Zambia

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…

ADF STAFF In confronting future waves of COVID-19, policymakers are faced with a difficult question: How restrictive should lockdowns be? After two years of the pandemic, with immunity levels slowly rising alongside fatigue, the…

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…