One-third of all indigenous inhabitants of Sub-Saharan Africa carry the gene, because in areas where malaria is common, there is a fitness benefit in carrying only a single sickle-cell gene ...

President Donald Trump’s administration took a cruel decision this past week to freeze US foreign aid for health, potentially ...

For decades after the identification of mpox in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970, the disease was largely confined to the rural areas of Central and West Africa and thus ...

The World Bank Group is partnering with the African Development Bank and other partners on Mission 300, an ambitious initiative to connect 300 million people to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa by ...

Based on the collected data, the scientists have also developed a practical field manual. South Africa’s Juwi Renewable Energies has announced plans to build three large-scale solar plants with ...

The study provides a useful snapshot of the status of digital agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa against six focal themes essential to understanding digital agriculture, namely: infrastructure, digital ...

For Africa, the implications are immediate and profound. Trump’s policies threaten to undermine critical climate, health and economic initiatives while creating ripple effects across the continent.

Ms. Mohammed said terrorism is the most significant threat to peace, security and sustainable development across Africa today, and presented sobering statistics outlining its devastating toll. Despite ...

We would like to thank the World Economic Forum and especially Professor Klaus Schwab for giving South Africa this opportunity to outline our objectives and priorities for the G20 Summit that will be ...

a strategic geographic position as a gateway to sub-Saharan Africa, and a degree of political and policy stability. Crime remains perhaps the greatest deterrent for potential tourists. It’s also ...

Africa’s economic landscape ended 2024 on a positive trajectory, with several economies showing signs of recovery. Economic imbalances are improving, and significant strides have been made to address ...

China and Russia were the main arms suppliers to sub-Saharan Africa between 2019 and 2023, according to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Addressing African delegates ...