Nigeria: Vaccine Acceptance and Supply is Crucial for Nigeria - Expert

Only around 1% of Nigeria’s 200 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.  It is a worrying picture for this giant West African nation - especially if the… Read more »

South Africa: Adichie Speaks at UCT Lecture After Boycott Calls From Students' Council

On July 28 internationally acclaimed Nigerian author and renowned feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie presented the second University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor's Open… Read more »

Liberia: If You Haven't Seen Liberia's Olympics Uniform, You're Missing Out Big Time

The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo is finally here - a year after the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the games. Read more »

Africa: Africa Is Calling For A Global Plastic Treaty. Will The World Listen?

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), considers pollution as one of three threats our planet is facing, along with the climate crisis and the loss of nature. Among all… Read more »

Africa: How Covid-19 Undermines Democracy in Africa

As the recorded number of infections in Africa edges towards the six million mark, it has become clear that Covid-19 is not only a public health challenge. Apart from the… Read more »

Africa: Biden Administration Announces Donation of 25 Million Covid-19 Vaccines to Africa

The White House is announcing today that the Biden administration will donate approximately 25 million COVID-19 vaccines to be distributed in Africa. Planned to be made in the next… Read more »

West Africa: Factoring Offers an Alternative to Financing for SMEs - Central Bank of West African States

Factoring, which is a financial management technique allowing a company to liquidate its receivables and recover cash, can be an alternative and complementary solution to… Read more »

Nigeria: Samad Rabiu Bboosts Nigeria's Healthcare with N10b

Nigeria's healthcare sector has received a boost of N10billion, courtesy of the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa). Read more »

Nigeria: Paradigm Shift or More of the Same in 2023?

On June 1, I announced, with all humility, my intention to present myself, again, to our country as a candidate in the 2023 presidential election. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Twitter Ban is Bad for Our Health

In 2017, Nigeria detected its first monkeypox case in 39 years. What most people don't know is that that the first sign of the disease was picked up on Twitter. The data was… Read more »

Nigeria: Peacebuilding Experts Speak on Challenges Facing Nigeria [Conversation Transcript]

Welcome to the second in AllAfrica's series with African peacebuilders and researchers. Our focus today is Nigeria. Appropriately nicknamed the "Giant of Africa', the West African… Read more »

Nigeria: I Will Run in 2023 Because We the People Matter - Kingsley Moghalu

Following is a statement issued by Professor Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu What is the value of a Nigerian life? Read more »

Nigeria: Can the Nigerian State Survive the Twin Crises of Covid and Conflict?

The toxic mix of factors which threaten the cohesion of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation include: Read more »

West Africa: UK Fashion Brand Slammed for Trademarking 'Yoruba'

Timbuktu Global, a British clothing brand retailer, has come under fire for trademarking the word Yoruba - a name of an ethnic group in West Africa - for their business, igniting a… Read more »

Africa: Financing Healthcare in Nigeria is Beyond Allocating 15% of National Budget To Health

Twenty years ago, African heads of states and governments gathered in Abuja to address infectious diseases in Africa. The declarations by the heads of States, popularly known as… Read more »

Africa: Use Teachers To Help Africa's Young People With Their Mental Health

Even before the pandemic, one in five African teenagers had thought about suicide, according to a study released last year. And this was the highest such prevalence in the world.… Read more »

Senegal: Senegal Has A Law Criminalizing Slavery - Here Is Why That Matters

It has been eleven years since Senegal's National Assembly passed a law declaring the Atlantic slave trade and the enslavement of African people a crime against humanity. The law… Read more »

Africa: Most Covid-19 Bail-out Money Goes to Big Business - Survey

Most of the money paid out by the governments of Kenya and Sierra Leone to those struggling with the economic effects of the coronavirus has gone to big corporations and not the… Read more »

Nigeria: Armed Insurgents Target Aid Groups in Borno State Attacks

United Nations agencies are alarmed that insurgent groups clashing with Nigerian security forces and attacking civilians in Borno State are targeting humanitarian groups and NGO… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Mining Dispute Highlights Pitfalls for U.S. Firms

The decision by Sierra Leone to shut down the operations of U.S.-owned SL Mining has called into question that government’s commitment to the rule of law with regard to… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Former President Compaore Charged in Thomas Sankara Murder

A military tribunal in Burkina Faso has charged former president Blaise Compaore with complicity in the 1987 assassination of then-president Thomas Sankara, Read more »

Africa: Building Peace in Troubled Places – South Sudan, the Sahel, Mozambique

A backgrounder for AllAfrica's online discussion with scholars and peace practitioners. Read more »

Africa: Drawing The Line On Malaria

A recent survey conducted by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Gallup International shows that African youth are determined to end malaria. Conducted across six countries -… Read more »

Nigeria: Toxic Workplaces and Office Drama in Romantic Comedy 'Who's the Boss'

If you don't know how to spend your Easter holiday, Who's the Boss may do the trick. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Anti-Abortionists Tell African Women Dangerous 'Abortion Pill Reversal' Works

An investigation into the practice of telling women that about 'Abortion pill reversal' (APR) - a controversial treatment first developed by a California-based family physician -… Read more »