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A Nigerian academic, Prof. Abubakar Sule Sani, has been listed among eight new Global Professors awarded by the British Academy.

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China is actively present in almost all African countries, investing 35 Billion Dollars in 2015, and she dismissed the USA as the largest trading partner of African countries. The Chinese are in the process to drive the former colonial powers out of the market. Europe wants to save what is to be saved.

A delegation of women in charge of the agenda for the next negotiation process in the South Sudan capital, Juba, visited Member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Mohamed El Taayshi, yesterday. The meeting was held to discuss how womens participation in official negotiations between the transitional government and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu, could be enhanced in the upcoming negotiations. Representative of the initiative...

  Neglected or overlooked local food crops could well be making a comeback into markets in Africa thanks to the work of a consortium of scientists. ‘Orphan’ crops, which include a range of neglected or overlooked plants producing fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains and roots, are often very nutritious and can suit current agricultural systems. They also have extensive, although reducing, genetic diversity. As their name suggests, orphan crops have mostly rarely been researched. However, sc...