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Insects are constantly adapting to methods used to control them. Photo/Shutterstock.
Insect pests cause almost half of the crop losses in Africa. If the continent is to feed its...
Pupils learning how to use a computer. Photo/FILE
The education crisis in Tanzania today is too loud to be tolerated. On March 19, newspapers in...
Whether they like it or not, many Africans faced with the possibility of having to access water through prepaid meters have resorted to unprotected and often unclean sources of water because they cannot afford to pay. Photo/IPS
As old and new challenges continue to threaten its access, the UN has dedicated the next decade...
At first sight, one could mistake him for a bouncer, someone whose job is to make certain that...
Regulating Facebook won't prevent data breaches. Photo/Shutterstock
After revelations that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica allegedly appropriated...
Whether they like it or not, many Africans faced with the possibility of having to access water through prepaid meters have resorted to unprotected and often unclean sources of water because they cannot afford to pay. Photo/IPS
As old and new challenges continue to threaten its access, the UN has dedicated the next decade...
Communal taps in Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay, Cape Town. 13 March 2018. Photo/Leila Dougan
South Africa’s water system hangs in the balance, as residents of Cape Town and Nelson Mandela...
Females, Najin and Fatu, are the last two remaining members of the northern white rhino species. Photo: Tony Karumba
On Monday the scientist received the devastating news that Sudan, the last male of the species,...
ONE of the things that I believe are necessary in human life is personal development.
US Defense Secretary James Mattis
Last July, James Mattis and Rex Tillerson arranged a tutoring session at the Pentagon for...
Syrian rebel fighters from the Ahrar al-Sham faction wait by buses to be evacuated from Ghouta after a deal brokered by regime ally Russia. Photo:
Around 200 opposition fighters and family members have left the besieged enclave of Ghouta after...
'It is possible for a child soldier today to become something else tomorrow' (Courtesy). Photo: Alain Uaykani Alwak
For fixers, news stories are often personal.
They are locals, sometimes journalists...