Africa: What Ending Gender-Based Violence Means for Sustainable Development in Africa

As 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence nears, it has been revealed that 35% of women in the world and 45% in Africa have experienced gender-based violence in their… Read more »

Africa: Could Kenyan Research Point Towards Malaria Breakthrough?

Today the open-access journal Nature published results of a promising study on a potential way to block the malaria parasite from infecting mosquitoes that transmit malaria through… Read more »

Africa: When It Rains It Pours - COVID-19 Exacerbates Poverty Risks in Poorest Countries

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Africa and Southern Asia, and the global economy enters a synchronized recession unseen since the Second World War, the world's… Read more »

Africa: Animated Series Shows Africa's Engagement With the World

Launched in 2019, the Ubuntu Series is an African animated series that gives an insider perspective of Africa's engagement with the rest of the world. The series is produced in… Read more »

Africa: Where Does Africa Stand 2 Months After COVID-19 Outbreak? (May 2020)

More than 34,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Africa in the two months since the first confirmed case of the disease on the continent, with over 1,500 lives lost. Dr… Read more »

Africa: Will Men Respond to COVID-19's Health Call?

The   latest data from New York tells us that the novel coronavirus is killing men at twice the rate of women. Death rates are higher around the world, including China,… Read more »

Africa: Food Crisis Looms Amid COVID-19 Crisis

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) recently released a report, warning of potential doubling in the number of people that would face food insecurity due to the ongoing… Read more »

Africa: Lessons from Lawyers During the Ebola Outbreak in an Era of COVID-19

As the world struggles to combat Covid-19, we have regular flashbacks to the Ebola outbreak which killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa. We remember the fear, panic,… Read more »

Africa: Primary Health Care - There's a Reason it's Called Primary

The outbreak of COVID-19 threatens to exact a high toll in sub-Saharan Africa, both because of its devastating effects on its victims and because of its potential to interrupt… Read more »

Africa: Transcript - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on U.S. Support for Africa's Fight Against COVID-19

Opening remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by telephone to an international group of seven journalists focused on Africa - transcribed from the call: Read more »

Africa: Pompeo - No Drop in U.S. Africa Funding, Says WHO Under Review, Blasts China on Debt

The decision by President Trump to end U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) will not diminish U.S. support for health across Africa, including efforts to combat… Read more »

Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19

The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt, South Africa,… Read more »

Africa: No, Injecting or Drinking Disinfectant is Not a Way to Cure the Coronavirus

United States President Donald Trump has suggested that people could receive injections of disinfectant to cure the coronavirus. Read more »

Africa: Latest Confirmed COVID-19 Cases for the Continent

EDITORS' NOTE: This article was last updated on May 16, 2020 Read more »

Africa: When Will Africa Get Back to 'Normal'?

As we face an invisible enemy that has crippled Europe and the United States, many are ringing alarm bells for Africa.  Sitting around in our pajamas we are asking: "Is Africa… Read more »

Africa: Keep Food Exports Flowing During Coronavirus Crisis, Says Trade Expert

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, we have seen countries restrict food exports in the fear that a global shortage may be imminent and would undermine their domestic food… Read more »

Africa: Energy Access Takes Center Stage in COVID-19 Fight, Powering Africa's Recovery

COVID-19 is causing unprecedented disruptions around the world, with healthcare systems struggling and billions of people relying on electricity while confined to their homes. The… Read more »

Africa: The 'New World Order' - A Chance for Africa?

For decades, Africa has struggled to find its way in a process of globalization and being led by money powers with, as a consequence, an increasing widening of inequalities: more… Read more »

Africa: Can African Tailors Help End COVID-19 Mask Shortages?

Tailors in Nigeria's Abia state are part of a continent-wide mobilization of citizens to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) needed for the fight against the spread of… Read more »

Africa: Fight Against COVID-19 'Will Not Be Won in World Until It's Won in Africa'

In the latest WHO update on the novel coronavirus, the speed at which COVID-19 is spreading was a major concern for Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization Regional Director… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19, The Loyalty Test for Employers

"The coronavirus pandemics is not just a health crisis, but also a social and economic crisis. The impact COVID-19 has on employment/jobs is deep, far-reaching and unparalleled."… Read more »

Africa: Time to Act - 80+ African Intellectuals Address African Leaders on the COVID-19 Crisis

The threats that are hanging over the African continent with regards to the spread of COVID-19 demand our individual and collective attention. The situation is critical. Read more »

Africa: When Lockdowns Cause Social Tensions

A video was recently circulated showing people in overcrowded slums in Lagos, Nigeria resisting lockdown. In that video, the people expressed their dissatisfaction with the… Read more »

Africa: How Debt Relief During COVID-19 Will Help the World's Economy - UNECA

As the novel coronavirus spreads on the continent, The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) prepares to release a report on COVID-19 in Africa - Protecting Lives… Read more »

Africa: On the Current Situation in Guangzhou, China

Over the past few days I have been almost inundated with requests to comment on the current situation in Guangzhou, China. I propose a few thoughts. Read more »