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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

genetic diversity

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Environment

Baobab trees all come from Madagascar – new study reveals that their seeds and seedlings floated to mainland Africa and all the way to Australia

      By Andrew R. Leitch, Queen Mary University of London     There are eight species of baobab in the world, and they have a surprising distribution. Six are found in Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean; one is found on the continent of Africa; and the last is far away in Australia. The origin of this group of plants has fascinated people for a long time. […]

todayJune 7, 2024 27

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Leopard DNA study in South Africa traces ancestry to ice age – and will guide conservation

      By Laura Tensen, University of Copenhagen   An ice age almost one million years ago led to a meeting between leopards from central and southern Africa that were searching for grassland. New research into the leopards’ genetics – their mitogenome – has revealed that the descendants of these two groups are the leopards found today in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province. One of the researchers, molecular ecologist Laura […]

todayMay 17, 2024 36

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Africa

Africa’s wildebeest: those that can’t migrate are becoming genetically weaker – new study

    By Joseph Ogutu, University of Hohenheim   Wildebeest – large African antelopes with distinctively curved horns – are famous for their great migrations on the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa. One hundred and fifty years ago, they migrated in huge numbers across the continent, in search of grazing and water and to find suitable areas for calving. Migration is crucial to sustain their large populations. But their […]

todayApril 15, 2024 68

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Business / Economics

Transforming Namibia’s economy with effective trade and industrial Policies

  Opinion Piece by Josef Kefas Sheehama   The political climate in Namibia is among the African most tranquil and stable. In order enhance Namibia's potential growth rate, reforms must be put in place for the country's economy to continue on a sustainable path. One of the main obstacles to Namibia's industrial development, especially for small and medium-sized businesses, has been a lack of human and financial resources. Because institutions […]

todayApril 11, 2024 19

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African wild dogs will soon have their own sperm bank – how artificial breeding will help them survive

    By Damien Boyd Bertrand Paul Paris, James Cook University   Scientists from the Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals have been working in southern Africa for over 15 years to protect endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). They’ve now decided to freeze sperm from as many genetically diverse male African wild dogs as possible and use this to artificially inseminate female African wild dogs for the […]

todayApril 11, 2024 4

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