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ADF STAFF Confronting a growing COVID-19 case load, Ethiopian leaders opened a new field hospital in the nation’s capital in September to treat the most-severe cases. The Addis Ababa COVID-19 Field Hospital is equipped to serve 200…

ADF STAFF Repeated promises by Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping that African countries will get priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine have generated mixed emotions. Some view Xi’s promises as a diplomatic ploy and a way to avoid…

ADF STAFF U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) donated about $75,000 in medical supplies to Ghana as the country continues to battle the spread of COVID-19. The shipment included 10,000 face masks, 1,600 hospital gowns, 2,000 liters of…

ADF STAFF The Rwanda National Police (RNP) have gone airborne to enforce social distancing and other restrictions aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19. The police have launched remote-controlled drones over the capital, Kigali, to…

ADF STAFF Land mines that killed a United Nations peacekeeper from Rwanda and injured two others in the Central African Republic (CAR) may be linked to the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary outfit. Days after the July 15 blast,…

ADF STAFF A young man in a yellow T-shirt strained as he helped pull a fishing net from the Gulf of Guinea. A resident of Sierra Leone, Abu Bakr Aconteh frowned as he surveyed the haul. “We are not happy with this, because it is a…

ADF STAFF In the battle against extremists in the Sahel, Niger has spent years directly fighting insurgents. Recently, the military tried a different tactic: building trust with rural young people to prevent them from joining extremists…

ADF STAFF Like many countries in Africa, the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic amidst the threat of armed conflict and with limited resources to provide support across a vast country. The United…

ADF STAFF Nine months after the virus that causes COVID-19 emerged from a market in Wuhan, China, the worldwide response has set in motion groundbreaking research and life-changing innovations even as it has reinvented the way people…

ADF STAFF A crowd gathers to watch a splash of bright color, the flash of a paintbrush, an image gradually coming into focus. The artist breathes life into the side of a building, transforming what was previously a dull facade. In…