2021

ADF STAFF As it faces a fast-moving fourth wave of COVID-19, South Africa is working urgently to educate the public on health measures. The country’s diverse culture, language, media and economic conditions are among the reasons…

ADF STAFF It was no coincidence that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had just boarded an airplane when he delivered a forceful rejection of recent COVID-19-related travel bans. His country was the first to alert the world to a…

ADF STAFF As many African nations struggle to control illegal fishing, some are turning to drones as a relatively cheap way to conduct surveillance over vast expanses of ocean. In March, the Seychelles Fisheries Authority announced…

ADF STAFF The decades-old dispute over Western Sahara is causing rivals Morocco and Algeria to edge closer to conflict. The disagreement reignited when a cease-fire collapsed in November 2020 between Morocco and the Sahrawi independence…

ADF STAFF Morocco has taken extraordinary measures to prevent travelers from bringing new COVID-19 variants into the country. On November 29, Morocco issued a two-week ban on all incoming flights as the variant known as omicron began…

ADF STAFF Africa’s public health leaders are expanding their continentwide effort to test people for COVID-19 exposure to track the movement and evolution of the virus. Dr. John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease…

ADF STAFF Concern is growing that Africa soon could see a collision of health crises: A rapidly expanding diabetes epidemic on the continent is proving more deadly as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to flourish. A recent analysis by…

ADF STAFF COVID-19 constantly shifts, adapts and mutates, all to help it spread. Those changes frequently affect the virus’s spike proteins, the keys it uses to unlock human cells. Illustrations of the COVID-19 virus typically show it…

ADF STAFF After two decades that saw steep drops in military coups, observers are worried they may be on the rise again in Africa. This year in Sudan, Mali and Guinea, heads of state were removed from power, not at the ballot box, but…

ADF STAFF Somali authorities have vowed to crack down on foreign vessels fishing illegally in the country’s waters and protect the livelihoods of 70,000 people who work in its fisheries sector. The government’s announcement was made…