Tamara White

A man reads a newspaper at a newsstand in Abuja, Nigeria June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Africa in the news: Elephant overpopulation in Zimbabwe, famine in Tigray, and Twitter ban in Nigeria

Leo Holtz, Tamara White, and Mary Blankenship

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Players compete during a match of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) at the Kigali Arena in Kigali on May 27, 2021. - The French president arrived in Rwanda on May 27, 2021, for a highly symbolic visit aimed at moving on from three decades of diplomatic tensions over France's role in the 1994 genocide in the country. The French president is the first French leader since 2010 to visit the East African nation, which has long accused France of complicity in the killing of some 800,000 mostly Tutsi Rwandans. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / various sources / Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in the news: Basketball Africa League, COVID-19, and security updates

Chris Heitzig, Tamara White, and Leo Holtz

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Residents walk near destroyed homes with the smouldering lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Djaffar Al Katanty NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Africa in the news: Mali coup, African vaccine production, and DRC volcano eruption

Tamara White, Leo Holtz, and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Maryan Hudun harvests spinach on her farm in the village of Ceel-Giniseed in Somaliland which is supported by charity ActionAid to enable farmers to provide water to livestock and crops.

Figure of the Week: Closing the gender gap to reduce food insecurity in Africa

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

A health worker holds a vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at the Munsieville Care for the Aged Centre outside Johannesburg, South Africa May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Africa in the news: COVID-19 vaccine update, Kenya’s High Court ruling, and natural resource update

Christina Golubski, Tamara White, and Leo Holtz

Saturday, May 22, 2021

Rhinos in Nairobi National Park, Kenya

Africa in the news: Wildlife, Horn of Africa, and infrastructure updates

Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Chadian soldiers during an operation with G5 Sahel and french forces from Barkhane Operation. Tin-Akoff - Burkina Faso - April 2021.Soldats tchadiens lors d une operation avec le G5 Sahel et les forces francaises de l operation Barkhane. Tin-Akoff - Burkina Faso - Avril 2021.

Figure of the week: COVID-19’s impact on conflict

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta attand a joint statement at State House, in Nairobi, Kenya, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in the news: Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania updates

Christina Golubski, Tamara White, and Leo Holtz

Saturday, May 8, 2021

World leaders appear on a video screen during a virtual Climate Summit with world leaders in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Africa in the news: Mozambique, Chad, and climate change updates

Leo Holtz, Tamara White, and Christina Golubski

Saturday, May 1, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Director General of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye receives the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during the vaccination campaign at the Ridge Hospital in Accra, Ghana March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Figure of the Week: COVID-19’s impact on debt risks in sub-Saharan Africa

Wednesday, April 28, 2021