Africa: Preserving the Independence of the African Development Bank - Young Friends of AfDB

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Africa: Higher Education Budgets Key to Securing Africa's Future After COVID-19

On June 8, South Africa’s schools are expected to reopen their doors to grade 7 and 12 students, who have lost over two months of critical classroom instruction due to… Read more »

Africa: Continent Nears 150,000 Cases After 2 Million Tests Performed

As of June 1, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 146,793. Further, 2,235,104 COVID-19 tests have been conducted across the continent. Read more »

Africa: First U.S. Representative to African Development Bank Supports AfDB President Adesina

An open letter to United States Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin from Ambassador Harold E. Doley, Jr. Read more »

Africa: Don't Let Guard Down, We Must Be Ready for Long Fight - WHO's Moeti

It took 36 days to reach 1,000 reported cases of COVID-19 on the continent. In 62 days, 100,000 cases were reported, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional… Read more »

Africa: Despite 53,000 Recoveries, Continent Still Battles COVID-19 Infection Rate

As of May 29, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 129,624. Read more »

Africa: Over 120,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases on the Continent

As of May 28, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 124,846. Read more »

Africa: Total Number of COVID-19 Cases on Continent Nears 120,000

As of May 27, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 119,766. Read more »

Africa: Women and Children Will Pay For This Pandemic – Unless We Act

Wherever COVID-19 strikes, it magnifies unfairness and inequality. In every nation and every community touched by the virus, hard-won progress for women, newborns and young people… Read more »

Africa: How Africa's Anti-Suicide Laws Support The Opposite

Africa may have driven out colonial occupiers generations ago, but some of the laws they passed remain stubbornly in place. For instance, in at least eight African countries like… Read more »

Africa: Total of COVID-19 Cases Now Over 115,000

As of May 26, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 116,045. Read more »

Africa: How Urban Mobility Can Come Back Stronger in a Post-Pandemic World

With much of Africa currently in or beginning to emerge from COVID-19 restrictions, city dwellers have abandoned their typical travel habits. Where they once squeezed into shared… Read more »

Africa: How You Can Get In For Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The goal of #INFORAFRICA is to deliver preventive and life-saving messages across the continent, as well as supporting initiatives which fight the disease, create a positive impact… Read more »

Africa: Over 110,000 Covid-19 Cases Across Continent

As of May 25, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 111,825. Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Rise to 107,747

As of May 24, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 107,747. Read more »

Africa: A Global Challenge Made of Love to Combat COVID-19

How about using the power of a digital platform to bring together people from all over the world to share, inspire, and empower each other? That is the objective of the Ubuntu Love… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Exceed 100,000

As of May 23, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 103,875. Read more »

Africa: 0.22% Rise, 57,545 Active Cases Across the Continent

As of May 22, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 99,976. Read more »

Africa: Four Ways to Combat Malaria in the Time of COVID-19

Globally there are more than 5.1 million cases of COVID-19 with most cases currently in high income countries. The U.S. and Europe are responsible for 72% of COVID-19 cases, 63% of… Read more »

Africa: Continent Nears 100,000 Cases of COVID-19

As of May 21, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 95,585. Read more »

Africa: Let's Prepare for a Marathon Struggle Against COVID-19

African health practitioners should own the narrative of the coronavirus pandemic and take advantage of Africa's experience of other outbreaks of disease in order to mount a… Read more »

Africa: 'Let's Use the Interconnectedness That Spread COVID-19 to Fight It'

AllAfrica's Esther Rose spoke with Dr Ify Aniebo, an infectious disease expert with a background in molecular biology and genetics, and who co-authored the Lancet paper:… Read more »

Africa: To Stop Falling Behind, Africa Needs Proactive Approach to Beat Pandemics

The novel coronavirus pandemic has claimed over 300,000 lives worldwide, and like in the rest of the world, in Africa is seeing COVID-19 tighten its grip, with over 91,000… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Exceed 91 Thousand

As of May 20, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 91,514. Read more »

Lesotho: Thabane Resigns as Lesotho's Prime Minister

Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has formally resigned more than a week after his coalition government fell apart, in a move that could help end a long-running political… Read more »