The Woman King is more than an action movie – it shines a light on the women warriors of Benin

For some African feminists, African women have never been frail and defenceless

Why Kenya’s experiment in giving local governments the power to manage food security hasn’t worked

The capacity of county governments to implement national policies must also be enhanced

How marine fisheries can add millions of tonnes to Africa’s catch

Restoring ecosystems to a healthy condition could increase fish production by 50-60%

Digital transformation of agri sector could address sub-Saharan Africa’s food insecurity: UN Report

But much of the continent is still unconnected, the report, by the UN FAO, said

Mombasa Port: How Kenya’s auditor-general misread China’s Standard Gauge Railway contracts

COVID-19 vaccines: African countries get very few doses at very high prices

Guinea, one of the lowest-income countries, has received just 25 doses 

Outbreaks of measles: compounding challenges in the DRC

Weak spot of prevalent strategy: Accessibility of routine preventive health services

The San people of southern Africa: where ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail them

Researchers need to scrutinise such codes’ inherent and complex challenges. They also need to put collaboration at the heart of their work

Flooding in Nigeria is on the rise – good forecasts, drains and risk maps are urgently needed

As the 2023 flooding approaches, it is important for federal government and state agencies to work in coordination

Child labour on farms in Africa: It’s important to make a distinction between what’s harmful, and what isn’t

Reframing the debate about child labour in African agriculture, and how best to address it, is particularly timely

Africa Mining Vision finds support of governments, private companies

The Africa Mining Vision (AMV) has been designed to ensure that mining activities contribute to economic transformation and benefit all African …

Why low-fee private schools are struggling to take root in rural Nigeria

It's unusual for children in Nigeria's rural areas to have any access to private schooling, even if it's of the low-cost variety. They must rely …

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa to slow down in 2016

The fall in commodity prices caused a significant shock for a region for which commodities make up a large share of exports, the report said

The death rate for mothers having C-sections is 50 times higher in Africa

It isn’t only the mothers who are suffering — the in-hospital mortality of babies after Caesarean delivery was double that of high-…

Mobile broadband coverage gap highest in sub-Saharan Africa: GSMA report

Mobile data was also least affordable in the region

West Africa's chimpanzee population impacted by road construction: Study

The average population density of chimpanzee was lowest nearest the roads and peaked at the far away from them

Human-driven speciation: A peek into how we may alter the morphology of African elephants

Anthropogenic activities such as global warming, poaching, mining, deforestation and noise pollution will form a more wrinkly, hairier, tuskless, …

Children’s education at extreme risk in 7 African countries: Report

Besides sub-Saharan Africa, children were at the sharp end of the learning crisis in Yemen and Pakistan, according to a new report

Conflict, COVID-19 fuelled 6.5 million displacements in eastern Africa in 2020

Extreme weather events such as floods, cyclones, droughts also a major factor behind such displacements

These countries need urgent action to beat famine, deaths in the next 4 months: FAO

Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan, northern Nigeria and Yemen are in need of urgent targeted humanitarian action 

Areas in Africa with more Chinese-backed projects were more likely to experience protests

Areas with a larger number of Chinese projects do see lowered trust in local government; protests can also occur when citizens feel that economic …

Researchers re-animate 70-year-old coffee killer fungus in Africa: Study

Coffee wilt disease, caused by a fungus Fusarium xylarioides, has led to devastating outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa since the 1920s

Major new study unveils complexity and vast diversity of Africa’s genetic variation

More than three million new genetic variants discovered, details of migration and expansion of groups across the continent found

Sub-Saharan Africans spend 60 hours a year finding a private place to defecate

The state of sanitation is deteriorating in Sub-Saharan Africa, with countries switching from open defecation to unsafe toilets

Kenya’s population: 5 key findings in the past 20 years of research

There are huge differences in health, education & other social outcomes among residents of urban informal settlements when compared to other …