African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...
“Diversity” was the buzzword at the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) summit last month in Durban, South Africa. Genomic research depends on it – yet Africa remains one of the most under ...
There’s excitement bubbling in Kigali, Rwanda, ahead of the Global AI Summit on Africa, which opens today, promising economic opportunities and innovation. Not least because of last week’s ...
Sequencing the human genome enables scientists to study human biology in a granular fashion and use that information to create treatments for things like cancer. Yet, of the human genomes studied so ...
Children living in poverty often suffer from anemia, a condition linked to serious health risks. A research team led by ...
JOHANNESBURG, April 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's presidency said on Thursday that the new U.S. tariffs underscore the need to negotiate a new bilateral trade deal with Washington to ensure long ...
African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continents vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...
Jackson Park is connected to Washington Park (home of the DuSable Museum of African American History) by the Midway Plaisance, a park-like promenade that runs the length of the neighborhood's ...
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has officially launched the implementation of its Africa-BB-Maps project, a broadband mapping initiative designed to bridge connectivity gaps in Africa.
In a new cycle of escalating security threats in the eastern arc of the African continent and its adjacent southern regions, the dynamics of local and ...
Al Jazeera looks at the bid to bring Formula One back to the African continent for the first time in 32 years. Al Jazeera’s journalists reflect on what it’s like to report from some of the ...