South Africa

Nelson Mandela, Shibley Telhami, and Jehan Sadat at the Sadat Lecture at the University of Maryland at College Park, November 14, 2001.

September 11 and America’s response through the eyes of Nelson Mandela

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Large stacked container ship leaving the port of Cape Town with Table mountain and the city in the background, South Africa.

Africa in the news: South African economy, energy production, and Nigerian foreign relations updates

Mary Blankenship, Chris Heitzig, and Tamara White

Saturday, August 28, 2021

KAMPALA, UGANDA - JANUARY 05, 2020: A front view of Kampala Boulevard Suites, leading shopping mall and hotel with a foreground of an African man in a minibus, popular transportation for locals.

Figure of the week: A case study comparison of industries without smokestacks in South Africa and Uganda

Mary Blankenship and Christina Golubski

Friday, August 27, 2021

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar attends his swearing-in ceremony at the State House in Juba, South Sudan, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol/File Photo

Africa in the news: Politics, security, and wildlife poaching updates

Chris Heitzig, Mary Blankenship, and Tamara White

Saturday, August 7, 2021

A worker cleans mussels farmed on aquaculture rafts in Saldanha Bay near Cape Town, South Africa, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

The impact of COVID-19 on industries without smokestacks in South Africa

Zaakhir Asmal and Christopher Rooney

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Election officials work at computers at a tallying center in Nairobi, Kenya.

How African states can tackle state-backed cyber threats

Nathaniel Allen and Noëlle van der Waag-Cowling

Thursday, July 15, 2021

A branch of South African clothing and homeware retailer Mr Price is seen in Cape Town, South Africa, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

South Africa after COVID-19—light at the end of a very long tunnel

Wolfgang Fengler, Marie-Francoise Nelly, Indermit Gill, Benedicte Baduel, and Facundo Cuevas

Tuesday, July 13, 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

File photo - Chad, Ennedi, Amdjarass, arrival of President Idriss Deby with his wife in his native village and official welcome at the airport. Chads President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a sixth term in office. Deby's campaign said on Monday that he was headed to the front lines to join troops battling "terrorists". Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in the news: President Déby of Chad dies; Kenya, DRC sign trade and security deals; and Cape Town survives massive fire

Tamara White, Leo Holtz, and Christina Golubski

Saturday, April 24, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Mohamed Bazoum sits at his pollitical party headquarters in Niamey, September 14, 2013. The ruling party's candidate, Bazoum, will enter Sunday's presidential run-off vote as the favourite to succeed outgoing Mahamadou Issoufou REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo

Africa in the news: Updates on natural resources, and politics in Niger, Djibouti, Benin, and Chad

Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White

Saturday, April 10, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A mobile phone care centre operated by Safaricom in the central business district of Kenya's capital Nairobi, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Africa in the news: Africa-Spain relations, technology opportunities in Kenya and South Africa, and attacks in Mozambique

Tamara White and Leo Holtz

Saturday, April 3, 2021

A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah January 30, 2015. Health officials botched more than 20 Ebola blood tests in January and February which led to the release of at least four positive patients, two of whom later died, Guinea's anti-Ebola coordinator and other health officials told Reuters. Picture taken January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Misha Hussain (GUINEA - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH)

Africa in the News: Risk of Ebola outbreak grows, South African economy rebounds, and politics update

Chris Heitzig and Leo Holtz

Saturday, March 13, 2021

A vendor sells cassava flour at a traditional market in Bariga district, in Lagos, Nigeria January 15, 2021. Picture taken January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in the news: African debt, rising food prices, and vaccine updates

Christina Golubski and Leo Holtz

Saturday, February 13, 2021

The future of peacekeeping in Africa

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Visitors take photographs at a popular tourist site at the V&A Waterfront during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Cape Town, South Africa, August 26, 2020. Picture taken August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Solving South Africa’s unemployment: Could tourism, horticulture, agro-processing, or logistics hold the key?

Christopher Rooney and Zaakhir Asmal

Thursday, February 11, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A money changer counts Nigerian currency notes for a customer in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, Nigeria March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

How Africa can emerge stronger after COVID-19

Aloysius Uche Ordu and Fred Dews

Friday, February 5, 2021

Johannesburgo, South Africa.- In photos taken on January 21, 2021, it shows the streets of Johannesburgo during the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus mutation, from South Africa, binds more easily to human cells and is 50% more transmissible than the original strain. This was stated by the leading South African epidemiologist, Salim Abdool Karim, citing the results of a recent study on the efficacy of potential vaccines against new variants of the virus.

From stimulus to debt: The case of South Africa

Haroon Bhorat and Gracelin Baskaran

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

A shopper wearing a face mask looks at grocery items, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Mall of the south, in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Lockdown economics in South Africa: Social assistance and the Ramaphosa stimulus package

Haroon Bhorat and Tim Köhler

Friday, November 20, 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