Chris Heitzig

Ship with oil rig in the background in the Nigerian capitol Lagos

Africa in the news: Natural resources, elections, and COVID-19 updates

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, January 23, 2021

An election official shows a ballot after polling stations closed during the presidential elections in Kampala, Uganda, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in the news: Central African Republic, Ethiopia, and Uganda updates

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Men work at a containers terminal in Abidjan April 3, 2008. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST)

Figure of the week: Momentum in trade going into the AfCFTA era

Chris Heitzig and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.- In the photo, a specialist works in a clinical laboratory amid the pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Less affected by covid-19 than the rest of the continents, Africa begins a race for the vaccine. The continent hopes to vaccinate "3% of Africans between now and March 2021 and 20% by the end of next year," declared the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Matshidiso Moeti, in Brazzaville.

Africa in the news: AfCFTA launches, Africa secures COVID-19 vaccines, and Niger and the Central African Republic vote

Saturday, January 9, 2021

A woman wearing a protective face mask shops at Chic Shops supermarket, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Adjame, a neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Africa Growth Initiative’s top 5 figures of 2020

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Mombasa, Kenya - February 25 2018 : Container vessel under cargo opearations

Africa in the news: Kenya and Nigeria updates

Chris Heitzig and Christina Golubski

Saturday, December 19, 2020

South Africa - Durban - 26 July 2020 - With the flea market closed, hawkers have taken to selling on the street to make ends meet. The women and men say that although they do not make as much money as they used to before what they do make is sufficientfor them to get by. Thembi Mbonambi of Maphephethweni. Photo by Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency/RealTime images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa out.

Figure of the week: Sub-Saharan Africa shows resilience to the effects of COVID-19, according to high-frequency phone surveys

Friday, December 11, 2020

Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. Picture taken November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Africa in the news: COVID-19 vaccine, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso updates

Saturday, December 5, 2020

South African election voting station sign from the electoral commission, with the polling station in background. Cape Town, South Africa - Circa 2019

Figures of the week: Research in South Africa into whether polls influence votes

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

A volunteer holds an Ethiopian flag during a blood donation ceremony for the injured members of Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) fighting against Tigray's special forces on the border between Amhara and Tigray, at the stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Africa in the news: Post-election updates, Nigeria ratifies AfCFTA, and continued unrest in Ethiopia

Saturday, November 14, 2020