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ADF STAFF Nearly 18 months after the pandemic was declared, Africa still relies on other countries to provide the lifesaving vaccines that can stop the spread of COVID-19. The continent felt the sting of that dependence after…

ADF STAFF A relatively new technology promises a big step forward in the fight against COVID-19 in rural Africa. It’s called solar direct-drive (SDD) refrigeration, and it has the power to keep lifesaving vaccines cold in the most…

ADF STAFF As the highly contagious delta variant drives a third wave of COVID-19 infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a group of anti-inflammatory drugs to treat patients suffering from the disease’s most severe…

ADF STAFF In February 2020, the leaders of terror groups in the Sahel gathered in central Mali for a rare face-to-face meeting. According to French intelligence, the leaders of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb; the Group for Support of…

ADF STAFF Mozambique is getting some backup in its yearslong battle against Islamist terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Amid concerns that the conflict could expand and engulf the region, the Southern African…

ADF STAFF The European Union in May issued Ghana a “yellow card” after concluding that the country’s level of development and engagement against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing was inadequate. A yellow card is a…

ADF STAFF The highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is sweeping across Africa, driving an unprecedented wave of infections, hospitalizations and deaths. “The speed and scale of Africa’s third wave is like nothing we have seen…

ADF STAFF When a second wave of COVID-19 hit Eswatini in January, the kingdom recorded the fourth-highest virus fatality rate in the world, according to the U.S. Embassy in Eswatini The country of about 1.1 million people reported…

ADF STAFF The COVID-19 pandemic is battering Namibia, which in recent weeks ran out of oxygen and vaccines while hospitals and mortuaries reached capacity. On July 5, Namibia got more bad news when it confirmed the presence of the…

ADF STAFF The Delta variant of COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across South Africa, prompting the government to clamp down on social activities to try to slow the virus. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country’s health care system is…