May 06, 2020
Nigeria: Using Trash to Start a Business and Clean Up a City
Two young scientists and entrepreneurs in the capital of Nigeria's Kwara state saw an opportunity in the plastic waste that plagues countries around the world and threatens the… Read more »
Africa: Latest Stats on Deaths From COVID-19 in Africa
Editors' note: This information was last updated on May 16, 2020. Read more »
May 04, 2020
Nigeria: The Alchemy of Hope – An Entrepreneurial Couple Turn Plastic Waste into Brighter Futures
In this capital city of Nigeria's Kwara state, plastic waste litters the streets and piles up in open-air dump sites. If it isn't burned, releasing toxic smoke, much of it clogs… Read more »
Africa: Could Kenyan Research Point Towards Malaria Breakthrough?
Today the open-access journal Nature published results of a promising study on a potential way to block the malaria parasite from infecting mosquitoes that transmit malaria through… Read more »
Africa: When It Rains It Pours - COVID-19 Exacerbates Poverty Risks in Poorest Countries
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Africa and Southern Asia, and the global economy enters a synchronized recession unseen since the Second World War, the world's… Read more »
May 01, 2020
Africa: Where Does Africa Stand 2 Months After COVID-19 Outbreak? (May 2020)
More than 34,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Africa in the two months since the first confirmed case of the disease on the continent, with over 1,500 lives lost. Dr… Read more »
Africa: Animated Series Shows Africa's Engagement With the World
Launched in 2019, the Ubuntu Series is an African animated series that gives an insider perspective of Africa's engagement with the rest of the world. The series is produced in… Read more »
Africa: Will Men Respond to COVID-19's Health Call?
The latest data from New York tells us that the novel coronavirus is killing men at twice the rate of women. Death rates are higher around the world, including China,… Read more »
April 30, 2020
Guinea Bissau: Prime Minister, Three Ministers Test Positive for COVID-19
Nuno Gomes Nabiam, the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus along with three members of his cabinet, Reuters quotes the country's health… Read more »
April 29, 2020
Africa: Food Crisis Looms Amid COVID-19 Crisis
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) recently released a report, warning of potential doubling in the number of people that would face food insecurity due to the ongoing… Read more »
Africa: Lessons from Lawyers During the Ebola Outbreak in an Era of COVID-19
As the world struggles to combat Covid-19, we have regular flashbacks to the Ebola outbreak which killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa. We remember the fear, panic,… Read more »
April 28, 2020
Africa: Primary Health Care - There's a Reason it's Called Primary
The outbreak of COVID-19 threatens to exact a high toll in sub-Saharan Africa, both because of its devastating effects on its victims and because of its potential to interrupt… Read more »
April 27, 2020
Africa: Pompeo - No Drop in U.S. Africa Funding, Says WHO Under Review, Blasts China on Debt
The decision by President Trump to end U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) will not diminish U.S. support for health across Africa, including efforts to combat… Read more »
Africa: Transcript - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on U.S. Support for Africa's Fight Against COVID-19
Opening remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by telephone to an international group of seven journalists focused on Africa - transcribed from the call: Read more »
April 26, 2020
Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt, South Africa,… Read more »
April 24, 2020
Africa: No, Injecting or Drinking Disinfectant is Not a Way to Cure the Coronavirus
United States President Donald Trump has suggested that people could receive injections of disinfectant to cure the coronavirus. Read more »
April 23, 2020
Nigeria: Key COVID-19 Challenges for Nigeria - Testing and Co-ordinating 36 States
There are more than 200 million people in Nigeria, and with only 873 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, questions are being asked about the country's readiness to fight… Read more »
South Sudan: Give Us Your Wall to Fight COVID-19, Campaigners Ask
A group of young South Sudanese creatives is running a campaign - #WagifCorona - to raise awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »
April 22, 2020
Africa: Latest Confirmed COVID-19 Cases for the Continent
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April 21, 2020
Africa: Keep Food Exports Flowing During Coronavirus Crisis, Says Trade Expert
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, we have seen countries restrict food exports in the fear that a global shortage may be imminent and would undermine their domestic food… Read more »
Africa: Energy Access Takes Center Stage in COVID-19 Fight, Powering Africa's Recovery
COVID-19 is causing unprecedented disruptions around the world, with healthcare systems struggling and billions of people relying on electricity while confined to their homes. The… Read more »
Africa: The 'New World Order' - A Chance for Africa?
For decades, Africa has struggled to find its way in a process of globalization and being led by money powers with, as a consequence, an increasing widening of inequalities: more… Read more »
Africa: Can African Tailors Help End COVID-19 Mask Shortages?
Tailors in Nigeria's Abia state are part of a continent-wide mobilization of citizens to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) needed for the fight against the spread of… Read more »
Africa: When Will Africa Get Back to 'Normal'?
As we face an invisible enemy that has crippled Europe and the United States, many are ringing alarm bells for Africa. Sitting around in our pajamas we are asking: "Is Africa… Read more »
Uganda: The Making of a Humanities Scholar
When I was young, having finished school with very high marks on my A-levels, people asked me what I wanted to study at university. I had never been interested in fields that… Read more »