Zambia

ADF STAFF About one-third of Africa’s 1.3 billion people are online these days, with millions more expected to join them as mobile and broadband technology expands rapidly across the continent. With so many new users joining the internet,…

ADF STAFF Internet blackouts have become the tool of choice for many governments trying to quash protests or tamp down on unrest, sometimes in violation of their own constitution. Advocates for internet freedom say that up to 90% of…

ADF STAFF Large groups are again gathering at restaurants, sporting events and nightspots without masks and social distancing. Countries are opening their doors to tourists and scrapping COVID-19 restrictions. Many people believe the…

ADF STAFF Over the past decade, China has loaned more than $17 billion to Ghana for a variety of infrastructure projects from hydroelectric projects to broadband internet systems. As China’s lending has grown, so has Ghana’s debt, putting…

ADF STAFF From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses have formed the foundation for the health systems across Africa — frequently putting their own lives on the line to treat community members infected by the coronavirus.…

ADF STAFF With a population of nearly 8.3 million, Sierra Leone has recorded only 125 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began. As in other countries, experts believe the true coronavirus death toll in Sierra Leone is likely much higher.…

ADF STAFF Community health worker Mariam Traoré spends her days going door to door in Yirimadio, just outside Bamako, Mali, treating her neighbors for everything from malaria to diarrhea and even providing immunizations. On days when she…

ADF STAFF The Russian invasion of Ukraine has set off a cascade of food shortages across many parts of Africa. The war is compounding existing problems caused by a drought and food prices that were already on the rise before the war…

ADF STAFF As of April 5, more than 251,300 Africans died from COVID-19, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). But morgue statistics from Zambia’s capital city, Lusaka, showed that nearly…

ADF STAFF To get a picture of COVID-19’s impact on Zambia, epidemiologist Dr. Lawrence Mwananyanda went to the morgue in the capital, Lusaka. There, he tested more than 1,100 bodies over the course of three COVID-19 waves in 2020 and…