WASHINGTON -- Africa's own fruits are a largely untapped resource that could combat malnutrition and boost environmental stability and rural development in Africa, says a new report from the National ...

South Africa successfully negotiated for five stone fruits from South Africa to be exported to China duty-free, but such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To help tackle the problem, the government has introduced several public health measures targeting key risk factors, including ...

Fruit grown on a tree native to parts of West Africa is showing promise as a treatment for epilepsy, a neurological disorder that causes seizures. The Tetrapleura tetraptera tree, commonly known as ...

The baobab may be giving the acai berry some stiff competition. It may not be a household name yet, but the African fruit is being heavily marketed as the next big superfood for its powerful ...

The fruit is also known as agbalumo by Yoruba's, Chiwo by Hausa's and Udara by Igbo's. The botanical name for African star apple is Chrysophyllum albidum. Also, it contains lots of nutrients that are ...

The humble fruit fly is being put to an unusual use in sub-Saharan Africa: it's being used as bait. Its intended lure? It's hoped that the tiny creature, whose scientific name is Drosophila ...

Recently, Alisa Rosa, a mom of one of our lil’ chefs, contacted me about a school project her child was working on. Chef Ariana, 6, had to do some research about Africa and make a simple recipe to ...

Local industry body CGA said that despite higher costs and longer transit times, citrus is holding up and reaching regional ...

South Africa is facing a sharp rise in obesity-related diseases like type 2 diabetes. Between 2010 and 2019, the prevalence of diabetes nearly tripled from 4.5% to 12.7%. This increase is linked to ...