Africa has a wide range of coastal environments that support a diverse array of seaweed species. Despite this, only a few African countries are involved in the commercial harvesting and value addition of seaweed. Instead, most of the seaweed harvested in Africa has been exported as dried seaweed for value addition. This review discussed the different seaweed species commercially exploited in Africa, their nutritional compositi...

Between the 25th and the 31st of January 2023 an eruption occurred several kilometres East of Epi Island, Vanuatu, an area known to host a submarine volcanic zone including several cones. The largest cone (Epi B) entered regularly in activity in the last century, and images of daily monitoring satellites confirmed its responsibility for the January 2023 eruption. The eruption evolved to Surtseyan on the 31st, producing ash and...

Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked recessive disorder characterized by cardiomyopathy, skeletal muscle myopathy and fatigue, growth restriction, and neutropenia. Neutropenia increases the risk of life-threatening bacterial infections, a major cause of death in individuals with BTHS. Currently, there is no curative treatment for BTHS or associated neutropenia. The development of therapeutic strategies to correct BTHS-associat...