As the novel coronavirus began spreading around the world this year, one common refrain from skeptics of the emergency measures being put in place to stop the outbreak was that it was just like the flu — dangerous to sensitive groups but routine and not something to get into lockdown […]

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Countries: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Africa’s biggest refugee population is from South Sudan. About 2.2 million people have been forced to flee and the majority – 83% – are women and children. An additional […]

Mar 6, 2020 In the News China Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency (China Daily) Health China Daily published an op-ed by former IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan on the latest trend and threat from COVID-19. Fan stated that presently COVID-19 is a health crisis, but it could […]

The complete skull of a previously unknown species of bird-like dinosaur has been discovered trapped in a chunk of 99-million-year-old amber.

Event Post March 12, 2020 National policy dialogue: Charting Rwanda’s agricultural transformation Seth Kwizera Claude Bizimana David J. Spielman Researchers and policy makers must collaborate to implement a national strategic plan.