Africa

South African groundwater project shows the power of ci...

It’s about developing a community of practice: people who can work alongside sci...

Top Kenyan scientist shares the joys and challenges of ...

Manufacturing is just one part of the vaccine ecosystem. It’s the health system ...

Omicron: Senior Nigerian scientist considers fallout, a...

The current spate of travel bans is rather hasty and irrational given that we kn...

How Yemeni women are fighting the war

Many Yemeni women are not victims of war or just escaping or hiding. In many and...

Coronavirus: a weekly update from The Conversation's gl...

An effective vaccine against lies, spin and confusion.

Coronavirus weekly: as the virus spreads, economies gri...

Citizens around the world look warily at the rates of illnesses and deaths at ho...

Coronavirus weekly: expert analysis from The Conversati...

The outbreak continues to spread in new geographies and in numbers.

Coronavirus weekly: as the world stays at home, where i...

Since the pandemic began, the new coronavirus has infected more than 780,000 peo...

Coronavirus weekly: as global cases pass one million, h...

This fifth weekly column by our team of international health editors highlights ...

Coronavirus weekly: as some countries hope to ease conf...

Scientists and academics on how the world might change once this is all over, an...

Coronavirus weekly: where are countries finding the mon...

A look at what various countries – from Indonesia and Argentina to Canada and th...

Coronavirus weekly: where next for globalisation after ...

This week, our experts are looking at the major trends in post-crisis globalisat...

Coronavirus weekly: treatments on the horizon and lesso...

The pandemic is still raging. Health, money, work, relationships, environment ha...

What bush crickets are telling researchers via their un...

The ears of bush crickets are found on their forelegs.

Efforts to protect the poor during COVID: how five Afri...

Study shows that agriculture, one of the most important sectors, did not decline...

Nigeria's food inflation: losers, winners and a possibl...

Food inflation figures in Nigeria give cause for concern. Accusing fingers are p...