Why Africa is doubling down on its space ambitions

As a child in Ivory Coast, West Africa, Tidiane Ouattara gathered with friends in his village to look at the stars. The group, who called themselves “the Moon Club,” lay on the ground and looked up at the cosmos. “We believed we could talk to the moon,” he told CNN in a video interview. “From … Read more

West Africa is counting on chemicals to curb new cotton pests

By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Alessandra Prentice KORHOGO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Without pausing to wipe the sweat from their brows, workers in northern Ivory Coast picked cotton by the handful – a crop saved by the use of extra insecticides after a new plague caused record damage in western and Central Africa final season. The … Read more