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Skill of Global Raw and Postprocessed Ensemble Predictions of Rainfall over Northern Tropical Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Accumulated precipitation forecasts are of high socioeconomic importance for agriculturally dominated societies in northern tropical Africa. In this study, the performance of nine operational global ensemble prediction systems (EPSs) is analyzed relative
Peter Vogel   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Models for Migrant Leadership: The Cape Town Women's Platform

open access: yesAfrican Human Mobility Review, 2021
Since 2011, South Africa has increasingly moved toward an immigration system of enforcement and exclusion, seeking to discourage immigration through punitive policies that make daily life for migrants difficult to bear.
Leah Mundell, Emma Carone
doaj   +1 more source

Potential distribution of fall armyworm in Africa and beyond, considering climate change and irrigation patterns

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (FAW), first invaded Africa in 2016 and has since become established in many areas across the continent where it poses a serious threat to food and nutrition security. We re-parameterized the existing CLIMEX model
Bipana Paudel Timilsena   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Academic Engagement through Moodle Analytics: A Geo-Educational Approach to Early Detection of At-Risk Students in South African Higher Education [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Education and Learning Technology
Ghana’s education system has undergone significant reforms since independence, with policies aimed at increasing access and improving quality. While initiatives such as Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) and the Free Senior High School ...
Tolulope Ayodeji Olatoye   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of strain distribution, migratory potential, and invasion history of fall armyworm populations in northern Sub-Saharan Africa

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2018
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) is a noctuid moth pest endemic throughout the Western Hemisphere that has recently become widespread in sub-Saharan Africa.
R. Nagoshi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Serological detection and genetic characterization of foot-and-mouth disease virus from cattle in northern sudan, 2016‑2018

open access: yesVeterinary and Animal Science, 2021
Northern Sudan is an important corridor cluster between pools of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in East and North Africa. It involves almost the whole border area with Egypt and represents a considerable part of a projected disease-free zone in ...
Nussiba H Ahmed   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interplay of riparian forest and groundwater in the hillslope hydrology of Sudanian West Africa (northern Benin)

open access: yes, 2013
Forests are thought to play an important role in the regional dynamics of the West African monsoon, through their capacity to extract water from a permanent and deep groundwater table to the atmosphere even during the dry sea- son.
A. Richard   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does Teacher Availability Matter?-Evidence from Uwezo East Africa Study Data

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2016
Student academic achievement is a confluence of many variables. Among the most debate is the impact of teachers on students overall academic success.
Ishmael I. Munene, Sara J Ruto
doaj   +1 more source

Three-dimensional dust aerosol distribution and extinction climatology over northern Africa simulated with the ALADIN numerical prediction model from 2006 to 2010 [PDF]

open access: yesAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2015
The seasonal cycle and optical properties of mineral dust aerosols in northern Africa were simulated for the period from 2006 to 2010 using the numerical atmospheric model ALADIN (Aire Limitée Adaptation dynamique Développement InterNational) coupled to ...
M. Mokhtari   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Evidence for Brilliant Ritualized Display: Specularite Use in the Northern Cape (South Africa) between ∼500 and ∼300 Ka

open access: yesCurrent Anthropology, 2016
Earth pigments figure prominently in debates about signal evolution among later Homo. Most archaeologists consider such behavior to postdate ~300 Ka.
Ian Watts, M. Chazan, Jayne Wilkins
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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