Sub-Saharan Africa

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 child is given a measles vaccination during an emergency campaign run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Likasa, Mongala province in northern Democratic Republic of Congo March 3, 2020. Picture taken March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Hereward Holland

Ebola lessons for fighting COVID-19

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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

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AGI launches Foresight Africa in Kampala, Kigali, and Dakar

Payce Madden and Christina Golubski

Friday, March 27, 2020

A passenger is seen at the South African Airways (SAA) customer desk, after SAA announced that it would immediately suspend all intercontinental flights until May 31 in response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Africa in the news: The Uganda-EU deal, politics, airlines, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski and Payce Madden

Saturday, March 21, 2020

An employee of Kenyan railway cooperation sprays disinfectant to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the main railway station in Nairobi, Kenya, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Coronavirus: Amid the global pandemic, lessons for Africa

Yvonne Mburu and Yap Boum II

Friday, March 20, 2020