Africa: Covid-19 Cases Reach 736,587, With 15,424 Deaths

As of July 21, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 736,587. Read more »

Africa: There Are Signs of Hope for Ending Poverty, Even in a Pandemic - Report

The novel coronavirus threatens to reverse the gains made in the global struggle to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 – but Sierra Leone offers hope that progress can be made… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 721,000 Mark, With 15,170 Deaths

As of July 20, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 721,292. Read more »

Africa: 'Tackling the Inequality Pandemic - a New Social Contract for a New Era'

Nelson Mandela spent his whole life fighting against inequality and injustice. "As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world," he said, "none of us can… Read more »

Africa: Almost 20,000 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Across Continent in 24 Hours

As of July 19, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 702,744, rising by 19,252 in 24 hours. Read more »

Africa: Over 20,000 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Across Continent in 24 Hours

As of July 18, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 683,492, rising by 19,540 in 24 hours. Read more »

Africa: Over 20,000 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Across Continent in 24 Hours

As of July 18, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 683,492, rising by 19,540 in 24 hours. Read more »

Africa: Poor Communities Are Adapting, Reimagining the Future Amid Covid-19 - C.D.Glin

Covid-19 has changed the world, but African communities are working to innovate in the face of the crisis. One of the institutions participating in discussions with African… Read more »

South Africa: Zindzi Mandela Tested Positive for COVID-19, Family Confirms

According to Times Live, Zindzi Mandela tested positive for COVID-19 the day she passed away. Read more »

Africa: Number of Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Across Continent Rises to Over 640,000

As of July 16, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 643,678. Read more »

Uganda: Clean Cooking - Mother's Illness Inspires Young Engineer's Business

Arthur Woniala was in his last year of university, studying mechanical engineering, when his mother developed severe respiratory disease, after years of being exposed to smoke from… Read more »

Africa: Nearly 300,000 Active COVID-19 Cases Across Continent After Over 6 Million Tests

As of July 15, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 625,818. The number of tests performed has reached 6,005,701 while the number of active cases… Read more »

Africa: Greatest Global Challenge is Cooperation - Not COVID-19

Pandemics come and go. The tragic effect of plague in the Middle Ages reminds us that Covid-19 wasn't the first, and it is clear that it won't be the last. Read more »

Africa: Over 600,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Across Continent

As of July 14, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 611,115. Read more »

Africa: New Smoking Device - a 'Hopeful Moment For the Rest of the World'

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the marketing of IQOS, Philip Morris International's (PMI) electrically heated tobacco system, as a modified risk tobacco… Read more »

Africa: International Press Freedom Award for Leading Nigerian Journalist Dapo Olorunyomi

The leading Nigerian campaigning journalist, Dapo Olorunyomi, has been honoured for his courage by one of the world's top press freedom groups. Read more »

Africa: Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Nears 600,000

As of July 13, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 594,954. Read more »

South Africa: Ambassador to Denmark, Nelson Mandela's Daughter Zindzi Mandela Has Died

Multiple South African news agencies are reporting that Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of Nelson Mandela and South Africa's ambassador to Denmark, has died. Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 559,000, With 12,769 Deaths

As of July 11, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 559,446. Read more »

South Africa: 'SLAPP' Suit to Define Legal Landscape in Environmental, Mining Cases Forever?

A South African court has heard the first part of a U.S. $1.3 million defamation suit that may have a profound impact on free speech in the country’s future. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: A Job for a Woman - Peacebuilding and Delivering Benefits to People Hungering for Change

What is now the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has experienced turbulence and conflict for centuries, and most of its 85 million people remain desperately poor. Yet it is,… Read more »

Africa: Over 266,000 Active COVID-19 Cases Across Continent After 5.4 Million Tests

As of July 10, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 541,923. Active cases have reached 266,619 after 5,420,815 tests. Read more »

Africa: Modified Risk Tobacco Product - Historic FDA Decision and Lessons for Africa

Following 43 months of evaluation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 7 July authorized the marketing of IQOS in the country, Philip Morris International’s (PMI)… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 522,000, With 11,978 Deaths

As of July 9, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 522,641. Read more »

Africa: WHO Acknowledges 'Emerging Evidence' of COVID-19 Being Airborne

The World Health Organisation has responded to an open letter by a group of scientists urging the WHO to address the possibility of COVID-19 virus being airborne. Read more »