Malaria control and elimination efforts across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are at a critical point. Over the past two years, case numbers have increased in the region.
When a flood destroys a road, government officials can estimate the cost of rebuilding it. When drought ruins a harvest, lost income can be calculated. But how should a country record or measure the loss of a sacred place?
La Russie recrute des ressortissants africains, souvent attirés par des promesses d’études ou d’emplois, pour les envoyer combattre en Ukraine.
Africa is a multi-billion dollar market for gambling, with a growing number of young people using smartphones to place bets, particularly on football matches.
For decades, competing global development models have shaped sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural landscape. Traditional western donors, such as the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), have promoted climate-smart agricultural…
The use of digital agriculture is expanding across Africa. Tools like artificial intelligence (AI), sensors and blockchain are helping farmers receive information about weather, pests, markets and farm management.
Namibia is one of the world’s leading uranium producers. It also has significant deposits of diamonds, gold, zinc, copper and rare earth elements.
The Kat River begins in the Hogsback and Katberg mountain ranges of South Africa’s Eastern Cape, a province of farmland, rural villages and rugged mountains along the country’s south-eastern coast.
Partout dans le monde, les populations ont directement ressenti les effets du changement climatique. L’hémisphère nord a connu un nouvel été record, marqué par des vagues de chaleur et des phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes.
Green hydrogen is a form of renewable energy that, if taken up widely, could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. It is produced by splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable power.
In rural development, the conventional wisdom has for decades been simple: households are better off when they have more than one way of making a living. Diversify, spread your risk, and you’ll be more resilient.
La demande en peaux d'âne a connu une croissance exponentielle au cours des 15 dernières années, principalement sous l'impulsion de la Chine. Lauren Johnston est spécialiste des échanges commerciaux entre la Chine et l'Afrique.
Algeria recently announced it would deploy its army into neighbouring Niger. This marks a departure from its long-standing reluctance to deploy its military outside its borders.
The use of digital agriculture is expanding across Africa. Tools like artificial intelligence (AI), sensors and blockchain are helping farmers receive information about weather, pests, markets and farm management.
Across the world, people have felt the impacts of climate change firsthand. The northern hemisphere has had another record-breaking summer season of heat and extreme weather events.
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