The African Union Commission has appointed the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) as the official Secretariat for the Soil Initiative for Africa (SIA) and the Africa Fertilizer and Soil ...

Ethiopian Steel Production & Building Company plc (ESPBC) proudly marks its 20th anniversary. Founded two decades ago with a vision to stimulate economic independence, spur employment, build knowledge ...

For the first time, global leaders reached an agreement recognising Afro-descendant peoples as indispensable partners in biodiversity and climate initiatives. Afro-descendant peoples’ roles in ...

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has recently recognised the critical role that editors and peer reviewers play in ensuring the integrity and quality of academic publications. Their ...

Her excellency Rachel Ruto, Kenya’s First Lady has called on all African countries to invest in foundational education and have 46 million children out of school in Eastern and Southern Africa back to ...

Who would we ever want to deal with infections that are difficult (or impossible) to treat? Young people are right when they call on world leaders to ensure a future where antimicrobial resistance is ...

The latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals a highly concerning decline in populations of migratory shorebirds across the globe, with 16 species reclassified to higher threat ...

The Guinea-based subsidiary of mining giant AngloGold Ashanti, one of the world’s largest gold mining companies, has agreed to a financial settlement with families who were forcibly relocated to make ...

The African continent has been challenged to urgently invest in robust data and statistical systems to accelerate sustainable development, the Director of the Africa Centre for Statistics at the ...

Our governments have promised to deliver on gender equality and human rights by endorsing a range of declarations, agreements and other commitments, including the legally binding treaty CEDAW in 1979 ...

The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has announced the launch of a Phase 3 clinical trial for the M72/AS01E tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in Kenya. According to a press statement from ...