Africa: How Africa Is Using Tech to Protect Nature and the Planet

What's the context? Africa is leveraging technology and AI coupled with traditional knowledge to reduce planet-heating emissions and protect nature. Read more »

Africa: Financing the Future of South Africa's HIV Care

What's the context? From resource pooling to innovative taxes, South African health experts explore new funding models to fight HIV after Trump cuts. Read more »

Africa: In Africa, AGOA Uncertainty Sparks Jobs Fears, Hopes for New Deals

What's the context? From Kenya to South Africa, union workers want US to renew AGOA trade deal - but are seeking alternatives if it expires. Read more »

Africa: Europe Can't Afford Not to Invest in Africa's Health

Europe's support for Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and malaria has been pivotal but progress is fragile and it must stay the course. Read more »

Africa: AGOA 2.0 Needs Reform, Not Just Renewal - Nigeria's Olele

What's the context? Nigerian business leader Margaret Olele says expired Africa-U.S. AGOA trade pact needs reform to boost investment. Read more »

Africa: Macky Sall On a New $50 Billion Plan to Climate-Proof Africa

What's the context? Amid funding uncertainty, African leaders urgently call for more climate adaptation cash. Read more »

Africa: Farm to Fork - Five Ways Africa Is Boosting Food Security

What's the context? As experts discuss food security, here are a few clever fixes that are already feeding people and fighting climate change. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Funding Disruption Pushes Africa's HIV Programmes to Brink

What's the context? Disruptions to PEPFAR under Trump have worsened HIV/AIDS care and stigma in East Africa, new research shows. Read more »

Africa: Africa Braces for Likely End of AGOA Trade Deal Under Trump

What's the context? Few expect the decades-old programme that has boosted economies across Africa to be renewed when it expires in September. Read more »

Africa: Courts Push Back On Meta's Legal Strategy

What we have concluded about Meta's legal strategy following our cases against the tech giant. Read more »

Africa: The UK's Aid Cuts Are a Betrayal of Africa - and of Its Own Values

Bilateral aid to Africa will be slashed by 12% in 2025-2026. This is not a strategic pivot. It is a retreat from responsibility. Read more »

Africa: To Attract Investors, Africa Must Smash Economic Stereotypes

Africa is young, dynamic and rich in resources, but misperceptions obscure its potential and deter investors. That needs to change. Read more »

Africa: Is Another Locust Invasion Heading for Africa?

What's the context? Five years after East Africa was hit by swarms of desert locusts, massive infestations may be coming to northwest Africa. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Aid Cuts Create 'Perfect Storm' for Malaria in Africa

As health agencies call for a revived push to end malaria on World Malaria Day, experts say U.S. aid cuts will lead to more deaths. Read more »

Africa: African Students Need Fast Internet - We Have an Answer

Public-private partnerships can get African schools online quickly. It's not just about education: it's also about economic growth. Read more »

Africa: How U.S. Reproductive Policy Abroad Mirrors Political Divides At Home

Domestic disputes over abortion have long echoed beyond U.S. borders, including for its landmark HIV/AIDS programme. Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 - How Did Africa Defy the Odds With Fewer Deaths?

The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn't happen. Why? Read more »

Africa: First Aid, Now Trade - Will Trump Axe South Africa AGOA Trade Deal?

South Africa's domestic and foreign policies have angered Trump, putting jobs, aid and trade on the line. Read more »

Africa: Dating Apps' Lack of Safeguards Put LGBTQ+ Africans At Risk

What's the context? LGBTQ+ users from Egypt to Nigeria risk entrapment and surveillance when online dating. Read more »

Africa: AI Will Have a Huge Impact On Africa. but We Must Avoid the Hype

As excitement around AI for development grow, it's important to stay grounded in common sense solutions Read more »

Africa: Four Humanitarian Crises That Demand More Attention in 2025

What's the context? Violence in Sudan, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti has left many without food and basic services Read more »

Africa: Climate Risks to Health Set to Worsen Inequity, Harm Children

From poor families in flood-prone homes to women required to cover up in extreme heat, climate change will hit the health of vulnerable groups the hardest, warns Kristie Ebi Read more »

Africa: Amid Coronavirus, Let's Not Forget About Indigenous People

Indigenous communities play a critical role in preventing the emergence of diseases and must be involved in the response to the pandemic Read more »

Africa: Half the World's Schools Lack Clean Water, Toilets and Handwashing

Nearly half the world's schools lack clean drinking water, toilets and handwashing facilities, putting millions of children at risk of disease, experts warned on Monday. Read more »

Africa: Protecting Mangroves Can Lower Disaster Risks, Offer Cash - Experts

Better protecting the world's fast-disappearing mangroves could have big economic, social and environmental benefits, experts said at the U.N. climate talks in Lima this week. Read more »