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A plant pathologist from Shivamogga district has won accolades for his contribution towards saving Africa’s staple crop, maize, from devastation from the deadly Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) disease that threatened the food security of several African countries. 80 lakh germ plasms of maize were tested using latest technologies and 20 disease-resistant hybrid varieties were developed,” explained the 55-year-old scientist.
The US military's pre-dawn attack in Venezuela on Saturday and the capture of its authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores over alleged drug offenses prompted an swift response from the...
President Faustin Archange Touadera has secured a third term, though the main opposition coalition boycotted the presidential election. Touadera is one of Russia's closest allies in Africa.
Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper published in the journal Science Advances, radiocarbon testing dates the site to...
You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA’s rovers. What if there were a time machine capable of roaming Earth during its remote geological past, perhaps even going right...
Here’s a look at the nicknames and how the teams lived up to them in the group stage which ended Wednesday.The barbary lions that used to prowl the mountains of north Africa live on only through the Africa...
African Nations Cup, a joy to follow, is under-watched, existing as the upstart cousin of Euro and COPA, despite a history as old as those tournaments and socio-cultural influences as overarching as those in Europe.
The President of the Central African Republic is vying for a controversial third term as polling begins in the country. Central Africans are also voting for their legislative, regional and municipal representatives.
