COVID-19 vaccines: African countries get very few doses at very high prices

Guinea, one of the lowest-income countries, has received just 25 doses 

Outbreaks of measles: compounding challenges in the DRC

Weak spot of prevalent strategy: Accessibility of routine preventive health services

Mutation in Ebola virus turned epidemic in West Africa deadlier, say studies

The virus was able to mutate and adapt to humans as it infected a huge number of people

The San people of southern Africa: where ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail them

Researchers need to scrutinise such codes’ inherent and complex challenges. They also need to put collaboration at the heart of their work

Russia-Africa summit: Putin offers unconvincing giveaways in a desperate bid to make up for killing the Ukraine grain deal

Russia’s efforts to woo African leaders are part of the Kremlin’s broader efforts to extend its influence across the global south

Africa’s energy poverty: Push to renewables, more players for power supply may help Madagascar’s electrification plans

Around 35% of country has access to electricity, 1.4% has access to clean cooking fuel

Kenya’s population: 5 key findings in the past 20 years of research

There are huge differences in health, education & other social outcomes among residents of urban informal settlements when compared to other …

Flooding in Nigeria is on the rise – good forecasts, drains and risk maps are urgently needed

As the 2023 flooding approaches, it is important for federal government and state agencies to work in coordination

Child labour on farms in Africa: It’s important to make a distinction between what’s harmful, and what isn’t

Reframing the debate about child labour in African agriculture, and how best to address it, is particularly timely

Water insecurity hits sub-Saharan Africa hard: Report

People with lower levels of income and those residing on the outskirts of cities are more prone to water insecurity

Global AIDS fight ‘in danger’ after setbacks due to COVID-19

Number of new infections dropped by only 3.6 % between 2020 and 2021, the smallest annual decline since 2016

Extreme heat exposure worsens child malnutrition in Africa: Study

If the average global temperature rises by 2°C, the effect of heat exposure on stunting would double

Inflation is rising in Kenya: Here’s why, and how to fix it

Politicians eyeing Kenya’s 9 August polls have been offering solutions in exchange for votes  

How visionary scientist Bernie Fanaroff put African astronomy on the map

He made a breakthrough discovery about radio galaxies during his PhD in eary 1970s

Antibiotic use in Uganda high: Action is needed

Less than 30% antibiotic prescriptions complied with Uganda’s clinical guidelines, finds survey

Mobile broadband coverage gap highest in sub-Saharan Africa: GSMA report

Mobile data was also least affordable in the region

West Africa's chimpanzee population impacted by road construction: Study

The average population density of chimpanzee was lowest nearest the roads and peaked at the far away from them

Human-driven speciation: A peek into how we may alter the morphology of African elephants

Anthropogenic activities such as global warming, poaching, mining, deforestation and noise pollution will form a more wrinkly, hairier, tuskless, …

Children’s education at extreme risk in 7 African countries: Report

Besides sub-Saharan Africa, children were at the sharp end of the learning crisis in Yemen and Pakistan, according to a new report

Conflict, COVID-19 fuelled 6.5 million displacements in eastern Africa in 2020

Extreme weather events such as floods, cyclones, droughts also a major factor behind such displacements

These countries need urgent action to beat famine, deaths in the next 4 months: FAO

Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan, northern Nigeria and Yemen are in need of urgent targeted humanitarian action 

Areas in Africa with more Chinese-backed projects were more likely to experience protests

Areas with a larger number of Chinese projects do see lowered trust in local government; protests can also occur when citizens feel that economic …

Researchers re-animate 70-year-old coffee killer fungus in Africa: Study

Coffee wilt disease, caused by a fungus Fusarium xylarioides, has led to devastating outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa since the 1920s

Mount Nyiragongo’s volcano: why it’s unique and treacherous

The local and national governments in the area around the volcano need to be more aware of the risks from tectonic rifting and from the volcano

A third of Nigerians are unemployed: Here’s why

The economy of the sub-Saharan country has not been in good shape for the past 5 years and first went into a recession in 2016