Africa: Modified Risk Tobacco Product - Historic FDA Decision and Lessons for Africa

Following 43 months of evaluation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 7 July authorized the marketing of IQOS in the country, Philip Morris International’s (PMI)… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 522,000, With 11,978 Deaths

As of July 9, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 522,641. Read more »

Africa: Remembering Jennifer Davis - Celebration on Saturday (July 11)

Please join Jennifer Davis's family, friends and comrades for an online celebration of her extraordinary life. Read more »

Africa: WHO Acknowledges 'Emerging Evidence' of COVID-19 Being Airborne

The World Health Organisation has responded to an open letter by a group of scientists urging the WHO to address the possibility of COVID-19 virus being airborne. Read more »

Africa: Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Exceed Half a Million

As of July 8, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 507,930. Read more »

Africa: Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Nears Half Million

As of July 7, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 492,858. Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 476,600 Mark, With 11,364 Deaths

As of July 6, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 476,637. Read more »

Africa: 15,263 New Confirmed COVID-19 Infections Across Continent Amid Record Rise in Global Cases

As of July 5, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 463,102. Read more »

Africa: Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Nears 450,000

As of July 4, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 447,479. Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 432,000

As of July 3, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 432,331. Read more »

Africa: Using the Demographic Dividend as Anchor to Fight COVID-19

The Year 2020 will be remembered as the year that heralded great global changes in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. This debilitating contagion has forced the entire world to… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 418,000 Mark, With 10,406 Deaths

As of July 2, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 418,211. Read more »

Africa: Over 400,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Across Continent After 4.5 Million Tests

As of July 1, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 404,795. Read more »

Africa: How Young Africans Find Innovative Solutions to Challenges Posed By COVID-19 Pandemic

June is Youth Month in South Africa, built around commemorations of the brave students in Soweto on 16 June 1976 who rose up against the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of… Read more »

Africa: Continent Nears 400,000 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19

As of June 30, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 393,231. Read more »

Africa: Peacebuilding Expertise Plays Role in COVID-19 Era

As South Africa prepared for its first democratic elections in 1994, political tensions and domestic conflict escalated. Two years earlier, Wiseman Nkuhlu, now Chancellor of the… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 9,600 as Total Cases Exceed 382,000

As of June 29, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 382,190. Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 9,000 as Total Cases Exceed 347,800

As of June 26, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 347,836. Read more »

Africa: Harm Reduction - Science, Sociology and Restrictive Regulations

At an online panel discussion on Tobacco Harm Reduction on June 23, 2020, Professor Reuven Zimlichman, Director of the Brunner Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Tel-Aviv… Read more »

Africa: George Floyd - A Wound at the Heart of our Humanity, A New Symbol of the Fight against Racism and Police Violence

8 minutes is the time it took police officer Derek Chauvin to tackle and keep a human being under his knee on the ground and deprive him of his most basic right, his life. His… Read more »

Africa: Over 335,000 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Across Continent After 4 Million Tests

As of June 25, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 335,790. Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 to Cost Billions in African Exports

COVID-19 is having a profound impact on global trade and the businesses that drive it, says a new report by the International Trade Center (ITC). The report highlights the… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Climb Beyond 320,000 After 3.9 MillionTests

As of June 24, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 324,546. Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 8,300 as Total Cases Exceed 315,000

As of June 23, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 315,380. Read more »

Africa: How Countries Strive to Provide Learning for Children With Disabilities

Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa get bad press for their progress in providing inclusive education. Just two in three children complete primary school on time, while the number… Read more »