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Traders at a market in Nakuru, Kenya. Oil price hikes will push up the price of food. Photo by James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Oil price surge is hurting African economies: scholars in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa take stock

The universal fear is the effect the rise in prices is having on fuel, a staple commodity in every one of the countries for ordinary people as well as industries.
An edible urban forest and permaculture vegetable garden at Lycee Lyautey in Casablanca, Morocco. Martin Bertrand/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images

Can nature help solve human problems like climate change? Researchers weigh up pros and cons

Using nature to solve environmental damage caused by humans can work on a local level, but can nature-based solutions be scaled up enough to address climate change?
Digital tools have been pitched as a surefire way for farmers across Africa to improve their businesses. Martin Harvey/Getty Images

Kenya’s farmers have lots of digital tools to help boost productivity – how they can be made more effective

The hype around digital tools can divert attention from farmers’ real, on-the-ground challenges.
Les jeunes Kenyans ont été à l'origine des manifestations qui ont eu lieu dans tout le pays. Katie G. Nelson/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Troubles au Kenya : les raisons économiques profondes qui ont fait descendre la génération Z dans la rue

La lenteur de la croissance économique du Kenya, l'importance de la population de jeunes instruits et les possibilités d'emploi limitées sont parmi les facteurs qui ont donné lieu aux manifestations.
Social sciences play a key role in preventing zoonotic diseases from spreading to people from animals. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Why ‘One Health’ needs more social sciences: Pandemic prevention depends on behaviour as well as biology

Pandemics often have animal origins, so prevention is often dominated by health and veterinary sciences. However, social sciences’ role in understanding human behaviour is also crucial to prevention.
Mpho Molutsi, de la Children’s Radio Foundation, lors d'une émission en direct à Johannesburg. Gulshan Khan/AFP/Getty Images

100 ans de radio en Afrique : de la propagande au pouvoir populaire

Avec une histoire politique tumultueuse, la radio est aujourd'hui la première source d'information en Afrique.
Mpho Molutsi from the Children’s Radio Foundation during a live community broadcast in Johannesburg. Gulshan Khan/AFP/Getty Images

100 years of radio in Africa: from propaganda to people’s power

With a dramatic political history, radio is today the number one source of news in Africa.
L'action en faveur du climat permettra de réduire la pollution de l'air en Afrique. James Wakibia / Getty Images

Un nouveau rapport montre comment la lutte contre le changement climatique peut améliorer la santé publique en Afrique

L'Afrique peut limiter l'impact du climat sur la santé en prenant 37 mesures approuvées par les ministres de l'environnement.

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