Angola: Angola's Long War Changed the Way Farmers Used Fire - Why It Matters

Few places in Africa have been as isolated and understudied as eastern Angola, particularly the highlands of the Moxico provinces, a region rich in biodiversity, culture and… Read more »

Africa: Conflict Hits Schooling Hardest Where Children Are the Target - Study

According to Unesco, around 250 million children (16%) globally are out of school although they are of an age to be at school in their countries. Available evidence suggests that… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: World's First AI-Designed Vaccine Explained

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed what they describe as a fundamentally new type of vaccine using artificial intelligence (AI). The vaccine's key component… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: The Hunt for a New Ebola Vaccine - Two Scientists Explain the Challenges

The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda has now killed 61 people, with 359 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo strain of the virus has a… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola - Vaccines Alone Won't Stop an Outbreak - Here's What Else Is Needed

Tensions have recently emerged around the Ebola response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These tensions have manifested in a series of incidents, including the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Three New Ebola Vaccines Are Being Developed. An Infectious Disease Expert Explains

When it comes to Ebola outbreaks, it's not often we have two pieces of good news in one week. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Two Scientists On Their Race to Make a New Ebola Vaccine

As health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to battle an ongoing Ebola outbreak, scientists around the world are racing to develop a vaccine against the… Read more »

Chad: Chad Is Making Arabic Equal to French in Schools - the Politics Behind the Move

In most multilingual African countries, language policy is a highly charged and controversial issue. It touches on regional identity, religion and political power - as is evident… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola, Hantavirus... How Eroding Global Health Cooperation Could Threaten Worse Crises Ahead

The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks, respectively in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, and on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, remind us that the next health… Read more »

Uganda: What's Wrong With How U.S. and Uganda Plan to Stop Ebola Spreading

As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to rein in a growing outbreak of a rare Ebola virus, other countries are establishing protocols for keeping their… Read more »

Central Africa: Central Africa's Wild Meat Dilemma - Why Outright Bans Threaten Food Security for Millions

Millions of people in central Africa rely on wild meat for their nutrition, especially in rural areas around the Congo rainforest, the second largest tropical rainforest in the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Outbreak in the DRC - Four Reasons It Will Be Hard to Contain

By the second week of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo it was already clear that containing the spread of the haemorrhagic disease was proving to be… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Health Authorities Are Racing to Contain Ebola in the DR Congo and Uganda. Here's What's Making It So Challenging

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with a rising Ebola epidemic, with almost 600 cases detected so far and more than 130 deaths. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Strain Spreading in Congo and Uganda Has No Approved Vaccine

As a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 17, 2026, that it is… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: What You Need to Know About the Ebola Outbreak That Has the Who Concerned

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a public health emergency of international concern. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Is Sending in the Military to Guard Mines and Critical Minerals. Will It Be Enough?

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is taking an unusual step to secure its critical minerals. It plans to create a new paramilitary unit to protect mining sites and transport… Read more »

Africa: Millions of Farmers in Africa's Great Lakes Region Face Rising Temperatures. Study Predicts How Crop Disease and Pests Could Spread

Farming in the Great Lakes region of Africa (which includes Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Kenya) is challenging because of changing… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon's Sacred and Royal Animals - Could Literature and Futures Thinking Help Save Them?

In the grasslands and highlands of western Cameroon, some animals are believed to be sacred. Within the region's indigenous kingdoms (fondoms), many of these animals are also… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: Congo-Brazzaville Election - Boycotts, Blackouts and Growing Dissent but Denis Sassou Nguesso Held On to Power

The 2026 presidential election in Congo-Brazzaville (the Republic of the Congo) returned Denis Sassou Nguesso for a fifth consecutive term, with a definitive 94.90% of the vote. Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique Relies On Rwanda's Troops to Fight Terrorism - What Happens If They Leave?

Rwanda has threatened to withdraw its troops from Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, signalling a potentially decisive shift in the southern African country's security… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Mini-Grids Can Supply Electricity, but What About Demand? a Private DR Congo Project Shows How It Can Work

More than 560 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity. About 384 million live in countries classified by the World Bank as conflict-affected, where poverty,… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: Congo-Brazzaville Election - Sassou Nguesso Set to Extend His Rule

Congolese will go to the polls on 15 March 2026 to elect their president, with a fractured opposition unable to present a single candidate. The Congolese Labor Party (PCT), in… Read more »

Africa: Hunger Crisis Is Set to Get Worse in West and Central Africa - Why and What to Do About It

Countries in west and central Africa are facing a food crisis with multiple causes. Estimates in late December 2025 suggested that 41.8 million people were already in crisis or… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Faith Leaders Joined the Fight Against Woman Abuse in the DR Congo. Did It Help?

Can pastors, imams and rabbis be allies to women and children and help stop gender-based violence? Read more »

Cameroon: Anti-Poverty Programmes Can Change How People See the State and Each Other

When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar's home in northern Cameroon, he and his family lost not only shelter but hope. Then a government-supported cash transfer arrived. "The… Read more »