By Gracsious Maviza, CGIAR System Organization and Siyaxola Gadu, CGIAR System Organization Over the past decades, heavy and more frequent rainfall and dry spells in southern Africa have caused loss…
By j Siguru Wahutu, New York University and David Cheruiyot, University of Groningen Quick question: what do these titles have in common? A Dark Continent Seeking Light; Sure, Ebola is…
By Heikki Hiilamo, University of Helsinki and Enrico Nichelatti, University of Helsinki Taxes are important. They’re a primary way in which governments fund essential services like healthcare, education, infrastructure and…
By Suleman Lazarus, PhD, London School of Economics and Political Science and Mark Button, University of Portsmouth As the world becomes increasingly connected, digital fraud has evolved from a local…
By Dani Madrid-Morales, University of Sheffield; Herman Wasserman, Stellenbosch University, and Saifuddin Ahmed, Nanyang Technological University The spread of disinformation is one of the biggest risks to societies. Recent examples…
By Mavis Gyesi, University of Iowa Black African immigration to the U.S. has exploded over the past few decades. Today, there are about 2 million Black African immigrants – up…
By Moina Spooner, The Conversation By 2050, one in every three young people on earth will be of African origin, according to the 2024 International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Global Employment…
KISHASHA, DRC -- Delivery of the first doses of mpox vaccines to treat the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo will not come to fruition this week as…
By Angela R. Pashayan, American University Throughout the summer of 2024, young Kenyans have taken to the streets of the capital, Nairobi, in a series of anti-government demonstrations. Kenya’s anti-finance…
By Cheryl Walter, University of Hull Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has taken the unprecedented step of declaring the outbreak…
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