Khartoum has resumed its bombardment of South Sudan despite the passing of a UN Security Council Resolution calling for a ceasefire.
With military action escalating over the past few days, the two nations…
The East African Rift holds evidence of a continent under strain.
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Modern-day Africa was the keystone of Gondwana, the aggregated mass of southern continents that co-existed for nearly 400m years.
That supercontinent has since split apart, creating the land masses we…
Would you have recognised this man before today?
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“Kony2012” is trending worldwide on Twitter.
Really, people? Why couldn’t we just stick to making tweets about the Kardashians, Justin Bieber, Angelina Jolie’s leg and sexist hashtags?
Snark aside, I…
Nigeria's troubles are fuelled by ethnic and religious tensions.
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The coming of the new year was not auspicious for Nigeria. Despite being rich in oil, the country is overwhelmed by corruption and violence.
The north of the country has been torn apart by terrorist attacks…
A Green Climate Fund could help African livestock farmers.
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DURBAN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: With a backdrop of global financial woes and the European Union’s debt crisis, the Conference of the Parties at Durban convened with lower expectations but high stakes…
Genetic estimates of the age of the common ancestor of non-African humans may be wrong.
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How and when did humans colonise the globe? This question has become one of the key concerns of archaeologists, geneticists and human biologists. And now the latest archaeological discovery in Oman in…
Increasing population and climate change will make it even harder for the world to feed itself.
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The world’s population has just hit seven billion and nearly one billion people do not get enough to eat. Agricultural land is being degraded at the rate of 12 million hectares a year and the world faces…
First step: address under-investment in agricultural research and development.
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CHOGM: As the leaders of Commonwealth nations meet in Perth, The Conversation is examining the role of the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) Meeting.
Daniel Rodriguez from the University…
Filling bellies is about far more than just supply and demand.
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We need to stop thinking about food security as an economic problem.
Food security is largely discussed in terms of increasing demand pressures and worsening constraints on supply. These discussions miss…
Africa desperately needs more advanced chemistry facilities.
John Duffell
Welcome back to If I had a blank cheque I’d … our series in which leading researchers reveal what they could do in their discipline if money were no object.
Today we hear from Brynn Hibbert, Professor…
The humanitarian crisis in the Horn continues to escalate.
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While droughts are caused by weather – the failure of the rains – famines are invariably political.
The current famine in southern Somalia should have come as no surprise. Aid agencies have been warning…
