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A landmark climate case before the African Court asks what African states must do to protect human rights, phase out fossil fuels, and tackle climate change.
Targeting men who move around for work is crucial for the success of a new HIV/Aids treatment.
Palaeontologists have got a clearer picture of where turtles fit in the animal kingdom, thanks to analysis of a southern African fossil.
The median scam in Australia last year cost $400 – so a rapid refund of up to $3,000 sounds generous. But take a closer look and it starts to look oddly low.
The idea of a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ is a myth that best serves idealists.
After more than a decade, external security intervention has left the Sahel region more fragmented, militarised and violent.
Global media coverage tends to focus on just one of Ethiopia’s conflicts.
Diesel has become South Africa’s shadow infrastructure system by compensating for failures in electricity generation and freight rail.
Urban design depends heavily on human judgment and field-based understanding.
The responsibility for policing nonprofits generally falls to state attorneys general, rather than federal authorities.
Military regimes have shifted from presenting themselves as temporary ‘corrective’ interventions to becoming personalised systems of rule.
Encountering a website that seems like it was designed to frustrate might leave you saying ‘there oughta be a law,’ but to have a case you need to show that the site tried to swindle you.
On the field, football has the power to bring cultural unity. But crackdowns on immigrants and soaring costs will make it more difficult to attend.
Julius Malema’s skills at building a party and running a tight ship have been bolstered by his charisma and speech-making capability.
Floods regularly devastate Lagos’s informal workers, but traders and residents have built their own systems to adapt where the state has failed.
Understanding genetics can help explain differences in disease susceptibility across populations, informing medical research and public health strategies.
Science can only change the world when societies decide to give it the means to do so.
Figuring out how climate change will cause plant disease and pests to spread across Africa’s Great Lakes farms is critical for future food supplies.
As cities grow, it would be better to have more efficient, higher-capacity transport than more vehicles on the road.
Literature about royal animals was used in workshops to imagine better futures.
Road counts over 16 years revealed declines in populations of birds of prey in South Africa.
The Conversation Africa marks its eleventh anniversary this year with more than 12,000 articles celebrating varying levels of impact.
Economic conditions for ordinary Mozambicans are deteriorating. Poverty has risen, public services are unreliable and there are few decent job opportunities.
While Africa accounts for roughly 25% of the global disease burden, its people are largely invisible in randomised controlled trials.