President Donald Trump described a Dec. 25 airstrike on suspected insurgent camps as a ‘Christmas present’ from the US. Many in Nigeria are not viewing it as such.
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After decades of stalled progress, new vaccines, treatments and genetic tools are helping scientists protect children and save lives worldwide.
Why two of Africa’s most bitter rivals – Ethiopia and Eritrea – are on the brink of war again.
Most African climate-related financial policies remain voluntary, leaving climate risk as something to consider rather than a firm requirement.
A mix of domestic revenue generation, efficiency gains and strategic partnerships is essential to sustain and expand HIV programmes despite declining external aid.
The countries, whose respective leaders recently won widely disputed elections, offer contrasting examples in how autocracies operate, evolve and change.
Since fighting broke out in April 2023, some 150,000 people have been killed in Sudan and an estimated 13.5 million displaced.
Protecting places that are likely to remain cool and moist as global temperatures rise can save wildlife of all kinds, but first we have to find them.
Since 2020, there have been 11 successful coups across Africa, and five thwarted attempts.
There is common concern about deteriorating statecraft and the weakening of institutions in countries across Africa.
Iran has sought to bolster its economic and security relationships on the continent after a punishing year both at home and in the Middle East.
The takeover was the 11th successful coup d'etat in Africa since just 2020, and the latest destabilizing event in a country long plagued by governance challenges.
Citizenship as reparation must not translate into citizenship as entitlement.
The lack of toilets makes travelling on Africa’s roads a less-than-pleasant experience.
The problem with rating models applied to African countries is that they use a narrow definition of risk and don’t take into account qualitative factors.
Despite the rising burden of stroke across Africa, there is no continent-wide framework or standardised protocol for stroke management.
Decades of neglect, corruption and state brutality have allowed armed group JNIM to gain the support of Mali’s marginalised communities.
The memoir of Nathaniel Isaacs, a Jewish merchant who found himself shipwrecked in what is now South Africa, influenced Shaka’s long-lasting fame abroad.
The movement to protect the long-obscured sites allows communities to reckon with painful histories through healing, remembrance and ancestral connection.
Local conflict and development needs drive the demand for digital authoritarianism technologies.
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