Chris Heitzig

FILE PHOTO: Somalia's Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire addresses the Parliament seating where he was confirmed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

Africa in the news: New funding to fight COVID-19 in Africa, Somalia’s prime minister voted out, and political updates in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire

Christina Golubski and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Unidentified fisherman counting money and trading fish on December 24, 2014 in a traditional fishing village at Lake Victoria, Kenya

Figures of the week: Regional heterogeneity in Africa’s economic growth predicted to subside

David Kanos and Chris Heitzig

Thursday, July 30, 2020

A handout satellite image shows a view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia July 12, 2020. Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST NOT OBSCURE WATERMARK

Africa in the news: Election updates, Ethiopia begins to fill the GERD, and Sudan’s democratic transition moves forward

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Heavy traffic in Kampala, Uganda

Figures of the week: Africa’s urbanization dynamics

David Kanos and Chris Heitzig

Thursday, July 16, 2020

A customer at a money transfer point that offers money transfer services through Wari and other transfer companies in Dakar, Senegal March 15, 2017. Picture taken March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Nellie Peyton

Figure of the week: Remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa expected to slow after years of growth

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Biniam Nigussie, 21, a Deliver Addis motorbike rider picks up lunch boxes from La Morena restaurant to be delivered to clients working from home due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kumera Gemechu NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Figures of the week: Coronavirus will push African businesses toward innovation and digitization

Thursday, June 4, 2020

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA- Cleaning workers perform disinfection tasks in schools in Durban, South Africa on May 29, 2020. The South African government announced the reopening of the schools on June 1 after being closed for 3 months due to the pandemic of the coronavirus. (NO RESALE)

Africa in the news: COVID-19, DRC, and African Development Bank updates

Saturday, May 30, 2020

A nurse attends to a child suffering from effects of drinking contaminated water from a well, at a hospital in Yaqshid district in Somalia's capital Mogadishu December 13, 2014. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA - Tags: FOOD HEALTH SOCIETY)

Figures of the week: Perceptions of health in sub-Saharan Africa before the pandemic

Thursday, May 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane reacts as he speaks to Reuters at the state house in the capital Maseru, Lesotho February 27, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Africa in the news: Lesotho, Burundi, Malawi, and COVID-19 updates

Saturday, May 16, 2020

A nurse demonstrates how to activate a respirator as the hospital prepares for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Karen hospital near Nairobi, Kenya, April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Figures of the week: The costs of financing Africa’s response to COVID-19

Thursday, May 7, 2020