Environment
Conservation group backs killing rare rhino for cash
A licence to kill a rogue male black rhino sold for $350,000 – the IUCN says the wider population will benefit and the funds will go to conservation
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Technology
Africa’s road-building frenzy will transform continent
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Health
Mandela catalysed treatment of HIV in Africa
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Mandela’s unsung legacy of science in Africa
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Technology
Text messages tell drivers when there’s a jam ahead
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Health
Africa’s war on cancer kicks off with vaccine trials
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Technology
Can Nairobi be the next Silicon Valley?
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Earth
Ethiopia switches on Africa’s largest wind farm
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Humans
Complete skull of 1.8-million-year-old hominin found
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Earth
Did Africa’s Great Lakes boost our ancestors’ brains?
Pulses of human evolution between 2 and 1 million years ago correspond to periods of rapid change in the size and shape of Africa's Great Lakes, hinting at a link
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Earth
Vast supplies of groundwater found under Kenya
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Space
How Nigeria has been using its satellites
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Health
Making medicine as ubiquitous as Coke in rural Africa
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Earth
Deforestation in Congo basin slows, but for how long?
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