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Cambridge engagement with Africa will expand following major gift
The ALBORADA Trust, a UK charity that supports the global advancement of education, health, poverty relief and animal welfare, has confirmed that it will donate £4 million to the University of...
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The war that fed itself - and the hollow democracy it left behind
The voices of ordinary people who lived through Angola’s devastating, 27-year civil war have been captured in a damning study that reassesses both how the conflict happened, and the nature of the...
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Madagascan President discusses conservation challenges with Cambridge experts
Madagascar is one of the world’s great biodiversity hotspots, having been isolated from major continents for millions of years. The country has a great diversity of habitats, and its flora and fauna...
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Ebola legacy lab will improve Sierra Leone’s resilience to future epidemics
The research, carried out by two local scientists recently trained in next-generation genome sequencing techniques, will provide vital information about the virus that will help international...
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Opinion: Why Kagame’s bid to serve a third term makes sense for Rwanda
Rwandan president Paul Kagame recently confirmed that he will seek a third term in 2017 after more than 98% of Rwandans voted in a referendum to lift the presidential term limit.Kagame’s decision not...
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Opinion: How fruit flies can help keep African scientists at home
The humble fruit fly is being put to an unusual use in sub-Saharan Africa: it’s being used as bait. Its intended lure? It’s hoped that the tiny creature, whose scientific name is Drosophila...
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Vice-Chancellor calls for increased collaboration with Africa
Speaking at a plenary panel at the conference in Dakar, Senegal, the Vice-Chancellor – a founding patron of the NEF – stressed the need for collaboration to develop the capacity for excellent research...
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Sexual transmission involved in tail-end of Ebola epidemic
An international team of researchers has produced a detailed picture of the latter stages of the outbreak in Sierra Leone, using real-time sequencing of Ebola virus genomes carried out in a temporary...
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Opinion: Why Ethiopia is on track to become Africa’s industrial powerhouse
Ethiopia seems to be attracting the attention of economists interested in Africa, and for good reason. Except for Rwanda, Ethiopia is the only African country whose economic growth has been...
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Opinion: Old soldiers, old divisions are central in new Mozambique conflict
Peace in Mozambique lasted 20 years, between 1992 and 2012.Following three years of skirmishes, conflict has escalated since 2015. The Mozambican Defence Force has been trying to destroy the military...
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Earth, wind and flyer: the moves of Disco Tony and friends
Earlier this year, Toby Smith followed the moves of Disco Tony and his fellow cuckoos – a journey that took him to the forests of Gabon in West Africa and the fringes of the Batéké Plateau...
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New model could help improve prediction of outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever
Many of the major new outbreaks of disease, particularly in Africa, are so-called zoonotic infections, diseases that are transmitted to humans from animals. The Ebola virus, for example, which recently...
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Opinion: More women are running the world, so why aren't more men doing the...
Globally, women are triumphing in historically male-dominated areas. 2017 may begin with women at the helm of Germany, Liberia, Norway, South Korea, the UK, the US, General Motors, the IMF, YouTube and...
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Unprecedented study of Aboriginal Australians points to one shared Out of...
The first major genomic study of Aboriginal Australians ever undertaken has confirmed that all present-day non-African populations are descended from the same single wave of migrants, who left Africa...
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Cambridge has waived application fees for graduate students from most African...
Applause greeted the statement by Professor David Dunne, Director of the Cambridge-Africa Programme, as he confirmed that Cambridge has waived the usual application fee for nationals of many of the...
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Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in lost...
The current elephant poaching crisis costs African countries around USD $25 million annually in lost tourism revenue, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications. Comparing...
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IMF lending conditions curb healthcare investment in West Africa, study finds
A new study suggests that lending conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund in West Africa squeeze “fiscal space” in nations such as Sierra Leone – preventing government investment in...
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Call of duty: fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone
On the windowsill of Professor Ian Goodfellow’s office sit photographs of him with his children, and just down the corridor, his wife is carrying out research in the same department. Even at work, he...
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Opinion: Mozambique's unexpected truce still hangs in the balance
Christmas tidings of peace and goodwill in Mozambique seemed almost too good to be true after four years of sporadic but escalating civil conflict.On December 26, Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the Renamo...
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Cambridge and Africa
Collaboration with Africa is embedded in the University of Cambridge’s DNA. I am paraphrasing our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, but there is no better way to describe the scale and...
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