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How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan scientist’s photos give important clues
The Conversation
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June 28, 2025
In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound – formed by bat excrement – and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no ordinary bat colony. The thousands of Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) found in this...
Egypt Delivers Medical Aid to Gabonese Ministry of Health in Support of Bilateral Health Cooperation
Sada Elbalad
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June 27, 2025
Sat 28 Jun 2025 | 01:26 AM In a renewed gesture of African solidarity and health diplomacy, Egypt’s Ambassador to Gabon, Reham Hussein Ammar, officially handed over a consignment of Egyptian medical aid to Gabon’s Minister of Health, as part of...
Why gorillas might be spending more time in trees than on land, new study reveals
The Times of India
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Researchers have discovered that gorillas spend more time in trees than previously assumed. Western and Bwindi mountain gorillas in Gabon and Uganda found that even large males, weighing up to 170kg, used trees substantially. Female gorillas spent...
Democracy Is Not Dead – But It Must Be Reborn
Africa.com
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July 1, 2025
Democracy is in retreat. Across continents, long-standing institutions are crumbling, civic freedoms are under siege, and autocrats are rewriting the rules of engagement. In country after country, from Hungary to Myanmar, the United Staes to Sudan...
See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images
Scientific American
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July 1, 2025
See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote...
EU, UN push digitalization initiatives in Caribbean, Africa
Coingeek
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July 1, 2025
Homepage > News > Business > EU, UN push digitalization initiatives in Caribbean, Africa As the global digital economy skyrockets, more governments are stepping up digital transformation efforts to transition into the new era. In the Caribbean,...
Ibogaine and the Future of Healing: Trevor Millar & Jonathan Dickinson of Ambio Life Sciences
Psychedelics Today
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June 17, 2025
In this episode of Psychedelics Today, kicking of Psychedelic Science 2025 week in Denver, we sit down with Jonathan Dicksinson, Chief Executive Officer, and Trevor Millar, Chief Operations Officer of Ambio Life Sciences – one of the world’s...
Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau Prediction and Betting Tips | June 9th 2025
Sportskeeda
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June 9, 2025
Gabon and Guinea-Bissau return to action on Monday when they go head-to-head in a friendly at the Stade El Bachir. This will be the first meeting between the two teams since November 2022, when Thierry Dieudonne Mouyouma’s men picked up a 3-1...
Mountain gorillas climb trees despite their massive size
Earth.com
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Gorillas, often thought of as ground dwellers, spend much more time in the trees than previously assumed. This finding from the Max Planck Institute challenges long-standing ideas about the anatomy and evolution of gorillas. Western and Bwindi...
Rewrite Pangolins in Africa hunted for food rather than illicit scales trade – with meat ranked as ‘tastiest’ this news headline for the science magazine post
Bioengineer.org
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June 13, 2025
image: White-bellied pangolin on a tree in Nigeria. view more Credit: Alex Moore Study suggests that appetite for bushmeat – rather than black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine – may be driving West Africa’s illegal hunting...
Chimpanzee tool use documented for the first time in remote Gabon park
Earth Touch News Network
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Marvellous footage captured in January of this year in a farflung corner of Gabon’s Batéké Plateau National Park shows an inquisitive female chimpanzee probing a camera trap with a stick: Captured by Gabon’s National Agency for National Parks...
EditorialConfusion over damage to Iran's nuclear sites bodes ill for talks
The National News
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On June 22, the US sent seven stealth bombers, backed by fighter jets and submarines firing cruise missiles, to target three Iranian nuclear facilities. The operation came off the back of a wave of Israeli strikes on Tehran and other Iranian...
BYD announces brand launch in Gabon to support Africa's green transition
Gasgoo
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June 11, 2025
Shangahai (Gasgoo)- On June 5, 2025, BYD, in partnership with local distributor LOXEA—a subsidiary of CFAO Group—held a brand launch event in Libreville, the capital of Gabon. Photo credit: BYD Gabon, known as an environmental bench in Africa with...
Risk-taking incentives predict aggression heuristics in female gorillas
eLife
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Animals that live in groups often compete for access to resources such as food and mates [1, 2]. The potential costs of this competition can drive the formation of hierarchies that determine priority of access to resources economically [3, 4]....
Study reveals surge in illegal arachnid trade via Facebook in Philippines
Mongabay
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June 30, 2025
New research by wildlife trade watchdog TRAFFIC reveals a thriving online trade in live tarantulas and scorpions in the Philippines, with more than 16,000 arachnids found offered for sale on Facebook in 2020 and 2022. Most traded species are...
Kangaroo Island Fights Predators with Tech
Artificial Intelligence +
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June 4, 2025
Kangaroo Island Fights Predators with Tech Kangaroo Island Fights Predators with Tech is a groundbreaking mission that blends innovation with conservation. If you care about wildlife, this story will grab your attention. Imagine saving billions of...
Eramet to work with Gabon despite manganese exports ban
Mining Technology
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June 3, 2025
Eramet said it will work with the Gabonese Government despite a forthcoming ban on unrefined manganese exports, set to take effect from 1 January 2029. This regulatory change could disrupt operations for the French mining giant, particularly its...
Westminster Group starts airport security operations in Gabon
ShareCast
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The AIM-traded security services provider signed a 15+ year deal in March with Gabon’s Ministry of Transport to deliver ground security operations across four airports - three international and one domestic. It said the agreement involved the...
Alert issued as vaccine for Brit travellers for lethal infection 'out of stock in UK'
The Mirror
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June 30, 2025
The vaccine is expected to be out of stock for a number of weeks, Foreign Office website Travel Health Pro today reported Holidaymakers have been alerted to a disruption in the supply of a crucial vaccine, which is expected to be 'unavailable' for...
Lethal infection vaccine 'runs out' for UK travellers as Foreign Office issues alert
Daily Express
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June 30, 2025
Holidaymakers have been issued a warning as a crucial vaccine will be 'unavailable' for the next 2-3 weeks. Sanofi has informed NaTHNaC of an impending disruption in the supply of the yellow fever vaccine Stamaril in the UK. The vaccine is...