Sub-Saharan Africa

Turkana sub county crops officer Alfons Aurun, displays data coming in from the E-locust phone app on his computer in his office in the town of Lodwar, Turkana county, Kenya, July 2, 2020, in this picture grab taken from a video. Picture taken July 2, 2020.REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Figures of the week: Digital skills and the future of work in Africa

Payce Madden and David Kanos

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Supporters of Imam Mahmoud Dicko and other opposition political parties protest after President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita rejected concessions, aimed at resolving a months-long political stand-off, in Bamako, Mali July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Matthiew Rosier NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Africa in the news: South Africa’s economy, tensions in Mali, and Mozambique’s liquified natural gas project

Christina Golubski

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Heavy traffic in Kampala, Uganda

Figures of the week: Africa’s urbanization dynamics

David Kanos and Chris Heitzig

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Hands of many shades reaching up toward the world

Discrimination and prejudice in development

Célestin Monga

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Ghana school children

Ghana’s leapfrog experiment: Free senior secondary school for all youth

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

People gather to protest against the treatment of Ethiopia's ethnic Oromo group, outside Downing Street in London, Britain, July 3, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

Africa in the news: African women vie for leadership positions; Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Tanzania updates

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Farm hands working in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, 30 May, 2020. It's strawberry-planting season. When South Africa moved to Level 4 of the national lockdown at the beginning of this month, the agriculture sector was allowed back to work. However, the wine industry was still stalled as the transport and sale of liquor is prohibited. Photo by Eva-Lotta Jansson/RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa.

Figures of the week: The effect of COVID-19 on food and income security in Africa

Addisu Lashitew and David Kanos

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Visit of the Minister of Handicrafts Dame Diop to a mask-making workshop in Dakar, Senegal on April 22, 2020 in order to limit the spread of Covid-19. Photo by Tidiane Ndiaye Cheikh/ABACAPRESS.COM

Learning from the best: Evaluating Africa’s COVID-19 responses

Youssef Travaly and Aretha Mare

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Members of the FCT taskforce on COVID-19 are seen washing their hands during the inspection of the Holy Trinity Catholic church, as worship centers were reopened following the ease of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Abuja, Nigeria June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

How well has Nigeria responded to COVID-19?

Siddharth Dixit, Yewande Kofoworola Ogundeji, and Obinna Onwujekwe

Thursday, July 2, 2020

A cashier of the Lagos State Ferry Service (LAGFERRY) counts money from the boat ticket sales at the Five Cowries Terminal in Falomo Lagos, Nigeria February 10, 2020. Picture taken February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Figures of the week: Improvement in tax transparency in Africa

David Kanos and Payce Madden

Thursday, July 2, 2020