Africa is again becoming the stage for the proxy wars of foreign powers
The future of healthcare on the continent depends on innovation
Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara is about the presence of resources, especially phosphates that make up 72% of the world’s reserves. Phosphate is used in fertiliser, a key element in agriculture, giving Morocco a tight grip over world food production.
Eight months ago, the Zimbabwean government arrested Jeffrey Moyo after he worked with colleagues from The New York Times reporting on Zimbabwe. His next court date is 14 February
Because foreign aid is not effective in helping African countries achieve their development goals, the ‘aid sector’ needs to be reformed
New assessment puts their numbers in Africa at more than 117 000, up by 20% since 2015.
Conflict hotspots, most in the Sahel region, will continue to dominate the news this year, while a number of countries will hold key elections.
The current scramble for Africa’s natural resources by major global political and economic rivalries portends deeper economic and political hardships for the continent
The highlights of 2021 in Africa
The Hope Consortium and Unicef partnership will boost countries’ vaccine rollout efforts
Across Africa, 12 countries were keeping at least 75 journalists behind bars as of 1 December ― not counting those who were detained and released
What works in one place and for one group of people will not necessarily work elsewhere.
The UK will remove South Africa and other African countries it recently placed on its travel red list at midnight on Wednesday
Food systems lack resilience in the face of crisis and that feed crises of their own making, driving climate change and fuelling epidemics of hunger, malnutrition, obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases
Cold-chain and refrigeration capacity are among the priorities of the programmes supported by the African Centres of Excellence, the University of Birmingham and the United Nations
No to ‘climate-stupid’ agriculture
Wealthy countries were quick to ban Southern African nations from entering their borders when the Omicron variant was identified, but did not do so to each other.
The Environmental Investigation Agency, an international NGO, says growing demand is a prescription for disaster for some endangered animals such as leopards, pangolins and rhinos
China invests heavily in Africa, and is the continent’s largest trading partner with direct trade worth more than $200-billion in 2019
The online publication’s annual list celebrates not only the sheer abundance of African literature but its daring, new directions
We can’t bury our heads in the sand: there is no way to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic other than vaccination. South Africa — and the rest of Africa — still has a long way to go
The World Health Organisation has enlisted a team of South African researchers to produce a new mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, but with no recipe to follow, it’s not an easy task
Study shows horrifying statistics of widespread sexism and violence against women MPs in Africa
The Glasgow Climate Pact called for the removal of ‘inefficient’ fossil fuel subsidies, but a commitment to remove all fossil fuel subsidies is needed
Africa currently has no vaccine technology hub, although there are six vaccine production facilities on the continent
Cattle in sub-Saharan Africa account for only a small fraction of greenhouse gas emissions, and the harms are outweighed by the good
With funding we can turn an existential code red into a prosperous code green
South Africa, the continent’s largest emitter, is not among several African countries that joined the UK-led coalition committing to phase out the fossil fuel
Mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro and the Rwenzori mountains are all retreating faster than the global mean
As part of the 40th anniversary of the Canon Collins Trust, Justice Mavedzenge spoke to Albie Sachs about the legacy of apartheid-era legal activism for Southern Africa
Europe would have been a marginal player in world history without the continent’s natural resources and centuries of cheap African labour
In deciding how the world responds to the climate crisis, policymakers rely on research that tends to be written predominantly by men in the Global North