Climate change: West African countries mark $294 billion to meet challenge
The commitment is part of a Regional Climate Strategy to set regional mitigation and adaptation targets for 2030, with a review planned for 2050, …
In a first, 4 West African countries commit to cooperate on Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin
The Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin is the largest in West Africa; Four countries have now agreed to cooperate on sharing it peaceably, …
Guinea declares Ebola outbreak after 3 deaths
Four more infected; the epidemic first began in 2013 in Guinea and left more than 11,300 dead across the region
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
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
One-third of Africa's tropical plant species are on the verge of extinction
A large part of western Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo could lose 40 per cent of their trees, shrubs, herbs and …
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 …
Child slavery in West Africa: Understanding cocoa farming is key to ending the practice
Surveys and studies on child slavery in West African cocoa farming have failed to consider its causes
WHO sounds alarm on India-made cough syrups linked to children’s death in The Gambia
Consuming the products leads to ‘active kidney injuries’ in children, said WHO director-general
Large quartz dust particles found in the middle of the North Atlantic
The mere existence of these particles at this location cannot be explained by conventional climate change models
Most expensive disaster in 2022: Hurricane Ian caused losses and damages worth $100bn, says report
Floods in Pakistan, west and southern Africa and drought in Europe also feature in the list of 2022’s most expensive disasters
Significant increase in rainfall in north, central Africa: Study
Almost all regions of the continent, except the south and east, showed a significant increase in annual rainfall from 1983 to 2020
Coup in Gabon: Ali Bongo the eighth west African leader to be ousted by military in two years
The coup appears to have brought an end to Bongo family’s 55-year hold on power in the country
More humans means less Great Apes, says first pan-African assessment
Agriculture, linear infrastructure, population density and even GDP and corruption influence Great Ape densities in Africa
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 …
Nigeria becomes second country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine
After Ghana, Nigeria’s approval of malaria vaccine will help world achieve WHO goal of reducing malaria cases, deaths by 90% by 2030
Climate change: West Africa’s oceans at risk because of a lack of monitoring
Communities are left blind to climate effect; can't take measures to adapt themselves
Ghana reports first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
Second time the disease with high fatality rate has been detected in western Africa; WHO confirmation awaited
West Africa records 1st death from ‘highly infectious’ Marburg virus
Case fatality rate of the infection is 24-88%
In Ebola shadow, West Africa battles COVID-19 amid economic challenges
Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are fighting amid collapsed economies and weakened heathcare systems
Harmattan and the air we breathe: What can we learn?
The massive climate change-induced dust fall event in west Africa has many lessons for all combating deadly air pollution
‘The West African monsoon always had the potential of impacting the Indian monsoon’
The realisation of the Great Green Wall project in the Sahel may strengthen the West African monsoon significantly, which may have a cascade …
Rising ammonia levels in West Africa linked to biomass burning
The trend was centered over Nigeria and the Southern coast
Did you know Indian and West African monsoons are linked?
A report by an IISc scientist says that El Nino oscillates between both regions and affects the intensity of their rainfall
