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ADF STAFF Liberia’s artisanal fishing community exhaled with relief after its government denied fishing censes to six Chinese supertrawlers capable of decimating the area’s fish stocks. The 50-meter Chinese vessels with huge nets and…

ADF STAFF As Africa fights the COVID-19 pandemic, health and medical officials wield an increasingly powerful weapon: digital technology. The combination of increasing internet connections and spreading computer- and smartphone-based…

ADF STAFF A trip to the doctor in Dakar, Senegal, could mean meeting first with “Dr. Car,” a remote-operated robot that will take your temperature and vital signs before you see a human physician. Dr. Car was developed by students at…

ADF STAFF Public health centers in Niamey, Niger’s capital, and Zinder, its third-largest city, have received personal protective equipment, clinical materials and office supplies through the U.S. Agency for International Development.…

ADF STAFF A U.S. donation of three four-wheel-drive vehicles to Rwanda Medical Centre helps the country’s health care workers conduct more contact tracing to contain the spread of COVID-19. The vehicles let health officials more…

ADF STAFF The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Africa hard, more so with economic devastation than high death tolls and overwhelmed hospitals. As part of an ongoing global response, the World Bank announced $160 billion in financing capacity…

ADF STAFF A Toyota Land Cruiser carrying 13 people on a dirt road in eastern Angola was blown into the air by an anti-tank mine earlier this year. Five passengers died, and the rest suffered serious injuries. The mine likely had been…

ADF STAFF Authorities in Gabon arrested two fishing trawlers carrying 5 metric tons of rough-head sea catfish and more than a metric ton of rays. Catching the catfish species and removing the fins of rays, sharks and skates is banned in…

ADF STAFF Ghana didn’t just celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October; it took action. The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) opened a Security Operations Centre (SOC) to fight cyber crime and increase…

ADF STAFF First came the COVID-19 pandemic, then the economic fallout. Now several countries in East Africa are reevaluating their partnerships with China, as rising debt and trade deficits have merged into a crisis. In early…