Chatham House convening and research focuses on social norms and anti-corruption programming in Nigeria; cross-border conflict and smuggling across West Africa as part of the XCEPT research programme; ...

Through the International Development Association (IDA), the part of the World Bank that focuses on the world’s low-income countries, the World Bank is promoting regional cooperation with African ...

A comprehensive strategy that combines pharmacological advances, vector control, public outreach to raise awareness and ...

Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the pathogen ...

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Mangroves occupy a global area of 137,600 km2, roughly the same area as Greece. They are one of the most threatened ecosystems on Earth predominantly due to human impacts that have caused over 62% of ...

Protecting existing mangrove forests is a priority for global conservation because of the wide range of services that these coastal forests provide to humankind. Despite the recent reduction in global ...

SINGAPORE – Efforts to safeguard South-east Asia’s mangroves as a source of carbon credits could be undermined if carbon prices are not high enough, a new study has suggested. This is ...

Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Chad have joined three West African countries — Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso — asking for French troop’s withdrawal, marking a major blow to France’s waning ...

Global and regional energy leaders and stakeholders are set to converge in Lagos to forge a path towards West Africa's clean energy Global and regional energy leaders and stakeholders are set to ...