Zimbabwean-born scientist comes up with a way to monitor deadly air pollution
While climate change is getting a lot of attention, what many people fail to understand is the massive impact air pollution has on the...
In search for solutions to famine
JOHANNESBURG - The number of hungry and malnourished people is rising for the first time in over a decade. According to the United...
15 Animals on the Brink of Extinction in 2017
Several animal species, some that have been on the planet for hundreds of thousands of year and more, are on the brink of extinction in...
UN launches $9 million food security project
The United Nations ( UN ) on Tuesday launched a nine million-dollar food security project in Kaduna State to improve the livelihood of...
SA Photographer Captures 10 Years Of Floods In 'Drowning World'
South Africa-born photographer Gideon Mendel has photographed flood zones around the world for the past 10 years, but photographing...
10 Renewable Energy Start Ups in Africa
Africa has an immense energy crisis. In a continent with a population of close to 1 billion, over 625 million people are without power....
Water Conferences Focus on Gender, Food and Urban Resilience
Water professionals and leaders discussed how principles for managing and governing water can be implemented in relation to food security...
How nuclear can support green applications for a sustainable SA
We often hear about next generation nuclear power plants under development and construction worldwide. These nuclear power plants are...
A recipe to end hunger: Food policies that adapt to climate change
In our age of conspicuous consumption and excess, it frightens us to know that one out of nine people – or 815 million children, women...
Substantial investment to tackle challenges of African vector-borne plant diseases
The University of Bristol has been awarded £2 million to lead a major new project that aims to tackle the devastation caused by...