Technology
Lutte contre la mendicité au Mali : derrière la rue, six parcours d'enfants à cartographier
Le 24 septembre 2026, le Mali a lancé la phase opérationnelle de sa Stratégie nationale de lutte contre la mendicité.
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- Health
One third of food is lost or wasted: how to help farmers cut post-harvest losses
Agriculture in the global south remains under pressure to produce more food while responding to climate change and resource constraints. Policy responses have focused on increasing production. But what about post-harvest losses?
- Education
Uganda’s sugarcane boom leaves families hungry: what needs to change
Busoga, in eastern Uganda, is a low, fertile plateau surrounded on three sides by Lake Victoria, the River Nile and Lake Kyoga. Most of its 4.3 million people farm small, rain-fed plots.
- Government
Violence numérique : le coût caché de l'engagement politique des femmes et des jeunes en Afrique australe
Menaces, harcèlement coordonné, divulgation de données personnelles, deepfakes sexualisés : dans la vie politique, la violence numérique ne vise pas seulement à détruire une réputation.
HealthStudy of 20,000 Nigerians explores the links between drug use, climate change and poverty
For years, the world has understood climate change as an environmental problem – melting glaciers, rising seas, extreme weather. But what happens in people’s minds when their world becomes unstable?
- Government
Who is Navi Pillay, the South African judge who won the Nobel prize? We asked her biographer
International human rights judge Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel peace prize. She was honoured for her lifelong dedication to international law and global justice.
BusinessRadical economic policies in Argentina offer lessons – but not a blueprint – for South Africa
Economic reform is usually judged by its numbers: inflation, deficits, growth. Less attention goes to the beliefs and habits that decide whether people will accept those numbers, and for how long.
- Education
‘Lazy, weak, bewitched’ – how stigma stops Uganda’s children from getting help, and what schools can do about it
“Me who is a poor person, do I have the luxury to have depression? No, it is only you who is rich that has the luxury to have depression.”
- Science
Snakebites are a far bigger problem than we knew: new study maps the hidden dangers
Not every snakebite injects venom. When venom enters the body, however, it can cause snake envenoming. This is a potentially fatal condition and it mostly affects poor rural communities across tropical and subtropical regions who don’t have…
- Culture
Sénégal : la bataille des mœurs est devenue un enjeu politique
Une danse considérée comme trop osée et qui suscite l’indignation sur les réseaux sociaux. Une artiste qui se retrouve au centre d’une enquête pour une scène jugée inappropriée.
- Health
African genomics research is growing: what countries are doing to connect genetic data and healthcare
Much of what scientists know about how genetic differences affect health comes from studying populations outside Africa. This matters because genetic information is increasingly being used to understand disease, interpret genetic tests and,…
EnvironmentBambara groundnut: new maps show where southern African farmers can grow this drought-tolerant crop
Across Africa, wheat, maize and rice are the most consumed cereal crops. When they fail because of drought, floods or other climate disasters, this can be devastating for farmers, particularly smallholder farmers whose livelihoods and food…