By Ashoka Mukpo This is the fourth story in the Mongabay Series – Protected Areas in East Africa. Read Part One,Two and Three In 1889, the British journalist Henry Morton Stanley stumbled out of the ...

These massive hornets, native to East Asia, possess a potent venom that can cause ... the tsetse fly is a vector for the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness. These flies have a painful bite ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

The economic growth of the East African region is projected to rise to 5.7 percent in 2025, increasing from 5.1 percent in 2024, a sluggish climb owing to reduced international aid and conflict. The ...

But globalization isn't dying—it's just moving to the Middle East. The Gulf is emerging as the new hub of globalization, and may be willing to offer African countries deals without Western ...

NAIROBI, Apr 9 2025 (IPS) - In East Africa, climate change has made water a lifeline and threat. In a region highly dependent on rainfall for growing crops, climate change is threatening water ...

The study, "Genomic analysis reveals a new cryptic taxon of malaria vectors with a distinct insecticide resistance profile in the coast of East Africa," calls for urgent entomological and ...

It is, therefore, in the interest of the EAC to ensure that these conflicts are resolved,” said John Lual Akol Akol, chairperson of the East African Business Council (EABC), the lobby for the private ...

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