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Circumcised men less likely to get HIV, says SA study
Heterosexual men who are circumcised are less likely to contract HIV/Aids from their female partners, according to ground-breaking South African research. In 2002, the scientists…
A tsunami for West Africa?
Scientists in Nigeria have discounted warnings that the West African coastline risks a tsunami but stress the need to plan for other extreme events. Yevgeny Dolginov, a professor…
Amazing maize does a disappearing act for now
The introduction of genetically modified (GM) maize to Kenyan farmers is to be delayed, according to the <i>Science and Development Network</i>. The GM maize is now scheduled to…
GM testing gets green light in East Africa
Kenya has stepped to the forefront of African agricultural biotechnology with the inauguration of a ”level II biosafety greenhouse” in Nairobi that will allow containment of…
‘Speculation caused food price hikes’
FOOD prices jumped 14% in the year to March, posing a crisis for poor South Africans who spent more than half their income on food, the Congress of South African Trade Unions…