The activist who forced her way onto front pages: Initially cropped out and sidelined, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has now become an essential voice for Africa on the world stage.
The strife in Cabo Delgado has displaced more than 800 000 people. Some have found their way to the Rapale transit centre, where they are struggling to survive as foreign and local forces fight over their homelands.
Across Africa, 12 countries were keeping at least 75 journalists behind bars as of 1 December ― not counting those who were detained and released
Thanks to the Omicron variant, it is harder than ever for Africans to travel – even though public health experts say the restrictions make no sense
When Monica Geingos became first lady of Namibia she received a deluge of abuse, but she extinguishes it by holding it up to the light.
They’re a sought-after seasonal delicacy, but deforestation and a growing export market are leaving Ugandans with too little to crunch on
The unvaccinated will be denied use of public services on 21 December, but only 5% of the population has been vaccinated
Most of Facebook’s features are designed to maximise meaningful social Interaction, which means the algorithm promotes extreme content
Africa causes just 4% of global emissions, but pays the price of them. With what money?
The famine that was feared has come to pass, and aid just isn’t getting in
From Grammys to sold-out concerts, the West African music phenomenon is going mainstream
Untreated effluent from textile factories in in Lesotho, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius and Madagascar pours into rivers, contaminating the water
Two recent reports show evidence that democracy in Africa is being threatened by private power networks
Only Gambia has a plan that, if everyone acted the same way, would see global heating kept to below 1.5°C.
There are few, if any, studies to support Pfizer chief executive’s assertion that the global south would be more vaccine-hesitant than the north
Since the coup d’état, Guinea’s head of state has been in the custody of the military officers. But it was the president who was the primary architect of his own downfall
Ugandan opposition leader’s popularity frightened Museveni into even greater autocracy
A classic bandit extortion strategy is to set homes and grain stores on fire to intimidate individuals into paying up.
Indemnity clauses and fears of fake jabs mean Nigeria’s government must do its vaccine roll-out alone
But anger over human rights abuses in the ruby-rich province fuels resentment and insurgency