Happy St Patrick’s Day! As you wait for your pint to settle, here are some fun facts about Ireland’s greatest invention (sorry Bono), and the drinking game that’s gone global.

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Hand pollination and other mitigation strategies could help cocoa farmers offset the impacts of climate change as yields diminish.

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President William Ruto and Musalia Mudavadi exit a closed session meeting ahead of the 38th African Union (AU ... ANC identity symbols in the new logo, imagery, typography and brand of the ...

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Researchers found that methanolic extracts from sweet potato leaves and stems significantly inhibit breast and lung cancer ...

The fresh herbs market has witnessed a series of transformative shifts that have redefined every aspect of production, ...

But just scrapping USAID cannot be the final step. Leaving it at that would create a dangerous power vacuum on a continent like Africa, where U.S. foreign policy should put forth a viable ...

He set his sights on Kenya, his country’s neighbor to the south, where he found a job in a cafe, then farther south still, to South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economy, where he had ...

Leaves are mainly consumed in the Pacific Ocean, Africa, Asia, China ... Evidence suggests that sweet potato leaf extracts can reduce oxidative stress and prevent the risk of developing various ...