We describe the saliva microbiome diversity in Batwa Pygmies, a former hunter-gatherer group from Uganda, using next-generation sequencing of partial 16S rRNA sequences. Microbial community diversity in the Batwa is significantly higher than in agricultural groups from Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We found 40 microbial genera in the Batwa, which have previously not been de...

To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its economy. Ongoing globalization—in trade, finance, and technology—opens up new possibilities for structural transformation, but also new risks as Africa’s integration with the global economy evolves. Climate change is impacting productive sectors and the livelihoods linked to t...

Life-history traits and ecological conditions have an important influence on primate social systems. Most of what we know about the life-history patterns and social structure of gorillas comes from studies of eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei sp.), which live under dramatically different ecological conditions compared to western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla sp.). In this paper we present new data...

(eds M.C.S. Wopereis et al.) 1 membership to 17. When it was realized that WARDA’s products were gaining ground in countries beyond its traditional mandate region of West and Central Africa, the name Africa Rice Center was adopted in January 2003 (WARDA, 2004). In 2007, a new vision was formulated to encourage such countries to become full members of the Association. This prompted five more cou...

A new species of air-breathing catfish, Clarias monsembulai, is described from Congo River tributaries within and bordering the Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic Congo). The taxon recognized by its exceptionally long, white barbels, which lend a superficial resemblance to buthupogon, it differs in characters cleithrum pigmentation patterning. We suggest placement this into subgenus Cla...