Facing war, sanctions and drought at home, Iran is deepening ties with African states for security cooperation, uranium and markets, from Burkina Faso...

A 2025 court ruling found South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli was murdered, overturning a 1967 inquest and reframing his legacy and his ove...

With the right investments and policies, distance education can move closer to fulfilling its full promise: to provide equitable, life-changing access...

The core contestation is between commodifying land through individual rights and markets, versus protecting it as a social good through communal right...

Drylands, covering 60 per cent of Africa, are hot, low-rainfall areas that sustain the livelihoods and food security of half a billion people through...

Gaza’s crisis stems not just from the recent war but decades of blockade, external control, and repeated destruction, highlighting its dependence on d...

Local actors, state and non-state, are no longer passive recipients of external interference. They are active participants in shaping their own securi...

With elections coming, he’s now trying every possible manoeuvre to improve his position – and the pardon is just one of them.

These groups, which helped organise mass protests in 2018, have since become a lifeline for communities affected by the civil war that began in 2023.

Plant-based foods like beans, grains, nuts and seeds are examples of low-emission, nutritious foods that could be farmed. New lab-grown meat or fermen...

Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan has remained among the most fragile states globally, plagued by chronic political instability and humanita...

The events in Guinea-Bissau reflect a so-called polycrisis for countries in and around the Sahel belt, sandwiched between North Africa and sub-Saharan...

Researchers collected nearly 700 stories from people fleeing Sudan’s war to South Sudan, revealing widespread rape and terror against women and girls...

Preventing violence against women and children should therefore begin early and continue. Early action can address the root causes and risk factors, i...

After a tour around his lab, Barr explains how the different parts of the global flu monitoring system cooperate – and why it can be misleading to thi...

How this creator space evolves will depend on how platforms promote useful content, whether sustainable business models emerge, and whether audiences...

Africa’s agribusiness sector embodies the continent’s untapped potential for structural transformation.

Overall, the ruling shows that misleading “green” or “carbon-neutral” claims could lead to legal action in African courts.

Research during lockdowns showed increased rates of domestic violence and psychological distress, particularly among people of lower socioeconomic sta...

Stillbirths are a sensitive measure of how health systems are performing. They reflect whether women can access timely, quality care during pregnancy...

Many of these tenants are unemployed, or employed in low-wage industrial work, precarious gig work, or domestic work.

Credit ratings are supposed to guide investors, not govern economies through certain policy inclinations. But in Africa’s case, they often do both.

Research has shown that people who cannot urinate when their bladder is full experience cognitive or attention impairment that is equivalent to stayin...

One of the clearest findings was that multiple exposures compounded the risk. Children who experienced both domestic and community violence were at pa...

The importance of debt, development finance and climate to Africa’s future is clear. Over half of African countries are either in debt distress or at...

The G20 was formed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, when the collapse of major banks and housing markets exposed deep cracks in the glob...

Insecurity in the Sahel region is worsening. Violent extremist groups are entering new territories such as Nigeria and parts of coastal West African s...

Improved production practices can reduce the need for antibiotics, while coordinated monitoring and cross-sector collaboration promote their responsib...

The biggest obstacle to mass production and the use of sulfur-based batteries is durability. A good lithium-ion battery, like those in an electric veh...

For climate finance to be successful, Indigenous communities must be able to adapt funding schemes to their own sharing and decision-making traditions...

Africa’s aquaculture sector is the fastest growing in the world, but the continent is responsible for only 2 per cent of the world’s total aquaculture...

Interpol’s red notices are one of the few ways to understand international law enforcement priorities. When nations submit a red notice, these alerts...

The average social media user engages with between six and seven platforms. The average person spends two hours 21 minutes on social media per day.

In Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, this is already happening. Pastoralists there can now access index-based livestock insurance through the DRI...

Experts call for urgent action as warming climates help diseases like dengue and chikungunya spread into new territories.

From border disputes to drought crises, Africa’s rivers are more than water—they’re a source of power, stability, and national security.

Since biodiversity is the base of ecosystem services, the destruction of Kilimanjaro’s natural habitats affects not only plants and animals living in...

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings broke barriers, redefining leadership, activism, and the meaning of women’s power in Ghana.

Amid bombing, looting, and displacement, Mashreq University turned technology and innovation into a lifeline for thousands of students.

Scientists warn that 75 per cent of Kilimanjaro’s native plants have vanished — not because of climate change, but because of human land use, farming,...

As stroke cases soar across Africa and hospitals struggle with limited resources, the continent urgently needs locally tailored care guidelines to ens...

Funders and research institutions need to understand that the time taken to build community partnerships with living descendant communities is an esse...

As we found in our recent research, our brains also have powerful mechanisms for defending body weight – and can sort of “remember” what that weight u...

“Neurodivergent” refers to individuals or groups of people whose brains work differently, for example, autistic people or those with ADHD or dyslexia.

The Trump controversy originated from the editing of a BBC Panorama documentary called “Trump: A Second Chance?” It went to air a week before the 2024...

Armed drones from Turkey, China, and Iran are reshaping African conflicts, offering tactical strikes and surveillance—but vast terrain, limited infras...

If we use high-yielding seed cultivars, fertilisers and agrochemicals to control diseases, we can then farm a relatively smaller area and rely on ampl...

African countries whose agriculture is less productive, with generally lower or poor crop yields, may not benefit as much in the short term from open...

The International Court of Justice recently ruled that world leaders must take immediate action, on a level that hasn’t been seen before, to prevent c...