Hypertension – persistent high blood pressure – is one of the biggest contributors to strokes, heart failure and cardiac arrests. It claims more than 10 million lives every year worldwide. But it’s…
African Countries Could Save Billions by Cutting Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases at the Same Time
Lowering air pollution in Africa has many economic benefits, according to new research by environmental scientists Chris Malley, Kevin Hicks and Caroline Sawe. They reflect on two reports that set out the…
For years, the world has understood climate change as an environmental problem – melting glaciers, rising seas, extreme weather. But what happens in people’s minds when their world becomes unstable? What do…
New research led by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and published today in the journal Earth System Dynamics, shows a clear warming signal across the Congo Basin since the 1960s, using historical weather…
A study involving more than 20,500 children shows that the majority of hospitalisations and deaths are caused by preventable infectious diseases. Malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhoea are the leading causes of hospitalisation and death…
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to temporarily allow the United States to resume deporting migrants to third-country destinations could see the resumption of flights to Liberia. About the size of Ohio, the…
A team of African researchers have published, for the first time, a comprehensive review of seagrass restoration activities across the entire coastline of Africa. Seagrasses are flowering plants that grow in shallow…
The movement of tens of thousands people into Ceuta, the Spanish enclave on the north African coast, in July 2026 has highlighted faultlines in the politics of migration between Europe and Morocco.…
Ugandan authorities on Wednesday named the country’s prospective crude oil blend “Pearl Sweet,” marking a milestone as the East African country gears up for commercial production by the end of the year. Officials announced…
The United Nations said in a report Thursday that foreign networks are helping fuel the brutal war in Sudan that has raged between the army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces…
