2021’s Best Investigative Stories from Sub-Saharan Africa
BENON HERBERT OLUKA At a time when newsrooms in Africa are increasingly struggling with shortages of cash and threats to
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Diabetes can be controlled. But there’s no medicine for some people who need it
THE burden of diabetes is increasing globally. There are about half a billion people in the world living with the
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Senegalese novelist’s wins prestigious literary prize
The Prix Goncourt – the oldest and most prestigious literary prize in France – has been awarded to 31-year-old Mohamed
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How mobile phones help internally displaced people in Nigeria
CONFLICTS and disasters around the world have forced millions of people to move from their homes. By the end of
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Sub-Saharan Africa to see mixed economic recovery into 2022
VUYANI NDABA GROWTH in sub-Saharan Africa’s big economies will be mixed into 2022, after a year of recovery from COVID-19
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Fishing for food security, Africa puts tilapia on the menu
TILAPIA is the fish of choice as Africa looks to replenish its food basket amid a population growth rate of more than 2.5 per cent per annum.
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Genetically changed mosquitoes could transform Africa’s long fight against malaria
IT has been said that malaria breeds poverty, and poverty breeds malaria. This is the reality in many parts of
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Mission education left an uneven legacy: an analysis of 26 African countries
CHRISTIAN missionaries were the first to introduce European-style education in sub-Saharan Africa. Mission societies often expanded into territories before colonial
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Africa’s quiet agro-food revolution
THE BIRD NEWSROOM AFRICA’S food exports have grown considerably over the past decade, with 50 out of 54 states recording
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African countries call for $100 billion boost
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY ELEVEN African heads of state have called for $100 billion in hardship funding to help dig their economies
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