Coup in Gabon: Ali Bongo the eighth west African leader to be ousted by military in two years

Folahanmi Aina Gabon’s prime minister, Ali Bongo, has become the latest in a string of African…

UNICEF: 190 million children across Africa face high risk from water-related crises

UNICEF has recently conducted an analysis revealing that about 190 million children residing in ten African…

Fake medicines kill half million sub-Saharan Africans a year: UNODC report

Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is needed…

World Cup 2022: African teams shine in second round of group matches

After Asian teams made a good start in the FIFA World Cup 2022 in the first…

Only piecemeal progress combating racism against people of African descent: Report

More than two years since the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the…

Africa drought: Some children just ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ UNICEF warns

UN Children’s Fund UNICEF warned that children in the Horn of Africa and the vast Sahel…

One year on from Haiti earthquake, time to return home

On 14 August 2021 a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, destroying, or rendering uninhabitable tens of…

Washington wants to address anti-west sentiment in Africa

Christopher Isike, University of Pretoria and Tinashe Nyamunda, University of Pretoria US Secretary of State Antony…