L'ascension du parc national de Niokolo-Koba du Sénégal, sorti de la liste des sites en péril, illustre le succès d'une réhabiliation ambitieuse, redonnant espoir à la faune et à la flore menacée.
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The giant pangolin had not been documented in Senegal since 1999, and no photographic evidence had been captured since 1967.
A study in South Africa’s Western Cape province found high levels of symptoms of depression and anxiety among young adolescents.
South Africans would have wanted to hear President Cyril Ramaphosa spell out how the unity government will address poverty and unemployment.
La redécouverte inespérée du pangolin géant au Parc National du Niokolo-Koba au Sénégal marque un tournant historique pour la conservation de cette espèce autrefois considérée comme éteinte.
HIV prevention and treatment have made great strides, but barriers created by stigma, laws and logistics remain.
Hard bargaining still needs to happen before the country has a definitive sense of how executive accountability will be enforced under a unity government.
What lies ahead for South Africa’s new government of national unity?
The machine learning model can work in the absence of video data, identifying prey capture events from new acceleration and depth data.
Smallholder farmers in Gwanda, rural Zimbabwe face droughts and rising temperatures from climate change. Their environment is also being damaged by artisanal gold miners, new research has found.
The data collected for South Africa’s 2022 census should be used with caution.
Un médicament révolutionnaire marque un progrès majeur dans la lutte contre le VIH. Toutefois, pour que les taux d'infection baissent, des changements de comportement sont indispensables
Much needs to be done to improve governance of South Africa’s health system. Eight recommendations provide a guide to what needs to be prioritised.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet choices appear to have been driven more (if not exclusively) by bona fides and pragmatism. This augurs well for the multi-party arrangement.
Nigeria’s migration policies lack coordination. They are reactive rather than proactive.
A breakthrough drug is a significant step forward in the fight against HIV. But without changes in behaviour, infection rates won’t come down.
Le papillomavirus humain est la principale cause du cancer du col de l'utérus, mais toutes les personnes infectées ne développent pas la maladie.
Kenya’s police have a long history of using excessive force.
The majority of South Africans want government to regulate the mining industry more tightly to reduce its negative impact on the environment.
The filmmakers followed the Reclaim the City campaign for six years to document their struggle for accommodation in Cape Town’s elite ‘city bowl’.
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Research Fellow at the Centre for Statistics in Ecology, the Environment and Conservation (SEEC), University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Public Mental Health, University of Cape Town
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Professor Emeritus of Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Public Mental Health, University of Cape Town
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Head of the Division of Public Health Medicine in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Researcher, conservation and wildlife ecology , University of Cape Town
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Sue Struengmann Initiative Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Senior Clinical Research Officer , University of Cape Town
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Professor Emeritus, University of Cape Town
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Post doctoral research fellow, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, University of Cape Town
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow, African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town
