Africa’S Longest-Running Grassland Research Project
Africa-Press - Gambia. For 75 years, grasslands research conducted just outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa has informed policy makers and farmers about sustainable management, while...
Beyond the Seat: the Psychology of Power in the Gambia
By Abdoulie Mam Njie
Africa-Press - Gambia. Power has always fascinated human beings. It elevates, exposes, and sometimes destroys. Across cultures, from Youssou Ndour’s Sa...
Staying Healthy on HIV Treatment and Managing Side Effects
Africa-Press - Gambia. HIV treatment has delivered life-altering advantages. Antiretroviral therapy has led to a reduced mortality and improved life expectancy for people living...
Distance Learning Transforms Lives yet Presents Challenges
Africa-Press - Gambia. Across Africa, distance education has become one of the most powerful forces for expanding access to higher learning. Open and distance...
THE NEVER-ENDING CEMENT CRISIS
Africa-Press - Gambia. Every few months, Gambians regularly experience cement shortages. As I write this piece at the end of November, the country is...
Factory Farming in Africa: Development Banks’ Misguided Support
Africa-Press - Gambia. In Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been...
Men’S Drinking Harms Women and Children in Poorer Countries
Africa-Press - Gambia. Drinking alcohol is known to be harmful to people’s health. It’s also known to be harmful in other ways.
For example, men...
Digital Sovereignty is now the Big Goal for Small States
Africa-Press - Gambia. Faced with potential dependency and asymmetries of power, small states are finding innovative ways to assert their digital sovereignty, argues Emrys...
Totalenergies Court Ruling may Strengthen African Cases
Africa-Press - Gambia. A court ruling in France could give African countries more power to hold corporations to account when they pretend to be...
Wasted Millions and Missed Food Security Opportunities
Africa-Press - Gambia. This is a familiar story of corruption, waste, increased indebtedness, state capture and missed opportunity for improving food security.
In 2017, the...