West Africa

Members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) lift empty ballot boxes at a voting station during the Presidential, Legislative and Communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Gitega, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana

Africa in the news: Burundi, Benin, South Sudan, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, May 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane reacts as he speaks to Reuters at the state house in the capital Maseru, Lesotho February 27, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Africa in the news: Lesotho, Burundi, Malawi, and COVID-19 updates

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Members of the GKB academy, a unicycle club, return from school to the academy in Lagos, Nigeria October 11, 2019. Picture taken October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

The fundamental connection between education and Boko Haram in Nigeria

Thursday, May 7, 2020

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA- Children wait in line to eat amid the coronavirus crisis in Cape Town, South Africa on April 30, 2020. Entrepreneurs and foundations have teamed up to feed children in the area. Approximately 300 children are fed daily since the onset of the coronavirus quarantine. (NO RESALE)

Africa in the news: COVID-19, Côte d’Ivoire, and Safaricom updates

Christina Golubski and Payce Madden

Saturday, May 2, 2020

A worker is seen at a production line within the Shona Textiles Export Processing Zone (EPZ) as they make protective face masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as a measure to stem the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Athi River near Nairobi, Kenya April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

How the AfCFTA will improve access to ‘essential products’ and bolster Africa’s resilience to respond to future pandemics

Landry Signé and Colette van der Ven

Thursday, April 30, 2020

A man cycles past a military truck in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "BAMA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

As conflict intensifies in Nigeria’s North East, so too does a reliance on troubled militias

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, April 21, 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 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 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

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan nurses wear protective gear during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo

Africa in the news: New EU-Africa strategy, impacts of the oil price crash, and spread of coronavirus

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, March 14, 2020