Excluding Foreign Nationals Undermines the Vaccine Rollout [opinion]

spotlight

As the country proceeds with Phase 2 of the vaccine rollout plan, the government has still not addressed how undocumented people will register to receive the vaccine. Read more »

From Little Things, Big Things Grow

ITC

Smallholder farmers in Mashonaland East Province are working hard to harvest sugar snap and mange tout peas for export. The United Kingdom Trade Partnerships (UKTP) Programme in… Read more »

SA Could Eliminate Poverty in Three Years

New Frame

It would take a liveable basic income grant and a job-guarantee programme with the state and private sector behind it. But it can be done. Read more »

Three More Containers of Stolen Timber Recovered

AIM

The Cabo Delgado provincial attorney's office, in northern Mozambique, has announced the recovery of a further three containers of timber that had been exported illegally to China… Read more »

Monkeypox in Nigeria - Why the Disease Needs Intense Management [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

Monkeypox is back in the news. The publicity this time derives from a case brought into the US by someone from Nigeria in June 2021. In this interview with Adejuwon Soyinka, The… Read more »

Rich Nation, Poor People

New Republic

Says ANC Political Cummings Read more »

My Cows Thrive On Hydroponics Fodder

Nation

A massive steel gate welcomes one at Cool Blue Farm in Mumoi, North Kinangop, Nyandarua County. Read more »

Malawi Begins Classes in World's First 3d-Printed School

VOA

SALIMA, MALAWI - Adifu Maulana quit school in 2014 to escape punishment she often received for arriving late. Read more »

Undocumented Immigrants Left Out of Vaccination Programme

GroundUp

Electronic Vaccination Data System only accepts documented immigrants Read more »

Young Muslim Women in Ghana Feel Stereotyped and Judged - Why It Matters [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

Since the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, western media have consistently questioned whether being Muslim sits well with the ideals of democratic citizenship.… Read more »

Barrow's Govt & Hikes in Prices of Essential Commodities

The Point

For the past six months, Gambians have raised serious concerns about the rapid hikes in essential commodity prices, which many believe President Adama Barrow's government fails to… Read more »

Déjà Vu - the DRC's Perpetual Cycles of Hope and Despair [analysis]

ISS

'Can new leadership transform the DRC's fortunes?' was the title of a seminar this week presented by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the South African Institute of… Read more »

Govt Has No Duty to Enforce Citizens' Right to Shelter - Supreme Court

New Zimbabwe

THE Supreme Court has ruled the reference to citizens' right to shelter in the country's Constitution was "essentially hortatory in nature", operating merely as a reminder to the… Read more »

Children and Young People Must Be At the Heart of Food Systems Transformation

Unicef

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Read more »

A Second Chance At School - How Isiolo Is Bringing Smiles to Young Mother's Faces

Nation

"Nine divide by three... what do you get?" Read more »