Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent's public health body said Tuesday as it repeated a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed. Eighty-one deaths from mpox were reported in Africa in the past week, bringi...

 Botswana has announced the discovery of one of the largest diamonds ever unearthed at one of its mines. The diamond will be displayed to the public on Thursday. The Botswana government believes the huge 2,492-carat stone is the second-biggest ever brought out of a mine. Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond Corp. said in a statement Wednesda...

 Africa's top public health agency says the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other countries on the continent could start vaccinating against mpox within days. The DRC is the epicentre of a more deadly strain of the virus that emerged last year and has subsequently spread to some 12 other African states, with confirmed cases in at least ...

Нигерийские ученые из Университета Ковенант и Илоринского университета изучили экологическую ситуацию в дельте реки Нигер на юге Нигерии. Они пришли к выводу, что загрязнение окружающей среды нефтепродуктами и радиоактивными веществами представляет угрозу для природы и местных жителей. Исследование опубликовано в научном журнале All Earth. Нигер — ...

Учебное парусное судно "Крузенштерн" 17-18 августа завершит второй рейс навигации 2024 года в порту Калининграда. Судно примет участие в церемонии старта Большой африканской экспедиции. 21 августа на территории Калининградского морского рыбного порта состоится торжественная церемония старта Большой африканской экспедиции 2024/2025. В походе научно-...

 On Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the chief of the World Health Organization, summoned an "emergency" meeting of international experts as cases of the most dangerous Mpox virus variant surge in African countries. Reports suggest that this variant is highly infectious, allowing it to spread rapidly among individuals, prompting serious ...

Like many other Maasai women, fish farmer Charity Oltinki was previously engaged in beadwork, but found the profession to be unprofitable. Her husband, the primary breadwinner, was responsible for managing their cattle. But the severe drought that struck the Horn of Africa from 2020 to 2023 killed almost 100 of their cows, and only 50 sheep of thei...

Американские ученые из Университета штата Пенсильвания выяснили, что необычный вулкан Олдоиньо-Ленгаи в Танзании быстро уходит под землю на протяжении последних 10 лет.Исследование опубликовано в научном журнале Geophysical Research Letters (GRL).Олдоиньо-Ленгаи — единственный в мире вулкан, активно извергающий карбонатитовую лаву — чрезвычайно тек...

 China and 26 African countries have agreed to strengthen partnerships and boost innovation in the digital sector. African participants at the Forum on China, Africa Digital Cooperation were hosted Monday (Jul. 29) by the Chinese ministry of Industry and Information Technology in Beijing. Senegal's minister of telecommunications looked forward...

 In the Egyptian city of Alexandria, summer visitors are flocking to the 19th book fair, a two-week event running until July 28th. Stacks upon stacks of books lined the shelves, tables and walls at a book fair held at the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria. The event - which runs until July 28 - is held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the mod...

Ученые Университета Барселоны, Центра геохронологии Беркли и Университета штата Мюррей обнаружили самые древние человеческие останки в Европе на Пиренейском полуострове. Исследование опубликовано в журнале Earth-Science Reviews.Палеонтологи проанализировали образцы минералов с стоянок Орсе (Гранада) и определили возраст человеческих останков в 1,3 ...

 Next time you open a bottle of wine, spare a thought for what goes into producing the cork. The bark tissue is not only used for wine, but also in the fashion and building industries. Morocco, which produces about 6 per cent of natural cork globally, is transforming the way it harvests, moving away from the axe to a smarter and more efficient...

 Extreme weather events causing floods, drought, and wildfires are becoming more frequent and more severe with climate change, affecting countries around the globe. The Horn of Africa is particularly prone to heavy rains which cause devastating localised flooding, loss of livelihoods, and even life. Now, scientists are using artificial intelli...

Researchers in South Africa have injected radioactive material into the horns of 20 rhinos as part of a research project aimed at reducing poaching. The idea is that radiation detectors already in place at national borders would detect the horns and help authorities arrest poachers and traffickers. The research, which has included the participation...

 Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists say is the world's largest land mammal migration. The country's first comprehensive aerial wildlife survey, released Tuesday June 25, found about six million antelope. The survey was conducted ove...

Tanzania inaugurated its first Emergency Operation and Communication Center (EOCC) Situation Room, which is also the first national situation room to be set up under the African Union's Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (AMHEWAS) Programme. The event took place last week on friday and marked a milestone in the country's jour...

 In the impoverished slums of Nairobi, Jacinter Awino navigates her daily chores amidst a maze of rusty iron sheets. The small tin shack that lacks a toilet and running water has been her family's shelter for years, costing about $380 to build. Her husband, who earns about $75 per month from casual construction jobs, struggles to provide for t...

 In an attempt to tackle the stigma and reluctance of people to test for HIV, South African authorities are recruiting traditional healers. The healers are part of a pilot study to encourage more people, especially the young, to have the test and to seek medical treatment if needed. Shadrack Mashabane is a traditional healer in the small town ...

 Thousands of fishermen holding cone-shaped nets stood side by side, cheering and chanting as they waited for the signal. Suddenly, they rushed to a large muddy pond and cast their nets, dropping to their knees in the mud. Soon, one proudly held up a fish the length of his arm. For several hundred years, people have gathered in the southern Ma...

 South African health authorities say two people have died this week after contracting Mpox, and it appears there is local transmission of the disease. The health ministry said Thursday that a 38-year-old man died in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province on Wednesday, the same day a laboratory test confirmed that he had contracted the virus. Anot...