Christina Golubski

A chain is used to secure the gate of the Abuja National Mosque, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Africa in the news: Debt relief in Somalia, government efforts to combat COVID-19, and new Boko Haram attacks

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Foresight Africa 2020 banner

AGI launches Foresight Africa in Kampala, Kigali, and Dakar

Payce Madden and Christina Golubski

Friday, March 27, 2020

A passenger is seen at the South African Airways (SAA) customer desk, after SAA announced that it would immediately suspend all intercontinental flights until May 31 in response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Africa in the news: The Uganda-EU deal, politics, airlines, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski and Payce Madden

Saturday, March 21, 2020

An employee looks for medicine at a hospital pharmacy in Abidjan April 8, 2011. Days of clashes between forces loyal to presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara and incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to cede power, have turned what was once known as the "Paris of Africa" into a ghost city. Aid agencies say hospitals are overwhelmed with wounded, medical supplies are lacking and doctors and nurses sometimes have to work without running water and electricity. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: HEALTH CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Figure of the week: African citizens’ views of basic health services

Anna Schaeffer and Christina Golubski

Thursday, March 19, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan nurses wear protective gear during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo

Africa in the news: New EU-Africa strategy, impacts of the oil price crash, and spread of coronavirus

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, March 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A health worker checks the temperature of a traveller as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Africa in the news: Updates on Togo, Guinea-Bissau, South Sudan, and health challenges

Anna Schaeffer and Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Stacks of South African banknotes

Figure of the week: Illicit financial flows in Africa remain high, but constant as a share of GDP

Anna Schaeffer and Christina Golubski

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Demonstrators protest with placards against the ban of motorcycles and tricyles in Lagos, Nigeria February 8, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in the news: AU summit, Kenyatta meets with Trump, and Lagos bans motorcycles

Christina Golubski

Saturday, February 15, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departs Stansted Airport in Stansted, Britain, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/POOL

A conversation on Secretary Pompeo’s February 2020 trip to Africa

Addisu Lashitew, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Witney Schneidman, and Christina Golubski

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump points to the media as he walks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta before their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on February 6, 2020. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in the news: Updates on US-Africa relations, elections in Malawi and Guinea-Bissau, and return of stolen funds to Nigeria

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, February 8, 2020