How to manage in a crisis: lessons from the West Africa Ebola outbreak: A man walk pass an Ebola awareness painting in downtown Monrovia, Liberia. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPAThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently grappling with the world’s second largest Ebola outbreak. More than 1,800 people have died and 2,600 infections have been confirmed since the outbreak was … [Read more...] about How to manage in a crisis: lessons from the West Africa Ebola outbreak | The Conversation
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Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC’s Ebola response. How he can make a difference | The Conversation
Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC's Ebola response. How he can make a difference: DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFEThe most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) rages on. There’s been a continued increase in the number of new cases for a year since the outbreak was first declared. … [Read more...] about Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC’s Ebola response. How he can make a difference | The Conversation
A fossil hidden in plain sight in South Africa turns out to be a new dinosaur | The Conversation
A fossil hidden in plain sight in South Africa turns out to be a new dinosaur: The “Grey Skull” specimen turned out to belong to an entirely new dinosaur species and genus. Kimberley ChapelleAbout 200 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed the Earth – and among them, in what is today southern Africa, was the plant eating Massospondylus carinatus. The supercontinent Pangaea was … [Read more...] about A fossil hidden in plain sight in South Africa turns out to be a new dinosaur | The Conversation
Ghana hopes ‘Year of Return’ will boost tourism. But caution is needed | The Conversation
Ghana hopes 'Year of Return' will boost tourism. But caution is needed: The door of no return at the Cape Coast Castle Wikimedia CommonsGhana has designated 2019 as the Year of Return to commemorate 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in the United States. The government has been running a massive marketing campaign targeting African … [Read more...] about Ghana hopes ‘Year of Return’ will boost tourism. But caution is needed | The Conversation
How population data can help countries plan and tweak policy | The Conversation
How population data can help countries plan and tweak policy: Population data can be examined to make important decisions and plans. Arthimedes/ShutterstockStatistics South Africa, the country’s statistical service which gathers and analyses a range of data, recently released its mid-year population estimates for 2019. The data places the country’s estimated population at 58,78 … [Read more...] about How population data can help countries plan and tweak policy | The Conversation
