Nigeria: Nigerians Having Babies Abroad - Women Explain Their Reasons

Nigerian women make up a significant proportion of foreign women giving birth in several countries. Read more »

Morocco: Discovery of a 4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Settlement in Morocco Rewrites History

A new archaeological discovery at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's E-Levy - 3 Lessons From the Abolished Mobile Money Tax

The first budget speech of Ghana's new government on 11 March painted a picture of an economy in crisis, facing high debt and fiscal mismanagement. The finance minister, Cassiel… Read more »

West Africa: West Africa's Hazardous Winds - Harmattan Carries More Than Dust - It Also Spreads Disease

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from haramata, a word in the Ghanaian language Fanti. Read more »

West Africa: Senegal Sees French Troops Depart As West Africa Reassesses Colonial Ties

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal's capital, Dakar that it has used for decades. The move follows an announcement in late… Read more »

Sudan: The Battle for Khartoum - Tracking Sudan's War Over Two Years

Sudan has been engulfed in brutal conflict since 15 April 2023, when tensions between the country's two most powerful military factions erupted into civil war. Read more »

South Africa: First Fossil Hyena Tracks Found in South Africa - How Expert Animal Trackers Helped

"The art of tracking may well be the origin of science." This is the departure point for a 2013 book by Louis Liebenberg, co-founder of an organisation devoted to environmental… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's State of Emergency - Was President Tinubu's Declaration Legal and Justified?

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu recently declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, in the country's south-south region. He also suspended the state governor and dissolved the… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau's Political Crisis - a Nation On the Brink of Authoritarianism

Guinea-Bissau faces a deep political crisis. For several years, the small west African nation has endured growing tensions between political institutions and there's now a strong… Read more »

Africa: Foreign Aid Cuts Could Mean 10 Million More HIV Infections By 2030 - and Almost 3 Million Extra Deaths

In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding for foreign aid. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Decision to Make Maths Optional in High School Is a Bad Idea - What Should Happen Instead

Kenya's education ministry announced in March 2025 that mathematics would be an optional subject in senior secondary school, which begins in grade 10. Most students in this grade… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Who Is Kirsty Coventry and How Did She Become the Most Powerful Person in World Sports?

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected a woman as its president for the first time ever. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry is also the youngest ever IOC president and the… Read more »

Africa: Wealthy Nations Owe Climate Debt to Africa - Funds That Could Help Cities Grow

Wealthy nations fuelled their industrial growth and urbanisation by burning fossil fuels. This was the biggest cause of climate change, which now affects every country in the… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Civil War - What Military Advances Mean, and Where the Country Could Be Heading Next

A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit that the African nation's yearslong civil war could be at a crucial turning point. Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's Lions in Decline, Hyenas Thriving - New Findings From Country's Biggest Ever Carnivore Count

For nearly 15 years almost no information was available on the population status of Uganda's large carnivores, including those in its largest national park, Murchison Falls. These… Read more »

Africa: How to Protect Your Eyes in the Digital Age - Expert in Eye and Vision Science

In an era where screens dominate our daily lives, a silent epidemic is sweeping the globe. Digital eye strain, a condition once relegated to the fringes of occupational health… Read more »

Nigeria: How to Get a Clean Shave - Tips From a Skin Expert

The development of facial hair is a sexual characteristic that marks adulthood in men. In the past, facial hair was often frowned upon culturally in Nigeria, with some institutions… Read more »

Senegal: Fighting Fake News - How Media in Kenya and Senegal Check Facts

Misinformation has accelerated in recent years, in speed and volume. Studies show that Africans are exposed to misinformation and disinformation on a regular basis. Read more »

Tanzania: 1.5 Million-Year-Old Bone Tools Discovered in Tanzania Rewrite the History of Human Evolution

The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then they switched to bone as a raw material. Until recently, the… Read more »

Africa: Diabetic Foot Pain - Expert Tips On How to Cope

An estimated 1 in 10 people worldwide have diabetes. Africa is the region with the fastest growth and it's estimated that the number of people on the continent with diabetes will… Read more »

Africa: Heeding the Lessons of Covid-19 in the Face of Avian Influenza

Infectious disease outbreaks have a bad habit of piling on at the worst possible times. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Journalists Are Harassed By the Public, the State and Paid 'Data Boys' - What Must Change

Death threats, kidnapping, unlawful detention, torture and assassination are some of the crimes being committed against journalists in Nigeria, according to a recent report.… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Offers Free Caesareans to Save Mothers' Lives - but It's Not Enough

Nigeria's government launched an initiative in 2024 offering free emergency caesarean sections to poor and vulnerable women, in a plan to bring down the high number of mothers… Read more »

Africa: Wealthy Africans Often Don't Pay Tax - the Answer Lies in Smarter Collection - Expert

Faced with some of the worse debt levels in over a decade, African countries are struggling to find ways to balance their books. Increasing revenue sources from their citizens is… Read more »

Africa: African Safaris and Colonial Nightmares - a Visit to Artist Roger Ballen's Latest Show

Born in the US, Roger Ballen, the internationally renowned photographer, has lived in South Africa since the 1970s. Read more »