Sub-Saharan Africa

Voter displays his inked finger after casting a ballot during the presidential and parliamentary elections at the Ukombozi primary school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Africa in the news: Tanzania, Guinea, Seychelles, Zambia, and Zimbabwe updates

Saturday, October 31, 2020

A girl stands near a wall covered with Placards of Cameroon President Paul Biya, who runs for reelection scheduled for October 7, in Yaounde, Cameroon October 5, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC1BA30D24C0

Threats to democracy in Africa: The rise of the constitutional coup

John Mukum Mbaku

Friday, October 30, 2020

Urban economic growth in Africa: Analyzing constraints to agglomeration

Payce Madden and Jeffrey Gutman

Friday, October 30, 2020

'End Sars', referring to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad police unit, reads on a demonstrator's face during a protest over alleged police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Youth protests for police reform in Nigeria: What lies ahead for #EndSARS

Oluwole Ojewale

Thursday, October 29, 2020

African town

Figure of the week: Flood risk and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, October 29, 2020

A woman wears a face mask with a X takes part during a protest in the historic center, demanding to the authorities resumption their works of Shop eyeglasses and optics on October 27, 2020 in Mexico City, MexicoWhere: Mexico City, MexicoWhen: 27 Oct 2020Credit: Eyepix/Cover Images

The impact of COVID-19 on human rights

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Brighton Takawira uses the Mukuru remittance app which enables him to send money and groceries home to family in Zimbabwe from his home in Pinetown, South Africa, October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat

Wafa Aidi, Razaq Fatai, and Stephen Karingi

Monday, October 26, 2020

Women wait to cast their ballots at a polling station during the Guinea's presidential election in Fria, Guinea October 18, 2020. REUTERS/Saliou Samb NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Africa in the news: Guinea, Sudan, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire updates

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Nairobi, Kenya - April 28 2018: People walking along a busy street in the crowded down town of Nairobi City, Kenya, East Africa

US foreign policy toward Africa: An African citizen perspective

E. Gyimah-Boadi, Landry Signé, and Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny

Friday, October 23, 2020

A woman carries her protective mask in her hands as hundreds of thousands of the Senegalese Mouride Brotherhood pilgrims gather for the annual Grand Magal festival, as the global spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in the holy city of Touba, Senegal October 5, 2020. Picture taken October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Figures of the week: Mobility in some African countries has recovered to pre-pandemic levels

Wednesday, October 21, 2020