Africa: Easing Africa's Debt Burdens - a Fresh Approach, Based On an Old Idea

The statistics are stark: 54 governments, of which 25 are African, are spending at least 10% of their revenues on servicing their debts; 48 countries, home to 3.3 billion people,… Read more »

Africa: Mass Animal Extinctions - Our New Tool Can Show Why Large Mammals - Like the Topi - Are in Decline

We could be witnessing the sixth mass extinction at an alarming rate worldwide. It's marked by the rapid loss of species due to human activities like habitat destruction, pollution… Read more »

Africa: UN Security Council - African Countries Face Hurdles and Dangers in Getting Permanent Seats

There is growing global consensus among the members of the United Nations that the UN security council, responsible for maintaining international peace and security, requires… Read more »

Africa: Powering Africa - New Model Compares Options for Off-Grid Solar in 43 Countries

Sub-Saharan Africa, home to 80% of the global population without electricity access, is unlikely to reach the United Nations' goal of access to affordable, reliable, sustainable… Read more »

Africa: Africa Is the World's Largest Market for Guinness Beer - How Its Ad Campaigns Exploit Men

Africa is the world's largest market for Guinness beer (and Nigeria is second only to Britain for the most consumers in one country). The Irish brand's success on the continent is… Read more »

Africa: Caine Prize for African Writing - Nadia Davids On Her Winning Story About Women and Freedom

South African playwright, academic, novelist and short story writer Nadia Davids is the winner of the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing. It's an important award that has played… Read more »

Africa: XEC - What You Need to Know About the New Covid Variant

A new COVID variant is spreading rapidly and could soon become the dominant variant around the globe. The variant, called XEC, was first detected in Germany in August and appears… Read more »

Africa: UN Peacekeeping in Africa - Essential Reads On What's Gone Wrong and What Can Be Done

The United Nations security council - the most powerful body of the UN - is the institution that is primarily responsible for maintaining international peace and security. But it's… Read more »

Africa: Africans Who Apply for Schengen Visas Face High Rejection Rates - Migration Scholar Explains Why

Africans face a high rejection rate for visas to enter the Schengen group of countries. The group is made up of 29 European countries that have officially abolished border controls… Read more »

Africa: Scientists Have Found Evidence of Past Extreme Solar Storms. Their Return Could Be Disastrous for Our Technology-Based Societies

In September 1859, the same year that Darwin published On the Origin of Species, telegraph systems across Europe and North America stopped working and started sparking, leading to… Read more »

Africa: The Sierra Leonian Gangster Who Gave up Violence and Drugs for Poetry

For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective.… Read more »

Africa: Why China Is Seeking Greater Presence in Africa

China's relationship with Africa is set to deepen. At a summit in Beijing in early September, China's president, Xi Jinping, pledged to deliver US$51 billion (£39 billion) in… Read more »

Africa: Four Ways Africa Is Already Seeing the Effects of Climate Change

Africa is already being heavily affected by climate change. Between 1991 and 2023, the African continent warmed at a rate of 0.3°C per decade, a rate slightly faster than the… Read more »

Africa: South Africa Needs More Nautical Scientists and Maritime Engineers

When most people are asked to picture an engineer at work, they probably imagine a civil engineer in a hard hat at a construction site, a chemical engineer in a laboratory or an… Read more »

Africa: African Countries Are Adopting Two Houses of Parliament to Boost Democracy - but That's Not Always What Happens

At independence, most African states had two legislative chambers - a lower and upper chamber - in their parliament. African leaders saw that as a colonial legacy and as… Read more »

Africa: Why Mpox in Africa Was Ignored for Too Long and Children Are Dying As a Result - Podcast

An epidemic of mpox in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is spreading quickly, particularly among young children. At least 20,000 people are known to be infected in… Read more »

Africa: Global Media Tell Only Part of Africa's Story - New Report Shows Which Outlets Perform Best and Worst

Media coverage of Africa has always been dominated by narratives of disease, poverty, conflict and political instability. These portrayals, rooted in colonial histories, continue… Read more »

Africa: Fire Safety Tips At Home - the Risks and How to Avoid Them

In many African communities, fire hazards are a concern due to the materials used for building and daily activities such as cooking and heating. The risks are increased by the use… Read more »

Africa: Ghana Is Africa's Largest Gold Producer, but It Has an Illegal Mining Issue - 5 Essential Reads

Ghana is one of the world's gold hotspots. It is Africa's largest producer of gold and it ranks sixth globally. In 2023, 4 million ounces were produced. It is essential to Ghana's… Read more »

Africa: Rating Agencies and Africa - the Absence of People On the Ground Contributes to Bias Against the Continent - Analyst

Rating agency Fitch recently warned that the rapid spread of the mpox virus in sub-Saharan Africa could add to the fiscal pressures many countries in the region are already… Read more »

Africa: Africa Desperately Needs Mpox Vaccines. but Donations From Rich Countries Won't Fix This or the Next Health Emergency

Africa says it needs an estimated ten million doses of mpox vaccine to control this public health emergency. Read more »

Africa: Humans Infecting Animals Infecting Humans - From Covid-19 to Bird Flu, Preventing Pandemics Requires Protecting All Species

When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, humans had been the only species with reported cases of the disease. While early genetic analyses… Read more »

Africa: Long Covid Inflicts Deep Scars On the Lungs, but Targeting Specific Immune Cells Could Reverse Damage - New Research in Mice

The long-term effects of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 are a major public health burden. Some estimates suggest over 65 million people around the world suffer from… Read more »

Africa: Looting of African Heritage - a Powerful New Book Explores the Damage Done By Colonial Theft

European colonisation of Africa was not only about armed conquest, massacres and the exploitation of resources. It was also about the appropriation of spiritual and political… Read more »

Africa: Chinese and Russian Disinformation Flourishes in Some African Countries - Anti-U.S. Sentiment Helps It Take Hold

The spread of disinformation is one of the biggest risks to societies. Recent examples have been conspiracy narratives about COVID-19 vaccinations and false claims about Russia's… Read more »