investors, Bad for Small Farmers

Cannabis is booming as an ingredient in everything from supplementary oils, inflammation-reducing skin creams, lip balms to health drinks and gummy sweets that promise to reduce… Read more »

Africa: Human Ancestors Were Exposed to Lead Millions of Years Ago, and It Shaped Our Evolution

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes. Read more »

Africa: Slender-Billed Curlews Are Officially Extinct - Here's Why the Loss of These Migratory Birds Really Matters

The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Read more »

Africa: The Great Wildebeest Migration, Seen From Space - Satellites and AI Are Helping Count Africa's Wildlife

The Great Wildebeest Migration is one of the most remarkable natural spectacles on Earth. Each year, immense herds of wildebeest, joined by zebras and gazelles, travel 800-1,000km… Read more »

Africa: How 'Conflict-Free' Minerals Are Used in the Waging of Modern Wars

Minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, tantalum, tin and tungsten, which are all abundant in central Africa, are essential to the comforts of everyday life. Our phones, laptops… Read more »

Africa: African Languages for AI - the Project That's Gathering a Huge New Dataset

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In… Read more »

Africa: Africa Imports Over 70% of Its Medicines. Making Active Ingredients Locally Would Change This

Africa carries a heavy health burden. It accounts for 25% of the global disease burden despite having only 18% of the global population. Read more »

Africa: Travel Between African Countries Is Still Hard - Fresh Ideas to Get Movement Flowing

It remains too difficult for Africans to travel between African countries. Africa-wide reforms have failed. The keynote continental agreement, the African Union's Protocol on Free… Read more »

Africa: Trade Is Shaping New Global Power Relations - What This Means for Africa

Over the past two decades, economic strength, trade flows, technological leadership and even consumer demand have been moving steadily from west to east. This transformation is… Read more »

Africa: How Disaster-Ready Are African Countries? Study of 5 Shows Some Progress, but Also Huge Gaps

When we hear the word "disaster" we often think of floods, droughts or earthquakes - events caused by nature. But what really turns these events into disasters is how prepared we… Read more »

Africa: China and the U.S. Are in a Race for Critical Minerals. African Countries Need to Make the Rules

Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, rare earth elements, and platinum group metals are essential for modern technologies. They are key to industries ranging… Read more »

Africa: The Alleged British Links to Mass Deforestation and Displacement in a Conflict Few Have Even Heard of

UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world's least-known human rights and environmental crises, our research has revealed. Read more »

Africa: How Vaping Primes the Lungs for Covid-19 Damage

As colder months set in, respiratory infections begin to climb: everything from the common cold and flu to COVID-19. It's a time when healthy lungs matter more than ever. Yet the… Read more »

Africa: Chinese Companies Are Changing the Way They Operate in Africa - Here's How

For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese… Read more »

Africa: Africa's 'Great Green Wall' Is Stalling - in Senegal Very Few Planted Areas Show Progress

Africa's Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometre-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007… Read more »

Africa: African Countries Gear Up for Major Push On Climate Innovation, Climate Financing and Climate Change Laws

The Second Africa Climate Summit, held in Ethiopia in September 2025, drew more than 25,000 people - from presidents and ministers to farmers, activists, business leaders and… Read more »

Africa: Toxic Pollution Builds Up in Snake Scales - What We Learnt From Black Mambas

Black mambas (Dendroaspis polylepis) are Africa's longest, most famous venomous snakes. Despite their fearsome reputation, these misunderstood snakes are vital players in their… Read more »

Africa: Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research On Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant to Be Human

Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice… Read more »

Africa: Dams for Development? Unpacking Tensions in the World Bank's Hydropower Policies

Dams have been emblematic of the World Bank's approach to development for many decades. From the bank's early years in the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale infrastructure projects such… Read more »

Africa: Palm Trees in Africa Are in Decline - These Botanists Made a Plan to Do Something About It

Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while… Read more »