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The meat of wild animals, or wild meat, is a big part of the diets of millions of people in central Africa.
By 2100, rural African dwellers will be exposed to dangerous levels of heat nearly twice as high as those in urban areas.
Tolerance for the use of force in the conflict in Cameroon has undermined the appeal of dialogue and negotiations.
There’s a need for more surveys of macroinvertebrates in African countries.
When occurring in nature, mpox is mostly confined to the humid forest regions of west and central Africa.
Giraffes show remarkable genetic differences between populations.
The disintegration of the United States’ relationship with Niger following its military coup in 2023 is giving way to stronger ties between the African country and Russia and China.
Children benefit enormously from regular, cognitively stimulating interactions with their caregivers.
Cameroon’s rebels don’t have the unity, funding or logistics to achieve their aims.
Ali Bongo’s illness, the contagion effect of other recent successful coups and palace power tussles are factors responsible for Gabon’s recent coup.
Gabon is resource rich, but the Bongo family’s continuous rule has been bad news for the country of 2.3 million people.
The restitution of looted objects from former colonies in Africa is an essential component of post-colonial reparation.
There is a need for better innovations and policies to help improve the fisheries sector in this region.
Reconstructed vocabulary sheds light on cultural items and people’s habitats, including the spread of ideas and the importance of certain concepts.
This grass may hold the key to improving milk yields from cows kept by small-scale farmers across the African continent.
The report projects an increase in mean temperatures and hot extremes across the continent. Worryingly the rate of temperature increase across the continent exceeds the global average.
A new review of the status of African elephants finds scientific grounds for dividing them into two species, and reports that both have suffered drastic population declines since 1990.
Gabon’s strongman president, Ali Bongo, is barely clinging to power after contested elections, a stroke and a coup attempt. The Bongo family has run this stable central African nation for 52 years.
Data suggest that people are living many years in poor health in Africa.
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Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
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Professor of Political Science , American Graduate School in Paris (AGS)
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in African History, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Francophone Studies (Africa, Caribbean), Faculty Affiliate with Africana Studies, World Literature Program and Human Rights Pracice, University of Arizona
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Senior Lecturer, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Principal Scientist - Plant Pathology, Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute Hub
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Assistant Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
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Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Guelph
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Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo
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Emeritus Professor of African Linguistics, University of Leipzig
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Research associate, Technische Universität Dresden