Model shift: Climate change forces Zimbabwe to finally take up irrigation

Irrigation has remained largely alien to Zimbabwe since rains were dependable; but that is no longer the case

Exploitation changes leopard behaviour with long-term genetic costs

Removing too many individuals, especially of a particular age or sex, can destabilise a population

Cyclones in southern Africa: five essential reads

Over the past 30 years, as the world’s oceans have become warmer, the locations of where tropical cyclones form and intensify have been shifting

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

Mozambique case study shows that poverty is about much more than income

Representing poverty as a well-defined objective condition focuses attention on symptoms and risks diverting attention away from underlying …

Lions, leopards have made a comeback in Africa’s 3rd-largest national park, says report

Rigorous anti-poaching measures including patrolling, effective prosecution and cultural sensitisation led to the rebound in populations, says …

South African health experts have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2: what’s known so far

The new lineage might be able to partially evade the immune response. However, vaccines will still offer high levels of protection against …

COVID-19: Zimbabwe staring at ‘massive health crisis’

Southern African country does not have enough medical personnel; those trained are on strike

Food insecurity in southern Africa up 10%: Report

The region also faces the triple burden of malnutrition

Climate change victim: How high temperatures, drought have endangered this Kalahari bird

The southern yellow-billed hornbill has not been able to breed properly and its numbers have declined subsequently

Climate Change: Southern Africa’s temperatures to rise beyond rhinos’ tolerance, finds study

Namibia’s Etosha National Park and Eswatini’s Hlane National Park will most likely become too hot for rhinos

Alvaro, first cyclone of 2024, hits Madagascar

Over 16,000 affected; 8,400 people have been displaced and 5 killed    

Warming Africa: Continent experienced fourth-warmest April this year

Africa has been warming steadily in the last two decades, according to data

Southern Africa most unequal region on the continent: Report

Top 10% of society in the region took the lion’s share of the national income, whereas the bottom 40% took just 4%

African countries differ widely in prenatal HIV testing: why it matters

Closing the gaps in coverage of HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa will require, among other things, a massive investment in health systems in …

Okavango, Murchison Falls: Big Oil closing in on two iconic African Edens, flags report

The Okavango delta and Murchison Falls are home to iconic African wildlife species and are the homeland of indigenous people like the San

Omicron in southern Africa: Mozambique is worried for its economy, especially tourism

Mozambique has reported two cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 till now

Omicron in southern Africa: ‘Afrophobia’, say Malawians in wake of West’s travel ban

Malawian government says it has the capacity to do genomic sequencing and had not detected the Omicron variant till now

Vultures mostly forage outside protected areas; conservation efforts should be focused there, urges study

New UK study tracked 26 African white-backed vultures fitted with GPS tags for four years over southern Tanzania

Southern African drought primarily driven by El Nino, massive blow to food security, health: Study 

Researchers recommend enhanced resilience to droughts that may occur twice as frequently in El Nino years

Just 4 doses of pain relievers available daily per million people in west, central Africa: UN

This means that people with severe pain, especially the terminally ill are most-affected in these regions

Access to midwives could annually save 1.2 million lives in East and Southern Africa by 2035

Achievements depend on midwives gaining better education and training

Drought may cause food shortage in southern Africa, says UN agency

The maize belt of South Africa has witnessed crop failure rates of over 50 per cent due to the lack of rainfall, the World Food Programme (WFP) said

When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa

Ability to produce speech sounds catapulted Homo sapiens into a world in which they would dominate all other species

New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

While many children who are HIV-exposed and also HIV-uninfected are growing and developing well, some face greater risks