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The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has the potential to become huge and of long duration.
Weak surveillance and climate change could allow deadly hantaviruses to spread unnoticed across African countries, raising the risk of future outbreaks.
Eroding the gains made in education has severe consequences, especially for girls.
While illegal takeovers of state have declined globally, Africa has now seen at least 10 successful coups since 2020.
Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups as isolated events.
Sierra Leoneans are worried by the increasing number of mpox cases and deaths that have been recorded in 2025.
A study finds female genital mutilation or cutting is a leading cause of death: a young woman or girl dies every 12 minutes.
Ghana is a big player in west African geopolitics.
The high-profile rape case of Gisele Pelicot in France speaks to a possible shift following the rise of the #MeToo movement
Attempts to postpone Senegal’s election indefinitely reflect deeper governance problems within Macky Sall’s administration, and the shortcomings of his chosen heir, Amadou Ba.
Economic infrastructure that affects several African countries runs through Niger.
Citizen expectations of governments are not being met by most elected leaders.
Singer, actor and activist died on April 25 at the age of 96. His legacy spans stage, screen and political activism.
In Tunisia, scapegoating migrants diverts from the continuous failure of government to solve deep economic and social crisis.
Although West Africa has made some headway with efforts to propagate democracy, its dividends, in the form of good governance, remain elusive.
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The failures of nominally elected governments has denied leaders - as well as the democratic system - a vanguard popular constituency.
Countries like Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea find it difficult to access the US market.
Migration can be a matter of life and death, but religion can help people cope.
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