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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…

ADF STAFF As national economies begin to reopen from pandemic lockdowns, the African Union is looking to a new homegrown technology to help businesses while tracking the potential for new outbreaks. The technology is an…

ADF STAFF Acting on a pledge to support Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government recently donated more than $580,000 in personal protective equipment (PPE) and information and communications technology (ICT) to the East…

ADF STAFF Chinese mining operations have been responsible for environmental damage in the Central African Republic (CAR), devastating the natural resources upon which local communities depend. Occasionally the conflict boils over,…

ADF STAFF Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) recently took possession of 23 combat and logistics vehicles in a transfer ceremony with officials from the U.S. government. Maj. Gen. Joseph Kivunzi, head of the Kenya Army’s Western Command,…

ADF STAFF More than 50 years ago, researchers announced a new international fishery in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa. “The protein‐hungry world has found a large and enormously rich fishing hole,” The New York Times…

ADF STAFF Senegalese President Macky Sall implored G20 nations to extend Africa’s debt moratorium through 2021 as the continent battles the spread of COVID-19. Sall made his plea during a recent visit to the French Entrepreneurs…

ADF STAFF The U.S. government recently donated a $76,000 machine used to detect viruses and other infectious agents to Djibouti. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine, which will improve testing for COVID-19, was bought with…

ADF STAFF Since the beginning of the year, scientists have made great strides in understanding how COVID-19 infects people and how to hinder its spread. But researchers are no closer to determining the source of the virus or how it first…

ADF STAFF Not long after COVID-19 began spreading in March, 16 students from different disciplines at Kenyatta University came together to make a difference. They wanted to address the shortage of ventilators, which are critical in…