The coronavirus outbreak is unlikely to scupper a July 1 target for the first commerce under the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA), even… Read More »Final Touches to Implement Africa’s Free Trade
Dr Jonah Lipton is a, postdoctoral researcher at the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, social anthropologist who unexpectedly became a specialist in the 2014–2016 Ebola… Read More »How Ebola Prepared Africa for Coronavirus
The family of the only man ever found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing can appeal against his conviction, an independent Scottish review body… Read More »Opening New Wounds in Lockerbie Case
Kenya’s only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers, in a major blow for the rare animals found nowhere else in… Read More »A Setback for Kenya’s Wild Life Conservation
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reported recording its index case of coronavirus. The patient is a Belgian national who was under quarantine in the… Read More »How Africa has Handled the Corona Virus
The spread of the coronavirus and tumbling oil prices could trigger a capital exodus from Africa, where governments have few tools available to battle external… Read More »Can African Economies Weather the Storm?
The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) announced its second cohort of the AIMS Women in Climate Change Science Fellowship whose research is contributing to… Read More »Meet the Women Tackling Climate Change in their Spaces
South Africa’s High Court has cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of lying to parliament about the source of donations to his 2017 campaign to lead the ruling… Read More »Ramaphosa’s Ascension to Power Cleared
In Senegal and Gabon, local and international scientists and conservationists are determined to study and protect these mysterious creatures from fishing, habitat loss, to illegal… Read More »Saving the African Manatee
In a country where homosexuality is criminalized, Alice Nkom says she has faced attacks and death threats. Despite this, Nkom, who is also the first… Read More »Cameroon’s First Lawyer to Defend Suspected Gay People