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Around 8.2% of world’s population affected by hunger last year: SOFI 2025
African sci-fi imagines new ways of living in climate-changed worlds
Deforestation slashed by 55 per cent in Afro-descendant lands: Study
How Senegal eliminated trachoma after struggling for over a century
22 years of Maputo Protocol: State reservations continue to undermine the rights of African women and girls
Historic 2023-2025 droughts killed people, devastated crops & trade routes across globe
Entrepeñas Reservoir, Guadalajara.
How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan scientist’s photos give important clues
African women are key to fighting climate change — these are the green skills they will need
Africa’s development banks are being undermined: The continent will pay the price
Zambia runs on mostly green power, but households use polluting cooking fuel: Study suggests how to fix this
How did early humans successfully colonise beyond Africa? Their spread in various African climes gave them a unique ‘ecological flexibility’, says research
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