2022

ADF STAFF Africa loses about 100,000 tons of fish every year to illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. A new report by the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) puts a price tag on the continent’s illegally caught fish at…

ADF STAFF As Burkina Faso tries to regain stability after the second military coup in nine months, the country is grappling with several key questions: What are the prospects for a return to civilian rule? How will the coups impact the…

ADF STAFF Where the Aruwimi River meets the Congo River in the heart of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), residents of Basoko feel the effects of their country’s growing relationship with Chinese mining operations. Fisherman…

ADF STAFF There is one COVID-19 symptom that has endured from the beginning of the pandemic through the virus’s many variants and sub-lineages. It’s known as “COVID cough,” and it can be hard to tell what makes it different from a…

ADF STAFF The health condition known as long COVID has dozens of associated symptoms, but researchers continue to investigate the primary cause. A new study from Harvard University suggests that pre-infection stress could cause some people…

ADF STAFF Since the appearance of COVID-19 nearly three years ago, the loss of smell has been a reliable indicator that someone is infected. But new research suggests that may no longer be the case. According to United Kingdom-based Zoe…

ADF STAFF As COVID-19 case numbers declined in recent months, so did the number of people wearing masks. Encouraged by a significant drop in COVID-19 deaths, governments across the African continent followed suit, discarding their mask…

ADF STAFF Angolan military medical personnel and the United States Army began an 11-day joint medical readiness exercise (MEDREX) in the capital, Luanda, that was scheduled for November 8 to 18. It was the first of six planned medical…

ADF STAFF Since Sudan’s military coup a year ago, the nation’s economy has been in turmoil. Economist Khaled Mohamed Ahmed believes the military’s extensive business interests play a significant role in the unrest. Ahmed told Sudan’s…

ADF STAFF Namibia’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources is increasing patrol missions in its fight against illegal fishing. As part of the Agreement on Port State Measures, the first binding international agreement to…