Sub-Saharan Africa

Sheik Muktar Robow Abu Mansur (2nd R), spokesman of Somalia's Islamic al-Shabab, leaves a news conference after vowing to step up attacks against government soldiers and foreign troops in Mogadishu December 14, 2008. Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf sacked his prime minister on Sunday after they disagreed on a new cabinet demanded by donors, throwing his Western-backed interim government into disarray. Hassan Hussein Nur Adde was the second premier fired by Yusuf and had been in the job for only about a year. The fragile administration is fighting Islamist rebels who control the south and are camped on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA)

Hot and troubled: Somalia’s militias and state-building

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, April 16, 2020

A crane loads shipping containers on a ship in the port of Mombasa, Kenya, October 23, 2019. Picture taken October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Trade in uncertain times: Prioritizing regional over global value chains to accelerate economic development in East Africa

Andrew Mold and Anthony Mveyange

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

John Nkengasong, Africa's Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2020. Picture taken March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

The coming of age of the Africa Centers for Disease Control

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

A police officer is pictured at a road block while the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Africa in the news: COVID-19 impacts African economies and daily lives; clashes in the Sahel

Dhruv Gandhi, Anna Schaeffer, and Payce Madden

Saturday, April 11, 2020

A food vendor, popularly known as a "Mama Put", arranges her sets of pots and plates on a table in Abuja, Nigeria, January 25, 2020. Picture taken January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Social distancing unlikely to hold up in Africa without a safety net for microentrepreneurs

Addisu Lashitew

Thursday, April 9, 2020

A man walks past closed shops in a nearly deserted wholesale market during lockdown by the authorities to limit the spread of coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria, March 27, 2020. Picture taken March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Nigerian economy

Chukwuka Onyekwena and Mma Amara Ekeruche

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Shoppers queue at a grocery store during a nationwide 21 day lockdown in an attempt to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Chatsworth near Durban, South Africa, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Africa in the news: Impacts of COVID-19 on African economies and elections updates

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, April 4, 2020

People queue to collect social grants and shop during a 21 day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, March 31, 2020. Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Figures of the week: Perceptions of COVID-19 in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria

Thursday, April 2, 2020

A chain is used to secure the gate of the Abuja National Mosque, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Africa in the news: Debt relief in Somalia, government efforts to combat COVID-19, and new Boko Haram attacks

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 28, 2020

A woman casts her ballot as an another voter waits for his turn at a polling station during the presidential election, in Yaounde, Cameroon October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensem

Stabilizing Cameroon requires a sustained solution for democracy, rights, and governance

Patrick W. Quirk and Daniella Montemarano

Friday, March 27, 2020