By the end of 2020, 86 per cent people displaced across borders lived in countries with developing economies.
Haphazard COVID-19 vaccine donations useless for Africa, WHO flags
Africa’s Great Green Wall: Viable return on investments, says FAO study
New coronavirus variant: Reconsider entry ban to UK, urges South Africa government
Rising ammonia levels in West Africa linked to biomass burning
The trend was centered over Nigeria and the Southern coast
COVID-19 blow to diabetes care: Africa cases to more than double
Ahead of World Diabetes Day, WHO urged governments to invest in diagnosis, health worker training to prevent surge
Nearly 51 million internally displaced in 33 countries in first half of 2021: UN
The lethal mix of conflict, COVID-19, poverty, food insecurity and climate emergency has compounded humanitarian plight of the displaced, ...
Africa climate programme to benefit 5.4 million small-scale farmers in Sahel
The programme aims to restore degraded land, provide climate information systems and agricultural insurance
CoP26: Net Zero within Africa’s reach
Nationally determined contributions well set, but finance may be a problem
Climate change can wipe off 84% of Sudan GDP, warns report
The damage will reduce but remain significant even if global temperature rise is limited to 1.5°C
Rising water levels in Kenya's Rift Valley lakes: 379,935 people require urgent humanitarian assistance
The increased water levels changed the composition of the lakes and damaged biodiversity
Transboundary climate change, adaptation risks in Africa over next 10 years of great concern among policymakers: Survey
Insecurity from climate crises perceived as risk with most severe consequences
Less than 10% of African countries likely to hit COVID-19 vaccination goal
The continent has so far fully vaccinated only 6% of its population; 70% of high-income countries have vaccinated more ...
Intensive poaching led to more tuskless female elephants in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park
The evolutionary shift can have a far-ranging effect on the local ecosystem
More humans means less Great Apes, says first pan-African assessment
Agriculture, linear infrastructure, population density and even GDP and corruption influence Great Ape densities in Africa
How Rwanda reached first global COVID-19 vaccination target
Rwanda defined a vaccination plan prior to getting the vaccines
Africa’s Sahel has the highest rate of child marriage globally: Report
Around 5 million children in the central Sahel face a growing humanitarian crisis, according to a new report
Ebola resurfaces in Democratic Republic of Congo 4 months after outbreak contained
North Kivu in east DRC was declared Ebola-free in May 2021
Literature Nobel: Zanzibari Abdulrazak Gurnah declared winner for works on colonialism, refugee experience
2021 Literature Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah’s works feature the cosmopolitan complexity of Africa’s Swahili coast as well as its ...
Mobile broadband coverage gap highest in sub-Saharan Africa: GSMA report
Mobile data was also least affordable in the region
In a first, 4 West African countries commit to cooperate on Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin
The Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin is the largest in West Africa; Four countries have now agreed to cooperate on sharing it ...
Investment to fight climate change: Three African countries need $280 billion by 2050
South Africa will require the largest share of this investment, followed by Ethiopia and Kenya
COVID-19: Tanzania needs $1.1 billion support right away, says IMF
Current account deficit of the east-African country expected to widen to 4.5% of 2021-22 GDP
Malaria parasite can now resist main line of treatment: Uganda study
Researchers flag risk of cross-border spread of malaria, especially in east Africa
Mauritius ranks first in Africa in Global Innovation Index 2021
But most African countries ranked low in the global index of 132 countries