Tag: africa

For over several millennia, swarms of desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) have plagued Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. They are ...

The refugee crisis goes on and on. On Nov. 27, 2019, at least 150 refugees boarded a boat on the ...

Reducing food loss and waste is critical for economic growth, poverty reduction, improved nutrition and climate change mitigation. Article in ...

With just above two-fifths of its population having access to electricity (over 600 million people), sub-Saharan Africa is a region ...

Last week in South Africa, violence ravaged the country. Foreign-owned shops were the target of looting and torching. Besides shops ...

The concept that women’s rights activism and women’s empowerment are tasks for women and women-led organizations is indeed obsolete and ...

Article in collaboration with: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) seeks to address the increasing ...

Editors Note: Written by Former Liberia Education Minister George Werner, this article reflects on Partnership Schools for Liberia (now Liberian ...

Teen mothers in Seke Rural, a constituency of Zimbabwe, are speaking out about how society stigmatises and ostracizes them. The ...

There is a popular saying in Africa that “manufacturing is only for the brave.” Recently, such sayings have been extended ...

"We are a rich country but we are poor people," said one of the internally-displaced women who found shelter in ...