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Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April 2026 outbreak, at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Image credit: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

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Activists condemn craze for wild animal selfies

Activists condemn craze for wild animal selfies

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2017-2019 Next Einstein Forum fellows announced

18 Sep 2017

Chocolate industry driving deforestation of Ivory Coast: report

Chocolate industry driving deforestation of Ivory Coast: report

15 Sep 2017

Africa's ambitious new biodiversity laws come with teeth, will protect people too

Africa's ambitious new biodiversity laws come with teeth, will protect people too

Willem Daniel Lubbe 11 Sep 2017

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How some African farmers are responding to climate change and what we can learn from them

15 Aug 2017

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'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: scientists

12 Jul 2017

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Cocoa industry agrees plan to tackle deforestation

17 Mar 2017

Groynes at the Keta Sea Defense Project on Ghana’s coast. Kwasi Addo Appeaning

Why Ghana needs a new approach to stop the erosion of its coastline

Kwasi Addo Appeaning 3 Jul 2015

Renewable energy needs guarantees for investors

Renewable energy needs guarantees for investors

Charlotte Mathews 21 Jul 2014

Standard Bank is cleanest and greenest

Standard Bank is cleanest and greenest

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Africa's growth driven by SA

Africa's growth driven by SA

Schalk Mouton 20 Mar 2013

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