July 30, 2020
Africa: Continent Nears 900,000 Confirmed Covid-19 Cases
As of July 30, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 891,594. Read more »
July 29, 2020
Africa: Continent Sees Increase of Nearly 14,000 Covid-19 Cases in 24 Hours
As of July 29, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 874,035.Reported deaths in Africa have reached 18,497 and recoveries 524,556. Read more »
July 28, 2020
Africa: 860,541 Confirmed Covid-19 Cases In Africa As Deaths Climb To 18,176
As of July 28, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 860,541. Read more »
July 27, 2020
Africa: Continent's Covid-19 Cases Move Beyond the 847,000 Mark, and 17,767 Deaths
As of July 27, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 847,109. Read more »
July 26, 2020
Africa: In Memory of My Friend David Applefield
The world lost one of its most optimistic souls this month, 64-year-old David Applefield. David was a wanderer in the modern Jewish tradition – mythical, timeless, endlessly… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Corona Cases Move Beyond the 829,658 Mark, and 17,540 Deaths
As of July 26, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 829,658. Read more »
July 25, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Cases Across Africa Pass 811,423 Mark, With 17,117 Deaths
As of July 25, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 811,423. Read more »
July 24, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 788,000 Mark, With 16,715 Deaths
As of July 24, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 788,532. Read more »
July 23, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 770,000 Mark, With 16,446 Deaths
As of July 23, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 770,175. Read more »
July 22, 2020
Africa: How Google's Project Loon Can Improve Epidemic Preparedness
Twenty kilometers above the ground, giant balloons are hovering in the sky, providing high-speed internet spanning 50,000 square kilometers across central and western… Read more »
Africa: Number Of Covid-19 Cases Across Continent Exceeds 750,000
As of July 22, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 750,451. Read more »
July 21, 2020
Africa: Nigeria's Ede First Local Woman to Buy European Football Club
Lusitano Ginásio Clube is a 108-year-old Portuguese football club that is making history with its new owner Nigerian-born Nneka Ede, the first Nigerian woman owner of a… Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 Cases Reach 736,587, With 15,424 Deaths
As of July 21, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 736,587. Read more »
July 20, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 721,000 Mark, With 15,170 Deaths
As of July 20, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 721,292. Read more »
April 01, 2020
Africa: 'There Can Be No Empowerment Without Peace; and No Peace Without Gender Equality'
The women and young peacebuilders' agenda cannot be siloed from the gender equality agenda. Read more »
July 20, 2020
Africa: There Are Signs of Hope for Ending Poverty, Even in a Pandemic - Report
The novel coronavirus threatens to reverse the gains made in the global struggle to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 – but Sierra Leone offers hope that progress can be made… Read more »
July 19, 2020
Africa: Almost 20,000 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Across Continent in 24 Hours
As of July 19, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 702,744, rising by 19,252 in 24 hours. Read more »
Africa: 'Tackling the Inequality Pandemic - a New Social Contract for a New Era'
Nelson Mandela spent his whole life fighting against inequality and injustice. "As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world," he said, "none of us can… Read more »
July 18, 2020
Africa: Over 20,000 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Across Continent in 24 Hours
As of July 18, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 683,492, rising by 19,540 in 24 hours. Read more »
Africa: Over 20,000 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Across Continent in 24 Hours
As of July 18, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 683,492, rising by 19,540 in 24 hours. Read more »
July 16, 2020
Africa: Poor Communities Are Adapting, Reimagining the Future Amid Covid-19 - C.D.Glin
Covid-19 has changed the world, but African communities are working to innovate in the face of the crisis. One of the institutions participating in discussions with African… Read more »
Africa: Number of Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Across Continent Rises to Over 640,000
As of July 16, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 643,678. Read more »
July 15, 2020
Africa: Nearly 300,000 Active COVID-19 Cases Across Continent After Over 6 Million Tests
As of July 15, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 625,818. The number of tests performed has reached 6,005,701 while the number of active cases… Read more »
July 14, 2020
Africa: Greatest Global Challenge is Cooperation - Not COVID-19
Pandemics come and go. The tragic effect of plague in the Middle Ages reminds us that Covid-19 wasn't the first, and it is clear that it won't be the last. Read more »
Africa: New Smoking Device - a 'Hopeful Moment For the Rest of the World'
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the marketing of IQOS, Philip Morris International's (PMI) electrically heated tobacco system, as a modified risk tobacco… Read more »