To determine rates of change, we combined published and unpublished road transect data from surveys conducted during 1969–1995 and 2000–2020 in West Africa (Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali)40, Central Africa (northern Cameroon)41, East Africa (Kenya)42 and southern Africa (northern Botswana)20,...
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Niger becomes the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate the transmission of onchocerciasisJanuary 30, 2025 | 0 Comments Annual Anaqua Analysis of USPTO Data Finds Strong Increase in Patent Grant ActivityJanuary 30, 2025 | 0 Comments Qinshift and ADB SAFEGATE collaborate to enhance AIRSIDE...
“African companies face a perception issue – market makers’ unfamiliarity with Africa and African’s, negative stereotypes, past failures such as the Afren and Erin bankruptcies, insecurity in the Niger Delta and other oil producing countries, infrastructure problems, corruption perceptions, political...
What are the effects of Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19) on inflation, unemployment, and GDP in Africa? Using geo-coded cross-sectional data taken from the World Health Organization and International Monetary Fund, we investigate the spatial distribution of COVID-19 and its effects on inflati...
In this paper, we re-interpret three cases of research previously carried out in Mali, Niger and South Africa in light of the recent debate about formalisation of land rights that has emerged since the publication of Hernando de Soto's 'Mystery of Capital'. The Malian case shows that lack ...
Increasing attention paid to US casualties in far-flung places such as Tongo Tongo, Niger, and headlines claiming 'secret wars' have fueled discussion about American military's involvement in Africa. Though the continent has been a part of the American way of war since the beginnings of the US...
Spatiotemporally consistent data on global cropland extent is essential for tracking progress towards sustainable food production. In the present study, we present an analysis of global cropland area change for the first two decades of the twenty-first c
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - A video circulating on social media on Thursday purportedly showed Islamist militant group Boko Haram with some of the hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped last week in northwest Nigeria. The video, featuring Boko Haram's emblem, showed a group of boys...
With the support of the Secretariat, the first Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (TBR) in Africa was established by Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger (the “W” Biosphere Reserve) following the recommendations for the establishment and functioning of TBR approved by the MAB Council in 2000. unesdoc.un...