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Liberia rocked by deaths of anti-graft tsars

November 27, 2020
The mysterious deaths of some of Liberia’s most high-profile financial professionals in October have gripped the tiny nation of less…
President Alpha Conde is seen at a campaign rally in Conakry, Guinea, Oct. 16, 2020. PA Images.

President toppled and tanks on the streets in Africa's four October polls

November 04, 2020
One leader may have been voted out in Africa’s October elections. But elsewhere the status quo remains, as accusations of…
News in brief

News in brief

November 04, 2020
MALI A Malian court sentenced two men to death for their roles in two Islamist-inspired terror attack in 2015. Fawaz…
President Akufo-Addo during a reception at the end of the G20 Africa Partnership Conference in Berlin, 2017. PA.

Voter fraud claims in Ghana polls

November 04, 2020
Doubts are cast over the country’s upcoming December presidential polls, reports Francis Kokutse. When Ghana’s polls close on December 7,…
A health worker at a mobile testing lab in Diepsloot Sarafina Park. Getty Images

Herd immunity hopes in South Africa

November 02, 2020
Leading scientists in South Africa believe the country may have accidentally established herd immunity to Covid-19. The announcement by the…
President Ramaphosa at Takedalot warehouse, Kempton Park, receiving PPE shipment. Press Association

PPE corruption scandal unmasked in South Africa

October 15, 2020
South Africans donated billions of dollars to protect key workers. But with bank accounts frozen and sports cars seized, questions…
Professor Sunetra Gupta, world renowned epidemiologist, Oxford University

Africa's antibody results explained

October 15, 2020
NewsAfrica cuts through the media hysteria and gets the lowdown on lockdowns, Covid-19 antibody tests and herd immunity in this…
Kenyans walk past a mural about the coronavirus, Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi. Press Association

Has Africa reached herd immunity?

October 15, 2020
With early antibody tests revealing the virus may have infected millions more Africans than first thought, Andrea Dijkstra speaks to some of…
Daily life in Nigeria after coronavirus lockdown relaxation: a scavenger picks scrap in Lagos. Press Association

Lockdown causes hunger epidemic in Nigeria

October 13, 2020
Nkiru James, a 45-year-old housewife and businesswoman, had managed her beauty salon for eight years when the Covid-19 outbreak happened.…
Uganda's security forces have been accused of heavy-handed policing during the lockdown

Uganda's lethal lockdown exposed

October 13, 2020
Uganda’s lethal response to Covid-19 has led to an epidemic of violence, poverty and hunger, reports Zachary Ochieng. As the…
Bashir loses power

Bashir loses power

May 10, 2019
After 30 years in power, Omar al-Bashir has been ousted in a military coup following a popular uprising. By Hawwa…
President Buhari, elected for a second term faces daunting economic challenge

Buhari battles Nigeria's economic challenges

May 10, 2019
With elections now over in Nigeria, almost, the economy takes centre stage following a muted recovery that still leaves the…
President Buhari, second from left at the inauguration of his campaign council

Nigeria Elections: Choice between competence and integrity

January 13, 2019
The forthcoming elections in Nigeria is a choice between the integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari and the competence of Atiku…
Jacob Zuma was forced to step down

Southern Africa Spring

April 14, 2018
The exit of former liberation leaders from power suggests that a new wind of change is blowing through Africa .…
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