A group of scientists led by the American Museum of Natural History and Bat Conservation…
First Human Culture Lasted 20,000 Years Longer Than Thought
Fieldwork led by Dr. Eleanor Scerri, head of the Pan-African Evolution Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany and Dr. Khady Niang of the…
How Sub-Saharan Africa Can Rethink Its Approach to Agriculture
In response to the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, most sub-Saharan governments are developing economic recovery plans. These will require some different thinking, particularly when it comes to agriculture. Wandile…
The Spread of Surveillance Technology in Africa Stirs Security Concerns
In 2019, Kampala police procured $126 million worth of closed circuit television camera (CCTV) surveillancetechnology from Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to help control the city’s growing crime problem. Opposition and civil society…
Where Covid-19 Has Left Nigeria’s Health System
Over nine months into COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria, there are concerns about how well the country has managed the pandemic. Adejuwon Soyinka, from The Conversation Africa, asked Dr. Doyin Odubanjo, executive secretary…
How Ghana and Nigeria Police Handle Domestic Violence Cases
Since the 1970s feminist movement for the support of abused women under the appellation “Battered Women’s Movement”, the struggle against domestic violence has continued. In Ghana, for example, national records reveal that…
