Africa: AI in Nature Conservation - Powerful Tool or Dangerous Shortcut?

Conservationists analyse overwhelming volumes of ecological data in their work. For example, they might need to process decades of weather data or the movements of millions of… Read more »

Africa: Anti-Foreigner Violence in South Africa Is Easily Sparked - What Hasn't Been Done to Deal With It

Threats and deadly conflict over migration are spreading fast in South Africa. This is hugely worrying and could result in widespread injury and killings, as it has in the past. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: World's First AI-Designed Vaccine Explained

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed what they describe as a fundamentally new type of vaccine using artificial intelligence (AI). The vaccine's key component… Read more »

South Africa: Rhino Horn - Why South Africa Wants to Revive the International Trade, and Why Critics Fear the Consequences

South Africa wants to expand exports of rhino hunting trophies and other wildlife products. The move relies on an exemption process within the international treaty that has largely… Read more »

South Africa: Climate Change Is Threatening Sheep Farmers in South Africa's Drakensberg - How They're Adapting

In the rugged and mountainous Drakensberg grasslands of South Africa's Eastern Cape province, farmers rear sheep for food, cultural practices and financial security. Read more »

Ghana: Community Conservation in Ghana Has Evolved, but Policy and Funding Need to Catch Up

In Ghana, community resource management areas are the main way that local communities get involved in managing natural resources that fall outside protected areas. In this way,… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's Anti-Migrant Campaigns Use the Language of Democracy - Why That's Dangerous

Anti-migrant campaigns in South Africa are increasingly being framed as acts of community protection. Protesters present their efforts as a response to community concerns about… Read more »

South Africa: South African Telescope Detects Record-Breaking Signal From the Early Universe

Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected, opening a new radio astronomy frontier. A hydroxyl… Read more »

Africa: HIV Enters the Brain and Doesn't Leave - Paradoxically, Drugs Intended to Reduce Brain Inflammation Increase Virus Levels

HIV can damage the brain and cause memory and cognitive problems. And once HIV enters the brain, it does not leave. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: The Hunt for a New Ebola Vaccine - Two Scientists Explain the Challenges

The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda has now killed 61 people, with 359 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo strain of the virus has a… Read more »

South Africa: Internet Access Is Unequal in South Africa's Economic Powerhouse - Survey Shows Race and Income Mark the Digital Divide

Digital technologies create great opportunities, but the transformation they offer isn't equally within reach of everyone. Access is determined by a vast digital divide. Read more »

Senegal: How Did a Major Mangrove Restoration Project in Senegal End Up Selling 'Ghost Carbon'?

Nature-based solutions have become central to global climate strategies. From tropical forests to wetlands, restoring nature means trees and plants can capture carbon dioxide,… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Wants Learner-Centred Classrooms - but Many Teachers Still Favour Old Methods

Across Africa, countries are redesigning school curricula to prepare children for the demands of the 21st century. These reforms aim to nurture creativity, critical thinking,… Read more »

Africa: World Cup Creates Perfect Conditions for Infectious Diseases to Spread - Here Are the Biggest Threats Health Experts Are Watching for

When the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins on June 11, 2026, matches will be played across 16 cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Millions of fans will arrive through multiple… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola - Vaccines Alone Won't Stop an Outbreak - Here's What Else Is Needed

Tensions have recently emerged around the Ebola response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These tensions have manifested in a series of incidents, including the… Read more »

Africa: When Global Trade Becomes a Weapon, How Can African Economies Protect Themselves?

"Today, everyone recognises that trade is as much a security issue as an economic one." Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Three New Ebola Vaccines Are Being Developed. An Infectious Disease Expert Explains

When it comes to Ebola outbreaks, it's not often we have two pieces of good news in one week. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Two Scientists On Their Race to Make a New Ebola Vaccine

As health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to battle an ongoing Ebola outbreak, scientists around the world are racing to develop a vaccine against the… Read more »

Mauritius: Climate Finance for Mauritius Needs Good Management - Report Finds Gaps

Mauritius is a small African island where natural disasters like floods, cyclones and other extreme weather events have become frequent and intense. They are expected regularly. Read more »

Ghana: Poison or Poverty - the Impossible Economic Choices Facing Ghana's E-Waste Workers

Agbogbloshie, in Ghana's capital city, Accra, is a sprawling, open-air scrapyard located next to a lagoon and a growing informal settlement. Roughly 6,000 people dismantle, recycle… Read more »

Africa: School in a Hot World - What Research Is Saying About Children's Health and Learning

Climate change is making southern Africa hotter. While much attention has focused on climate impacts like droughts, floods and food insecurity, another crisis is unfolding quietly… Read more »

Uganda: Are Uganda's Environmental Impact Reports Just a Box-Ticking Exercise? What a Study of 108 Projects Reveals

Uganda's environmental impact assessment system is meant to protect the environment from harmful development projects. For nearly 30 years, the law has required developers applying… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Peace - the Shadow of the Al-Bashir Regime Looms Over Talks

Three years into the civil war in Sudan that began on 15 April 2023, a coalition of civilian, political and armed factions has launched a new peace initiative. Read more »

Africa: AI Offers Promise for Agriculture, but Smallholder Farmers Risk Being Left Behind

Globally, agriculture faces mounting pressures. These are driven by climate change, land degradation, labour shortages, supply chain disruptions and the demand for food from a… Read more »

South Africa: Student Teachers in South Africa Face a Stressful Career - How to Prepare Them Better

South African teacher education qualifications are expected to comply with the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications. But evidence points to gaps in teacher… Read more »