Sub-Saharan Africa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.- In the photo, a specialist works in a clinical laboratory amid the pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Less affected by covid-19 than the rest of the continents, Africa begins a race for the vaccine. The continent hopes to vaccinate "3% of Africans between now and March 2021 and 20% by the end of next year," declared the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Matshidiso Moeti, in Brazzaville.

Africa in the news: AfCFTA launches, Africa secures COVID-19 vaccines, and Niger and the Central African Republic vote

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory Nigeria. December 35, 2018: A cross section of Wuse Market Abuja

Figure of the week: Perceptions of the AfCFTA among small enterprises in Nigeria

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Illustration of a globe focused on Africa

African Leadership Transitions Tracker

Monday, January 4, 2021

A woman wearing a protective face mask shops at Chic Shops supermarket, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Adjame, a neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Africa Growth Initiative’s top 5 figures of 2020

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

A woman from the Daborin Single Mothers Association gathers rice at a small processing plant in the northern Ghanaian town of Bolgatanga, February 1, 2008. The single mothers began their organisation to gain more freedom and financial independence in a district where most farmers live on the equivalent of about a dollar a day, according to Oxfam, which helps fund the women's programme. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (GHANA)

Mitigating short-term adjustment costs: Preparing for the AfCFTA

Hippolyte Fofack

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

A man sorts oranges inside a truck at the end of a night-long curfew ordered by Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Nairobi, Kenya March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

Making the AfCFTA work for ‘The Africa We Want’

Hippolyte Fofack

Monday, December 28, 2020

Mombasa, Kenya - February 25 2018 : Container vessel under cargo opearations

Africa in the news: Kenya and Nigeria updates

Chris Heitzig and Christina Golubski

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Democracy, corruption, and U.S. policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Security officers are seen at the passport control point at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport in Abuja, Nigeria September 7, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Figure of the week: Africa’s visa openness continues to improve

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Seydou Sogoba prepares to weigh crates of tomatoes before they are sent to the market in Katibougou, Mali February 12, 2020. Picture taken February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Annie Risemberg

Unpacking the misconceptions about Africa’s food imports

Louise Fox and Thomas S. Jayne

Monday, December 14, 2020