Mariam Olamide Kareem, an emerging Nigerian soil scientist, is gaining international recognition for her groundbreaking work in soil health, water-use efficiency, and sustainable agriculture—research ...

For all its spectacle—an unprecedented early leaders’ summit, a fire in one of the pavilions, and a presidency scrambling to salvage ambition—COP30 will be remembered for something far more familiar: ...

New research presented at The Union World Conference on Lung Health, hosted by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), has demonstrated the potentially devastating ...

At a high-level side event during COP30, global experts and practitioners called for a decisive shift toward natural farming and regenerative agriculture as a critical solution to the twin crises of ...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is calling for urgent and coordinated action to end female genital mutilation (FGM) across East and Southern Africa, warning that millions of girls remain at ...

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has joined an influential new global alliance of national academies of medicine and medical science divisions committed to accelerating action at the ...

Across the vast landscapes of Sub-Saharan Africa, a quiet but determined revolution is taking root. It is unfolding in maize fields in Malawi, vegetable patches along Somalia’s river valleys, and the ...

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday affirmed his commitment to Indigenous Peoples, underscoring the need to work side-by-side with them, whom he called “the most effective guardians ...

Climate finance is the lifeblood of climate action. It is what turns plans into progress, and ambition into implementation. And nowhere is its importance clearer than at this meeting, which is not a ...

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has unveiled the ASSAf Food Safety Forum, a new national platform designed to tackle the growing threats to South Africa’s food system and safeguard ...

New research featured in the abstract book of the World Conference on Lung Health (WCLH) has uncovered new harms presented by exposure to ambient air pollution, with additional risks identified in ...

Community-led health initiatives to reduce the impact of malaria through prevention, awareness, and treatment interventions received a boost when Haleon Kenya Ltd and Amref Health Kenya entered into a ...