Motorbikes riders in Nigeria’s capital Lagos. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Folahanmi Aina, King’s College London Insecurity in Nigeria has worsened. In the north-east region, despite gains recorded by the military, the activities of jihadist terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province have continued unabated. In […]
shutterstock. Boniface Oyugi, University of Kent The COVID-19 pandemic spread much slower on the African continent than in the rest of the world, contrary to predictions.
Accra, Ghana//-Team Cookie has won the Gino Ghana Jollof competition with a sumptuous assorted jollof with goat and chicken pieces paired with prawn stirfry and an apple-shrimp salad.
Different types of property relations shape the living conditions of residents in marginalised urban settlements of Hargeisa. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images Jutta Bakonyi, Durham University; Mustafe Ibrahim Abdi, University of Hargeisa, and Nasir M. Ali, University of Hargeisa Many cities in Somaliland are growing rapidly. Climate change-induced displacement, insecurity, and population growth accelerate urbanisation. […]
Recent fines on media houses in Nigeria are attempts to gag them. Getty Images Abiodun Odusote, University of Lagos Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission recently imposed a fine of N5 million (about US$11,922) each on MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, NTA-Startimes and Telcom Satellites Limited for airing a BBC Africa Eye documentary titled The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara.
Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has resorted to God for economic salvation as he affirms, that despite the challenges facing the country his government will not relent in efforts to improve the lives of the people.
Tacio Philip Sansonovski/Shutterstock Jaishree Raman, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and Shüné Oliver, National Institute for Communicable Diseases Most people instantly associate mosquitoes with malaria. But these tiny flying insects can transmit a number of other diseases too.Viruses transmitted by insects like mosquitoes are called arthropod-borne or arboviruses.
The proposed Public Elections (Registration of Voters)Regulations2021Constitutional Instrument by the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC)is generating a heated debate.
Johannesburg, South Africa/ — Affecting around 20% of pregnant women in LMIC[i], mental health issues like depression and anxiety are common during pregnancy and the first year after birth, with consequences for both mothers and their infants.
Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has furnished the public with cases which have engaged its attention so far.
