Seed money: Corporations attempt to take over Africa’s seed economy

The complete Down To Earth ocver story on what a slew of government regulations can mean

How governments across Africa defend troubling seeds regulations

Governments in African countries justify rush to formalise the seed sector citing acute food scarcity in the continent

Debt distress in Africa: biggest problems, and ways forward

In 2020, sub-Saharan Africa had a total external debt stock of $702.4 billion, compared to $380.9 billion in 2012

COVID vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Africa’s score trails all major regions of the world in six key categories of logistics performance, including timeliness and tracking

Climate change is affecting agrarian migrant livelihoods in Ghana. This is how

The impact of climate events will be worse on poor communities in the global south because most of them depend on environmental resources

Trailing giants: Clues to how people and giraffes can thrive together

The best way to reverse giraffe population declines is to monitor individual animals and learn why they do better in a particular place 

Mali fails to face up to the persistence of slavery

The practice is most prevalent among Mali’s nomadic Tuareg and Fulani communities in Central and Northern Mali

In-Depth: 69th session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa

The sixty-ninth session of World Health Organisation's Regional Committee for Africa in Brazzaville (August 19-23 2019) helped turn a much-needed …

Deforestation driving malaria risk among vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa, finds study

Children living in deforested areas, particularly in poorer households, are at a higher risk of malaria

Africa’s debt crisis needs a bold new approach: Expert outlines a way forward

Africa needs to advocate more aggressively for its own interests

COVID-19 in South Africa: what to expect in the short and long term

Fallout from pandemic put significant obstacles in the way of managing patients with chronic illnesses

COVID-19: What we know so far about fresh case surge in South Africa

In April, more than half the samples sequenced in South Africa were reported as BA.4 and BA.5 

Here’s where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

HIV remains a major global public health challenge and the COVID-19 pandemic has added to it

Africa Solidarity joins hands to combat desert locust outbreak in east Africa

Africa Solidarity Trust Fund's $1 million donation is modest, but in the spirit of pan-Africanism

‘Over 22 million in Ethiopia facing severe food crisis’

Back-to-back droughts causing food emergency, children at high risk of death from malnutrition, says non-profit

COVID-19: After Rwanda, South Africa enters lockdown

Number of cases in South Africa jumped 6 times to 402 in 8 days

Drought in the Horn of Africa: More than 18.5 million in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti face humanitarian crisis

As pastureland and water points dry up, 20 million may be acutely food insecure by year-end  

East Africa ‘super El Nino’: Death toll rises as flooding crisis worsens in Kenya, Somalia

The whole of East Africa needs $53.3 billion to confront the climate change crisis

Free secondary education in African countries is on the rise — but is it the best policy?

Secondary school enrolment rates still lag far behind those in other world regions

Lack of access to education keeps 98 million children in sub-Saharan Africa out of schools

With UNESCO’s assistance, 90% of the countries have set national benchmarks to assess progress towards quality education by 2030

Women have always trailed men in research output: How COVID made the situation worse

A survey of public varsities in South Africa showed female academics faced a massive burden of caring for dependants during the pandemic 

Cross-country push: How few firms dominate African seeds market

Several parts of Africa has seen vocal protests against encroachment on food sovereignty

COVID-19 makes a basic meal unaffordable in sub-Saharan Africa

A basic plate of food now costs 186% of a person’s daily income in South Sudan 

Book Excerpt: Swahili in German East Africa

Morgan J Robinson's 2022 book explores how Swahili was standardised and eventually became a pan-African language

COM2024: Africa’s massive debt hurdle for development, ministers call for global financial architecture overhaul

Debt interest payments taking away large portion of revenue that could help achieve Sustainable Development Goals