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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…

ADF STAFF The use of a self-guided drone on the Libyan battlefield may have been a first in Africa. Now experts are voicing concern about their expanded use. In March 2020, as fighters loyal to Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar…

ADF STAFF In a press conference in January, Zambia announced that it would be one of the first countries in Africa to offer a 5G mobile network as part of a pilot project. The technology, which stands for “fifth generation mobile…

ADF STAFF As the new year arrives, security experts are closely watching certain conflict hot spots and tracking long-term trends that threaten to boil over. Recurring issues in Africa include demands for free and fair elections, debate…

ADF STAFF The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed health systems in many African countries to the breaking point. But there is some good news amid the challenges: The continent has seen a boom in health care technology, including telemedicine,…

ADF STAFF For entrepreneurs, scientists, doctors and artists, COVID-19 was again a call to action in 2021. From canines to drones and robots, here are ten ways African innovators responded to the pandemic during the year: 1.…

ADF STAFF As African governments continue to wrestle with the economic shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and chart a course to recovery, experts say opportunities abound for new directions, partnerships and policy reforms. If used…

ADF STAFF Hundreds of years ago, innocent women in Europe were burned alive in witchcraft trials. The fuel for those fires came from conspiracy theories. Today, a deadly pandemic continues to spread worldwide, and misinformation on…

ADF STAFF Wilson Lang’at owns a 2.5-hectare farm in the village of Koiyet, which lies in Kenya’s verdant southern Rift Valley. For years, his primary source of income was trading cows while he grew maize as a smaller side business.…