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ADF STAFF Rising prices, slow supply chains and mounting debt. All these things have harmed economies around the world, but Africa has been hit the hardest. A new report by the International Monetary Fund found that Sub-Saharan…

ADF STAFF African nations will get an economic boost to help them overcome the financial strains created by COVID-19 under a project recently launched by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF announced the creation of a…

ADF STAFF The city of Nouadhibou, Mauritania, dangles from the mainland on a tiny peninsula. The city, the second largest in the nation, has nearly 120,000 residents and is a commercial center. Its harbor is the terminus of the…

Story by ADF STAFF | Photos by AFP/GETTY IMAGES More than 20 African nations have started administering millions of free COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX, the global plan to equitably distribute the shots.  In the initial March 2021…

ADF STAFF For nearly two years since it was discovered, COVID-19 has dominated the attention of health providers around the globe. It has diverted resources and funds from other health priorities. Because of the pandemic, fewer people…