U.S.-Built Clinics Bettering Benin Births
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When given the keys to one of two newly constructed health clinics, Gado Guidami raised and shook them in celebration.
Guidami, mayor of the border town of Malanville in northeastern Benin, knew the significance the clinics…
In DRC, Ebola Survivors May Offer Clues to Stop Future Outbreaks
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A rapid response by public health officials armed with vaccines appears to have contained the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). But recent research into the cause of the outbreak has medical…
Sea Shepherd Helps Sierra Leone Arrest Five Trawlers in Two Days
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The captains of industrial fishing vessels Friendship 806 and Friendship 888 had no idea they were being watched.
The trawlers were anchored overnight just outside Sierra Leone’s inshore exclusion zone (IEZ) reserved for…
Oxygen Concentrators Bring Sighs of Relief in Lesotho
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A few weeks after Lesotho received its first COVID-19 vaccine shots, the United States government donated oxygen concentrators to health care facilities across the mountainous kingdom.
During a sun-drenched ceremony at Berea…
Namibia Receives High-Tech Lab Equipment to Help Curb COVID-19
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A few weeks after Namibia launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the country received $422,000 worth of high-tech equipment that will help keep laboratory workers safe.
The U.S. donation of 30 centrifuges, 15 vortex…
South Africans Battle Viral ‘Infodemic’
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Sarah Downs jumped onto her Facebook page after South Africa’s government announced it would resume its COVID-19 vaccination campaign in late April after a two-week pause.
“Great news,” she posted. “Make sure you are signed…
Mistrust, Misinformation Slow Africa’s Vaccination Effort
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As African nations receive millions of vaccine doses to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, they face a new challenge: getting citizens to roll up their sleeves.
A combination of mistrust and misinformation is slowing the…
AU Works to Expand Vaccine Production
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The vast majority of medicines used in Africa are imported, including 99% of all vaccines. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed this as a major problem because the continent must rely on foreign suppliers for lifesaving cures.…
Illegal Driftnets Decimate Marine Life in Western Indian Ocean
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A large trawler shined its huge, stadium-style lights into the deep waters of the western Indian Ocean.
The lights were meant to attract tuna and squid, but the trawler was using illegal driftnets — banned 30 years ago by…
Russia’s Wagner Group Ignores Demands to Leave Libya
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Russia’s Wagner Group fighters broke the cease-fire in Libya’s civil war when they recently flew military aircraft over the city of Sirte, according to The Libya Observer.
On April 10, observers on the ground posted video on…