Africa

Hepatitis B in Nigeria: fresh data to inform prevention...

HBV cases in Nigeria point to a potential liver disease crisis. Prevention and c...

South Africa's political risk profile has gone up a few...

The evidence shows that political risk in South Africa has increased markedly in...

What South Africa's COVID alcohol restrictions point to...

Industry repeatedly cited large and often untested figures of profit and job los...

Climate anxiety is real. Why talking about it matters

Scientists experience diverse, complex, and often contrasting emotions about the...

Emperor moths in the rock art of the Namib Desert shed ...

The moth cocoons are the first archaeological evidence of shamanic ritual paraph...

Celebrating Dolly Rathebe, South Africa's original blac...

Her celebration of black life, black beauty and black humanity through her films...

Academics suggest good reads on topical issues in Nigeria

Academics reflect on books on topical issues in Nigeria that they read in 2021.

South African movie dives into the complexity of poaching

Woven throughout the backstories of these characters is the loss of loved ones, ...

Five exciting African museums to add to your travel wis...

Museums allow us to delve deep into the past with eye-catching displays of artef...

Four reasons why physically punishing school children d...

Too often, corporal punishment breaks young people and brutalises them.

How African thinkers of the 1980s fed into today's ineq...

Ghanaian postcolonial intellectuals viewed terms such as development, neo-coloni...

What lies behind Mozambique's failure to find lasting p...

Study shows that Mozambique 1992 peace agreement was never the success it was cl...

Why South African political parties must find a balance...

Metros may be a graveyard for political ambition. But if parties or individuals ...

US and Africa: mending fences and building bridges in t...

The recent visit of the US secretary of state to Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal appe...

What stands in the way of a new South Sudan post-confli...

Trust and confidence-building are vital in divided nations where various and oft...

We found a rare insect at an unspoilt stream in Nigeria...

The presence of a vulnerable species in Ekor Waterfalls, Nigeria, is a signal th...