A new military conflict is sadly unfolding in the Horn of Africa. On November 4th,…
Month: November 2020
Satellite Data Provides Fresh Insights into the Amount of Water in the Nile Basin
Flowing through 11 African countries, the Nile River plays an important role in the lives…
New Coalition Plans to Tackle Africa’s Growing Burden of Stroke
Africa is currently experiencing a changing pattern of diseases and deaths. The continent faces a…
Millions of People Are on Treatment for HIV: Why Are So Many Still Dying?
Twenty years ago treatment for HIV was a rare luxury in South Africa. Exorbitant costs…
Massive Project on African DNA Sets Out to Close the Knowledge Gap on Mental Illness
In July 2009, a woman brought her husband to the hospital where our colleagues work…
How Popular Is China in Africa? New Survey Sheds Light on What Ordinary People Think
It’s been 20 years since the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was first held. Another summit…
Nigeria’s Federal System Still Isn’t Working: What Should Change
Nigeria is a troubled federation. Its federal character has been a subject of debate since…
Growing Turbulence in DRC’s Ruling Coalition Points to an Early Divorce
The rickety coalition that has governed the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 20 months,…
A Cost-Effective Program to Fight COVID-19 in Resource-Challenged Countries
A public health strategy that combines contact tracing and community-based screening with isolation and quarantine…
Remembering Amadou Touré: Mali’s Soldier of Democracy Who Left a Problematic Legacy
As they say in Mali’s Manding language, yiriba binna: a giant tree has fallen. Amadou…
