Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic illness spread primarily through infected rodents, is rapidly spreading across Nigeria, prompting urgent public health warnings and straining the nation’s ...

Ronin, the rat, hails from Cambodia and is only 5 year old. He has uncovered at least 109 landmines along with 15 unexploded ordnance items since 2021, as per the non-profit organisation Apopo. The ...

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ACCRA, Ghana — U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) held the opening ceremony for the African Land Forces Summit 2025 in Accra, Ghana.

LAGOS, April 8 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank is mobilising $2.2 billion to develop agricultural processing zones in 28 states in Nigeria to boost food security and create jobs ...

Gardeners are being told they face a fine and up to 51 weeks in prison for using an illegal rat deterrent. Glue traps were made illegal for public use in a new law in 2022, and now anyone who isn ...

Addis Ababa, April 6, 2025 (E NA)— A mine-sniffing rat has earned a Guinness World Records title for sniffing more than 100 landmines and items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Cambodia, charity APOPO ...

A landmine-detecting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record to become the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines and other deadly war remnants. Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has ...

The tiny, rural southern African nation of Lesotho is also one of the world's poorest countries. Its exports to the U.S., mostly denim and other textiles used for American brands such as Levi's ...

Ronin, an African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), has achieved the distinction of being the most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR) in the organization's history, the news release said.