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Abstract Climate change and insecurity pose challenges to food security around the globe. Chad has experienced several climate changes and insecurity influences on its food security, where, approximately 5 million people were pushed into hunger in the country. Desertification, flooding, and depletion of freshwater resources have pushed the country into hunger due to their negative effect on agro‐pastoral production in Chad. Insecurity due to the Boko‐Haram insurgency, in particular, has...

Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies aims to engage, inform, and catalyse scholarly discourse within research and real-world practices that work towards the minimisation of vulnerabilities and disaster risks throughout developing communities with special emphasis on Africa.

Nature-based tourism relies heavily on the weather and climatic conditions experienced at a specific destination. Weather influences the activities that tourists can take part in during their stay, their enjoyment of the vacation, and likelihood of returning to a destination. Adverse weather can result in cancellations or curtailed trips. Climate influences the distribution of the natural resources that promote nature-based tourism and the timing of peak tourist arrivals. Zimbabwean...

Self-efficacy is critical to adolescents' development. This study examined the relationship between self-efficacy, academic performance and transition to post primary education among orphaned adolescents in southern Uganda.Longitudinal data from a cluster randomized clinical trial for orphaned adolescents was analyzed. Adolescents (N = 1410) between 10 and 16 years at study initiation, in their last three years of primary schooling were eligible to participate in the study. Data collected at...

PHAGEVol. 3, No. 4 inPhocusFree AccessA Brief History of Phage Research and Teaching in AfricaTobi E. Nagel, Ivy J. Mutai, Theodore Josephs, and Martha R.J. ClokieTobi E. NagelAddress correspondence to: Tobi E. Nagel, PhD, Phages for Global Health, 383 62nd Street, Oakland, CA 94618, USA E-mail Address: tobi@phagesforglobalhealth.orgPhages for Global Health, Oakland, California, USA.Search for more papers by this author, Ivy J. MutaiInstitute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya.Search for...

Although school governing bodies are responsible for raising funds, their ability of fundraising is limited by the set laws or rules in the country, irrespective of the origin of the funds or assets in question. These laws have a big impact on the funding structure and management by private schools. In 2020, schools were closed for more than 7 months because of COVID-19 pandemics. This left many school proprietors bankrupt and it became difficult for them to solicit for the funds to run...

The article explains the improvement of Tanzanian public primary schools facilities planning in the dynamic environment. The main contribution is that School Facilities Planning (SFP) in the dynamic environment to enhance adequate and quality school facilities is determined by the presence of vision and mission statements, positive school culture, technological environment and monitoring and evaluation. This article looks not beyond the planning but rather at the dynamics of planning...

Petrological and geochemical data of scoriae from the southern part of the continental Cameroon Volcanic Line were obtained through field and laboratory investigations. Field observations were done at nine localities (Limbe, Djoungo, Loum-Tombel, Manjo-Monengolle, Melong, Doupe, Yamba, Foumbot, Njinkouo, and Galim) under forest and savanna cover during the dry season in order to facilitate the collect of samples. This was based on some criteria such as the size (centimeter to metric) and the...

In most developing countries, people with disabilities, particularly women, are ignored and neglected in terms of service delivery, policy inclusion, and gender mainstreaming in public and private sectors and society in general, and South Africa is not immune to this pandemic. In spite of the South Africa government’s attempts to improve the rights of women with disabilities, there has been a gap in the local implementation of these programmes and regulations. Thus, the difficulties faced by...

In this paper we examine evidence from a study of continuing professional teacher development (CPTD), in a selected rural school cluster in South Africa.The paper seeks to achieve two objectives namely, to determine the nature of such CPTD during the pandemic of COVID-19, and to record the form the CPTD takes during the COVID-19 pandemic and to assess critically whether it is enabling teachers to handle crises such as COVID-19 in transformative ways.Even without any immediate crisis such as...

The corona-virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pandemic commonly known as corona virus in general discourses led to stoppages in all sectors of life in the first quarter of 2020.Like others, the education sector of the Zimbabwean context was also drastically affected.This was evidenced in the untimely closure of schools and other institutions of higher learning on the 24 th of March instead of the scheduled April 2, 2020.Measures to ensure continuity in education were put in place with the...

The mediated risk models of decision making under conditions of risk propose that individuals’ recent experiences of investments can lead to them making investment switching decisions that would be different to those based on their long term risk preferences. This study used the medoids clustering algorithm applied to a large, novel, dataset to identify four statistically significant patterns of switching behaviour based on the dimensions highlighted by this body of theory. Individual...

The Rwanda Quality Basic Education for Human Capital Development (RQBEHCD) project is financed by Word Bank Group through the Government of Rwanda and was embarked on in 2020. It aimed to provide the necessary support to upper primary and lower secondary school teachers and equip them with enough content knowledge, lab skills, pedagogy, and the use of technology in teaching. The dataset presented here comprises data collected from teachers selected in the ten districts of Rwanda. Data were...

Within the Lake Chad Basin, the unconfined Quaternary aquifer offers permanent and easy access to water resources. This transboundary regional aquifer is shared by Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon and extends over ~500,000 km2. Climatic conditions and repeated droughts as well as the intensification of agriculture in the region have multiple negative impacts on the aquifer such as changes in groundwater level and its quality. Being a strategic water resource for the whole Chadian region,...

Chest trauma is a major contributor to injury morbidity and mortality, and understanding trends is a crucial part of addressing this burden in low- and middle-income countries. This study reports the characteristics and emergency department (ED) management of chest trauma patients presenting to Rwanda's national teaching hospital in Kigali.This descriptive analysis included a convenience sample of patients presenting to a single tertiary hospital ED with chest trauma from June to December...

Abstract This article examines the emerging unfair inequality in Kenyan secondary schools through comparative case studies of three secondary schools in western Kenya. Qualitative data were collected through fieldwork over a four-year period, with participant observation and semi- or non-structured interviews, to understand how interactions among schools, households, and communities impact the improvement of educational quality. This study demonstrates that educational inequality stems from...