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ADF STAFF When protests in South Africa boiled over into violence and looting in July, much of the energy driving the violence came from social media. Across the continent, social media has become a mechanism for amplifying already…

ADF STAFF Niger improved its capacity for national defense earlier this month when it added another C-130 Hercules aircraft from the United States during a handover ceremony at Air Base 101 in the capital, Niamey. The aircraft is part…

ADF STAFF A pioneering oceanographer called on world leaders to ban industrial fishing in international waters to preserve fish populations and sustain the livelihoods of small fishing communities. Sylvia Earle, 86, made the…

ADF STAFF A pro-Russian demonstration on the streets of Bamako, Mali, was meant to look spontaneous. It was anything but. Days after the country’s second coup in nine months, hundreds of pro-military demonstrators marched from the…

ADF STAFF Members of Sudan’s protest movement are denouncing a revised power-sharing agreement recently signed by the country’s military and civilian leadership. Many had hoped the deal would put the country on a path to democracy, but…

ADF STAFF Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, people are increasingly going digital to search for health information, make medical appointments and get test results. Many African governments have responded to a World Health…

ADF STAFF From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists stated that one way to defeat the virus would be to achieve herd immunity. Now many are questioning whether COVID herd immunity is even possible. The concept of herd…

ADF STAFF The omicron variant of COVID-19 presents an increased risk of reinfection for the millions of people across Africa who have recovered from the disease, according to public health experts. “Previous infection used to protect…

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…