World’s first malaria vaccine ready for rollout in sub-Saharan Africa

RTS, S is the first malaria vaccine to successfully complete pivotal phase three testing

Dryland fisheries in Africa can punch in nutrition, end hunger

A report documents the resilience of fish resources to climatic variability in sub-Saharan Africa and the underestimation of fish and fisheries …

In Maps: What the future holds for our warming world

Climate change will affect up to one-third of the world’s population, but the impact will not be equal across countries

Agricultural transformation vital to produce 50% more food in 2050

In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, agricultural output would need to more than double by the middle of the century

Monkeypox outbreak most geographically widespread in half a century

Monkeypox cases have been on a slow but steady incline, a trend that has often been overlooked by many

North, sub-Saharan Africa opposites in groundwater storage, recharge: Survey

North Africa has high groundwater storage, low water recharge; sub-Saharan Africa has the opposite, a new survey has revealed

COVID-19: Basic hygiene services lacking in sub-Saharan Africa

Amid the pandemic, it is very much essential to particularly focus on increasing access to water, sanitation and hygiene

To achieve sustainable goals, world must learn from MDGs

Effective use of data can help galvanise development efforts, highlights last Millennium Development Goal report

Africa’s ambitious journey towards renewable energy – the ifs & buts

Sub-Saharan African countries have weak regulatory environments for RE growth as most of these policies are either very technology-specific or in …

These new sorghum varieties might help sub-Saharan Africa meet nutritional needs

Sorghum is a significant crop cultivated in sub-Saharan Africa, with 300 million people depending on it

India recorded 24,000 maternal deaths in 2020, second only to Nigeria, UN report shows

Globally, there were 287,000 maternal deaths in 2020, only a marginal improvement from 309,000 in 2016 when the Sustainable Development Goals …

India still among countries with poor access to banking: Report

More than half of population without access to banking lives in 7 developing countries: World Bank

Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that shaped the human story

Around 20,000 years ago, foragers in some African regions were almost exclusively finding their partners locally

IPCC Sixth Assement Report: Insights for African countries

The continent will likely experience drier conditions with an exception of the Sahara and eastern Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa’s food security has turned out better than feared. But risks remain

Widespread job losses led to rise in food insecurity, most pronounced in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi

Land acquisitions threat to food diversity, security in Africa: Study

Unethical foreign investments preferred export-bound crop over local staple crops; diet diversity decreased between 2005 and 2015

Africa will see ‘tremendous rise’ in cooling demand if world breaches climate targets: Study

Raising investments for meeting increased energy demand for cooling will be a key challenge for many African countries

COVID-19 has cost sub-Saharan Africa 13.5 million jobs in working hour losses: ILO

Nearly 5 million workers and their families in sub-Saharan Africa have been pushed into extreme poverty due to COVID-19, ILO says

Around 1.3 billion people at high risk of conflict and displacement: Report

The most vulnerable countries are clustered in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Africa’s research ecosystem needs a culture of mentoring

Mentoring can help build the confidence of young scholars, thereby reducing likelihood of brain drain from the region

Venoms of 26 deadly snakes in sub-Saharan Africa classified

Snakes considered most important medically; Classification to help develop effective anti-venoms

Bacterial infections caused most deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2019: Lancet

The region saw 230 deaths per 100,000 people; Just 5 pathogens caused over half the infection deaths globally

Inaccessibility of agri-automation to small-scale producers can deepen inequalities: FAO

Agriculture reliant on human and animal power continues to dominate in sub-Saharan Africa

Double burden of indoor and outdoor air pollution in developing world: Report

A quarter of global deaths due to particulate air pollution occur in India. Globally air pollution is the 4th largest killer

Agricultural mechanisation can be sustainable in sub-Saharan Africa

A Food and Agriculture Organization report says mechanisation of farms in Africa can be achieved in conjunction with the Save and Grow technique