As of October 26, the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries has reached 1,723,523. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 41,430, and recoveries ... Read more »

Transformative reforms are urgently needed for rekindling resilient growth in Sub-Saharan Africa but this will be difficult without external support, the International Monetary ... Read more »

In a major push to spur greater trade and investment in Africa, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) joined with the Read more »

Typhoid fever and diarrhoea cases have fallen significantly in the capital city Kampala and the district of Kawempe, according to an African Development Bank report. Kawempe has ... Read more »

Scientists are calling for immediate action to prevent a species of mosquito new to Africa - which, unusually, thrives in urban areas - from spreading. It has already been reported ... Read more »

Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira's series adaptation of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel Americanah, is no longer moving forward as planned after the Kenyan ... Read more »

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as one of two finalists - both women - for the post of director-general of the World Trade Organization, along with South Korea's Yoo ... Read more »

While governments in Senegal, Mauritania and The Gambia have been carrying out emergency food distributions to local communities in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new ... Read more »

Low-income countries have been especially hard hit by the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to more people needing assistance for their basic needs. This ... Read more »

According to the World Health Organisation, although the Africa region saw a slow but continuous decline in newly-reported cases since mid-July, there were 11% more cases reported ... Read more »