The World Bank has approved a U.S $12.5 million grant to the Republic of Congo in order to acquire COVID-19 vaccines and reinforce awareness of benefits of…
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Deoraj Caussy, Open University of Mauritius The abrupt arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world, creating havoc for economies and social fabrics and taking…
Shehu Shagari Awandu, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology As an academic working at a university in Kenya, I’ve witnessed at first hand the…
Michael E Odijie, UCL A cocoa pricing agreement designed to protect farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana from destitution is being circumvented by multinationals, the main…
Shabir A. Madhi, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa is in the grip of another resurgence of COVID-19. Gauteng province, the country’s economic hub, where 25%…
Richard Calland, University of Cape Town South Africa’s Constitutional Court has found former president Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15…
The National Association of Teachers wants the country to change to a democratic system. The Swaziland National Association of Teachers in Eswatini has slammed the government…
President of the Republic of Gambia, Adama Barrow has today inaugurated the headquarters of Gambia’s Embassy in Riyadh. The inauguration was done in the presence of…
Emily B. Wong, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) South Africa’s massive effort over the years to test and treat people for HIV has drastically improved public…
Akinwumi Ogundiran, University of North Carolina – Charlotte The Yoruba are among the most storied groups in Africa. Their ancestral homeland cuts across present-day southwest Nigeria,…