Africa: AI Tool '98% Correct' to Predict Mosquitoes' Age

Using machine learning techniques to predict the age of mosquitoes from different populations could reduce turnaround time for malaria research and improve surveillance programmes,… Read more »

Malawi: Sanitation Neglect 'Fuelling Malawi's Cholera Outbreak'

Malawi's worsening cholera crisis is the result of long-term neglect of the country's water supplies and water testing urgently needed, specialists say. Read more »

Africa: Q&A - Africa's New Order for Achieving Health Security

Africa now has a roadmap to help the continent achieve health security for sustainable development. Read more »

Africa: Helping Africa's Farmers Control Climate-Induced Pests #AfricaClimateCrisis

When Mutondwa Phophi began undergraduate studies, she wanted to help alleviate the suffering of smallholder farmers from climate change-related impacts and destructive plant pests. Read more »

Africa: Increase Routine Immunisation to Halt Polio Resurgence

COVID-19 is fuelling a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio globally, but even more so in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, experts say. Read more »

Africa: Strategies to Aid Correct Use of Pesticides in Africa

As use of pesticides by African farmers rises, effective strategies are needed, writes Nelson Mandela Ogema. Read more »

Africa: Regaining Control in the Fight Against Polio

In August 2020, Africa was certified free of wild poliovirus. But new cases of the disease have emerged in Malawi and in Mozambique this year. Read more »

Africa: Wealthy Nations 'Failing to Fund Climate Adaptation' #AfricaClimateCrisis

Africa faces an impending climate change-induced calamity as developed countries fail to fulfil commitments to fund climate adaption on the continent, scientists say. Read more »

South Africa: Square Kilometre Array's Scope Shows African Astronomers Bright Future

African astronomers point to a golden age of astronomy on the continent as work starts in South Africa on the world's biggest telescope. Read more »

Africa: Climate Leaders Cheer Compensation Deal At COP27

Climate activists worldwide applauded an eleventh-hour deal for a loss and damage fund to compensate nations hit by climate catastrophes, the first of its kind in 30 years of… Read more »

West Africa: 'Rediscovered' Coffee Could Boost Farmers' Livelihoods

Scientists have rediscovered rare wild coffee species in West Africa with tolerance to high temperatures and fine taste, potentially setting the region on course to staging a… Read more »

East Africa: Free School Meals 'Could Help Child Brain Development'

Countries worldwide need to increase emphasis on the need for healthy nutrition from childhood, including school years to adulthood, to help in brain development, a scientist says. Read more »

Africa: New Malaria Mosquito Threatens Mass Outbreaks in Africa

Africa has just months to react to an invasive malaria mosquito that thrives in cities, before the situation escalates beyond control, experts warn. Read more »

Africa: Learning Resilience From Peru's Ancient Civilisations

As the UN's COP 20 climate negotiations in Lima slowly progressed last month, I went on a journey through the Sacred Valley of the Incas, a valley close to Cusco, the capital of… Read more »

Nigeria: New Science Fund Takes U.S. As Its Model

Nigeria is to get a dedicated science fund similar to the US National Science Foundation, to provide support for research in the country. Read more »

Africa: Private Investment in Trees Could Replenish Land

Africa's severe land degradation could be reversed by private sector investment in tree-based restoration technologies, a meeting heard. Read more »

Africa: Region 'Must Embrace Geospatial Information'

African governments could become more sensitive to what their people really need by harnessing the wealth of available geospatial information, a meeting of scientists and… Read more »

Gambia: WHO Dampens President's HIV/Aids Claim

Jammeh claims his herbal remedy can cure HIV/AIDS Read more »

Africa: Study Shows How Ebola And Marburg Cause Disease

Ebola and Marburg fevers -- which have a mortality rate of up to 80 per cent -- kill hundreds of people in the tropical forests of Central Africa each year, mainly in the… Read more »

South Africa: Physics' Long Road to Freedom

For South Africa, 1955 was an interesting year. Fans of sport or culture will tell you it was the year both soccer hero Jomo Sono and the brilliant Johannesburg artist William… Read more »

Africa: Development Sector Must Engage On Climate Change

The scientific evidence -- from hurricanes in the Caribbean to floods in Asia, droughts in Africa and the melting of glaciers and polar ice sheets -- all points towards one thing:… Read more »

Southern Africa: Decades of Drought Predicted Due to Climate Change

Countries in the Sahel region of Africa will receive more rainfall and floods, while southern Africa will experience persistent drought in the coming decades, say researchers. Read more »