[JOHANNESBURG] More than 40,000 previously unknown gut microbes in African populations could completely change how medicines work for millions of people, according to scientists. Research led by the Sydney Brenner…
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) must build expertise in AI and share their knowledge with the wider public, to avoid being overrun by the technology. That’s the advice of French mathematician and…
[ESWATINI] In the village of Siphocosini, Eswatini, Clement Tsabedze still remembers the moment that nearly took his life. After being bitten by a black mamba—one of the most feared and…
[GOIÂNIA, BRAZIL] The last days of summer in the southern hemisphere have yet to bring relief from high temperatures in the region where Ervino Kogler grows bananas. His plantation is…
[CAIRO] Lower-income countries must explore alternative funding strategies after the US pulled out of a global fund to compensate them for the worst impacts of the climate crisis, says analysts.…
[NEW YORK] The world’s food crops are already severely affected by rising global temperatures, which exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time last year. Now scientists…
[LONDON] Development banks, national authorities and the private sector must step up to help fight malnutrition, say leading diplomats, ahead of a key development summit where financial pledges from the US…
[NEW YORK] Climate change and extreme weather events can act as drivers of migration. But in some situations, vulnerable populations are simply unable to leave, even if they want to. In a new study led…
[KAMPALA] Ugandan researchers have developed a method to transform the waste generated by leather production into a nutrient-rich agricultural solution for coffee farming. The innovation addresses critical challenges in Uganda’s agricultural sector,…
[NAIROBI] Global deaths from HIV/AIDS and new infections could soar to levels unseen since the start of the century if planned funding cuts to foreign aid are sustained, undermining years…