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ADF STAFF Niger’s Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST) has a new home in Niamey that agency leaders and international allies say will help the government better monitor migration and prevent transnational crime. Designed by a…

ADF STAFF Wildlife monitors observing endangered black rhinos in Zimbabwe recently came across something unexpected. Amid the pristine landscape of Hwange National Park, a group of Chinese men were drilling for coal. Zimbabwean…

ADF STAFF The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently donated $1.4 million in medical equipment and training materials to improve the skills of front-line health care workers in northern Nigeria’s Bauchi and Sokoto…

ADF STAFF Facing twin crises of COVID-19 and mounting debt, Zambia recently asked some of its creditors for a pause in repayments until April. This makes it the first African nation to possibly default on a debt obligation as a result of…

ADF STAFF African nations recently celebrated the eradication of the wild polio virus on the continent, a victory that offers guidance for bringing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic under control. “It is a vivid reminder that vaccines…

ADF STAFF The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently donated $2 million to Libya as the country dealt with a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases and continued to grapple with humanitarian challenges posed by years of…

ADF STAFF When COVID-19 hit Sub-Saharan Africa in early March, Tanzanian nonprofit Ubongo knew there would be an urgent demand for education programming for children stuck at home. “We reach kids with top-quality educational content…

ADF STAFF China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a sprawling strategic infrastructure program, has been viewed with skepticism since its unveiling in 2013. Through the years, the seeds of doubt have grown as numerous developing…

ADF STAFF Just as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was ending its longest and largest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the eastern provinces, another emerged in the northwest in early June. The DRC’s 10th outbreak of the…

ADF STAFF High above the waters off the coast of West Africa, the seabirds trailing a fishing trawler share space with a wedge-shaped drone that also follows the ship. The drone belongs to ATLAN Space, a Moroccan company using…