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ADF STAFF  |  PHOTOS BY NIMASA As 2021 drew to a close, the once-perilous waters off Nigeria’s coast were showing signs of becoming uncharacteristically calm. In fact, the entire Gulf of Guinea region had shown a steady decrease in…

ADF STAFF A common practice for vessels fishing illegally is to park themselves outside a country’s protected waters during the day and move in at nightfall.  Vessels with 300-ton capacity or more are required to have an automatic…

ADF STAFF Collectively, Africa’s coastal countries are responsible for more than 13 million square kilometers of maritime territory, a huge undertaking that is beyond the capacity of most countries. Enter unmanned vehicles. Countries are…

ADF STAFF Cheap, widely available drone technology has the potential to revolutionize medicine delivery, crop treatment and surveillance across Africa. But where innovators see an opportunity to improve lives, extremist groups see a…

ADF STAFF Atani Bamaze was a tutor when the COVID-19 pandemic struck Togo in 2020 and forced schools to close. In a flash he lost his primary source of income and had few resources to take care of his wife and infant daughter. Weeks…

ADF STAFF The spark of inspiration came to Craig Parker during his long flight home to South Africa after visiting his grandmother in the United Kingdom for her 100th birthday. “We weren’t sure whether she would survive this pandemic,” he…

ADF STAFF Burkina Faso has become the third West African country to acquire Turkish-made armed drones for use in the fight against extremism. The Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles are increasingly in demand by countries looking for…

ADF STAFF Young people have been among the hardest hit by the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, suffering education and training disruptions, losing sources of income, and dealing with food insecurity. Of the estimated 1.4…

ADF STAFF Two new oxygen-generating units in Nigeria’s northern Borno State will help health centers across the region treat people with COVID-19, pneumonia and other breathing problems. COVID-19 infections have dropped dramatically from…

ADF STAFF A traveler at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar, Tanzania, stopped in front of an official holding what looked like a large blue cellphone. He pointed the device at the traveler and within seconds determined…