Debates on agricultural research in Africa must go beyond simplistic criticism. Agricultural research should not be viewed as ...

Throughout history, most of the world's genomic research has relied on DNA data from people of European ancestry.

A new study of hot springs in Zambia’s Kafue Rift has found helium and carbon isotope signatures in the region. These ...

If this continues to develop, this rift could grow into a new tectonic plate boundary—splitting the African continent in half ...

Molecular biologist Khady Sall returned to Senegal in 2018 after setting up Science Education Exchange for Sustainable Development (SeeSD), a non-profit organization she founded while a PhD student in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a relatively rare situation in which the entire globe is grappling with the same crisis at the same time, albeit with widely varying approaches, resource levels, ...

The African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI), launched in 2004 by the U.S. National Academies and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a 10-year effort to strengthen the ...

Rift forming beneath Zambia could tear Africa apart - Researchers say Kafue Rift could become new tectonic plate boundary and ...

A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0°C of global warming above ...

South Africa’s President joined dignitaries, scientists, a large media contingent and members of the local community in the small town of Carnarvon today to celebrate South Africa’s successful bid to ...