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 »

Kenya: After a Year of Big Cuts, Where Does U.S. Aid Stand Going Into 2026?

What's the context? U.S. foreign aid more than halved in 2025, leaving millions at risk of losing their lives to malaria, malnutrition and HIV. Read more »

Tanzania: How an Internet Blackout Affected Tanzania's Election

What's the context? A nationwide internet outage during last week's vote fits a pattern of electoral interference and may fuel abuses, activists say. 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: 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: 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 »

Mozambique: Mozambique's Illegal Miners Reap Risky Rewards but Land Suffers

What's the context? In Mozambique's Manica, illegal miners take huge risks while farmers grapple with mercury in the soil and polluted water. 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 »

Kenya: Kenya's Digital Crackdown Having 'Chilling' Effect On Rights

What's the context? A year after Gen Z protests, rights group Access Now calls for repeal of Kenya's cybercrimes law as online crackdown intensifies. Read more »

Eritrea: Forced Labour Built Canadian Mine in Test Case - Former Official

Hundreds of men drafted into Eritrea's army were used as forced labour to build a Canadian company's copper-gold mine in central Eritrea, according to a former construction… Read more »