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ADF STAFF Students at the Government Science College in Nigeria’s Niger State were sleeping one night in February 2021 when more than 50 gunmen from a nearby forest raided the campus, with only a single guard to offer resistance. Even…

ADF STAFF From early childhood development to primary and secondary education, the impact of COVID-19 on the basic education system will be felt for years to come. In South Africa, the pandemic has reversed 20 years of gains made by the…

ADF STAFF As Kenya grappled with its sixth wave of COVID-19 infections, it opened an oxygen plant that will supply health care facilities in Nakuru, about 160 kilometers northwest of Nairobi. Launched in early July, the plant will…

ADF STAFF Even before the onset of COVID-19, Nigeria had the world’s highest number of school-age children who did not attend school. The pandemic has made everything worse. Lockdown measures to prevent the pandemic’s spread…

ADF STAFF With South Africa’s fifth wave of COVID-19 infections now passed, Minister of Health Dr. Joe Phaahla has lifted the latest round of public health restrictions. But experts warn that those restrictions could return if infections…

ADF STAFF It was 2 a.m. on a Saturday when the calm of night in a Burkinabe village was interrupted by the sound of motorcycles, then gunshots. Terrorists opened fire on residents of the gold-mining village of Solhan on June 5, 2021.…

VOICE OF AMERICA Senegal will host the Youth Olympic Games in 2026 in what supporters hope will be the first step in proving to the world that Africa can host the Summer Olympics in the future. Senegal will be the first African nation…

ADF STAFF Nigeria hosted the inaugural Sahel Military Games with about 350 athletes from military forces participating in a weeklong competition in October 2021. The Organisation of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA) organized the…

Ethiopian runner Letesenbet Gidey smashed the women’s half-marathon world record in October 2021 by running 62 minutes and 52 seconds in Valencia, Spain — 70 seconds faster than the old record. The 23-year-old beat the previous…

ADF STAFF Senegal is launching a program to promote transparency in the nation’s fisheries sector to clamp down on illegal fishing. Funded by Oceans 5, a philanthropic organization dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans, the…