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City in Sierra Leone covers buildings in mirrors to fight extreme heat

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City in Sierra Leone covers buildings in mirrors to fight extreme heat

People in Freetown, Sierra Leone, are increasingly exposed to extreme heat due to climate change and the urban heat island effect, but covering homes in a reflective film significantly cut indoor temperatures

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Wild African primates have flame retardants in their faeces

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Ghana is the first country to approve highly effective malaria vaccine

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Cardioglossa melanogaster, a species of African frog

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Fungus that kills frogs and salamanders is rapidly spreading in Africa

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2JK2T3W Illustration of the Marburg virus, a tubular RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus which belongs to the Filoviridae family. It is responsible for Marburg haemorrhagic fever in humans. Symptoms includefever, muscle pain, rash, diarrhoea and haemorrhage.

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Marburg virus: What you need to know about the disease outbreak

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W7T0TC Banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) at den site, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Mweya Peninsula, Uganda, Africa.

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Long-haul flights: bad for the planet, necessary for global research

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Malaria outbreak in Ethiopia linked to invasive mosquito from Asia

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Striking photos show scale of development in sub-Saharan Africa

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Striking photos show scale of development in sub-Saharan Africa

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Sabratha in Libya

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Over 190 African heritage sites threatened by rising seas this century

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A West African writing system shows how letters evolve to get simpler

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A West African writing system shows how letters evolve to get simpler

The characters used to write the Vai script, which was invented in Liberia in 1833, have become visually simpler over time, reflecting the evolutionary pressures acting on writing

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Humans reached Arabia in at least five waves thanks to wetter climates

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Guinea confirms West Africa’s first case of deadly Marburg virus

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A wall of trees is being built across Africa to hold back the desert

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Seven new coronaviruses have been found lurking in bats in Africa

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