Africa Defense Forum - Africa Defense Forum

ADF STAFF Ten months in, new research is showing how the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading and how it can be stopped. Researchers believe one key to fighting the pandemic in Africa will be limiting movement in the continent’s largest…

ADF STAFF After missing its October 14 payment on Eurobond debt, Zambia is preparing to default on billions of dollars it owes foreign creditors, partly because of the strain COVID-19 has put on its economy. At the time it skipped its…

ADF STAFF Nigerien Prime Minister Brigi Rafini toured submerged farmlands and neighborhoods with collapsed mud homes in late August after the Niger River overflowed and swamped the capital, Niamey. He was furious to see so many dikes…

ADF STAFF The Methane Princess, a liquified natural gas tanker ship, was docked off Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on October 17 when pirates attacked. They ignored the cargo and took something more valuable: two crew members. Although…

ADF STAFF From Mauritania to Benin, trawlers’ illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing tactics are drawing scrutiny. Vessels in West African waters sail under flags of convenience and use deception to haul in huge catches that…

ADF STAFF Strict lockdown measures in Kenya helped slow the spread of COVID-19, but they also closed the country’s tourism sector and exacerbated hunger faced by millions. To help strengthen Kenya’s recovery from COVID-19, the U.S.…

ADF STAFF Sam Masikini knows the challenges of trying to learn in an overcrowded rural schoolhouse. So when the 23-year-old information technology student from Malawi heard about a UNICEF contest to design a mobile app, he drew from…

ADF STAFF In the face of an international outcry over the widespread slaughter of pangolins for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), China said it would protect the world’s most poached animal. But the watchdog group the Environmental…

ADF STAFF South Africa was hit hard by COVID-19 recording the highest number of cases and deaths on the continent. As of mid-October, the nation reported nearly 704,000 cases. That’s 45% of the continent’s total caseload of 1.6…

ADF STAFF Although Senegal has limited medical capacity and only seven doctors for every 100,000 people, it is being praised for its successful COVID-19 response. Observers say the country is using its deep experience with disease…