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Once in office, the new president will face a myriad of challenges, chief of which is insecurity.
Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. Mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa are three times higher than the global average.
Machine learning is becoming an indispensable tool in astronomy by sorting through enormous datasets from telescopes.
President Hichilema’s self-styled ‘chief marketing officer’ approach has unlocked new investments from a diverse mix of partners.
Slow growth of exports and tourism and a resurgence of global inflation have created dollar shortages in some African economies.
Making the green energy transition a success requires governments to pay attention to environmental factors and socioeconomic imperatives.
Being able to tell the difference between good quality medicines and fakes can be a matter of life and death.
Though public opinion surveys offer some hope, there are several concerns for democracy’s consolidation in West Africa.
Hunter-gatherers were an important part of the development of the Mapungubwe Kingdom in southern Africa – a fact that history has tended to neglect.
Ties between the two nations date back to Tanzania’s solidarity with the anti-apartheid struggle.
Political protests in Kenya have become insular, sectarian, tribal and unashamedly personality driven.
Food insecurity remains a major health problem. And poorer households are disproportionately affected.
Typically, humanitarian concerns are prioritised following a war. But the environment must also get attention so that societies can produce food and goods to rebuild their lives.
African catfish can be prepared for sale in canned form, which is more attractive to consumers.
Rusesabagina’s release portrays Rwanda’s president as a pragmatist – one willing to negotiate once a security threat is neutralised.
Countries must ensure adequate and full immunisation of every child to curb polio mutations.
Ghana’s flawed democracy has failed to establish mechanisms to effectively control corruption.
Over many decades our food environments have relentlessly been encouraging us to make choices that are harmful to our health, through pricing, marketing and availability.
Some commercial products and practices are directly linked to avoidable ill health, planetary damage, and social and health inequity. Large transnational corporations are especially to blame.
Leaders and organisations across Africa need to seriously rethink how they work with young people.
Mashatile could be the new broom that sweeps clean. Ramaphosa’s apparent confidence in him suggests that he has some latitude to do so.
Fifty years ago the council was created to fight for marginalised communities to participate fairly in sports. Their dream remains unfulfilled.
The government must not trample on its own laws and court decisions. Compliance with the constitution must be the priority.
The public bears the suffering and costs of the global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases, and the rapidly accelerating climate emergency.