In Algeria’s bustling cities, university graduates queue outside job fairs, clutching résumés and waiting for interviews that may never materialize. In smaller towns, young people linger in cafés, discussing opportunities abroad. More than...
Pearl S. Kyei, University of Ghana; Fred Dzanku, University of Ghana, and Samuel Kobina Annim, University of Cape Coast
Ghana, like many sub-Saharan Africa countries, began investing substantially in free education three decades ago....
Lilac Nachum, Strathmore University - Africa is the world’s most endowed continent in agricultural potential, yet it remains a marginal player in global agribusiness. This paradox lies at the heart of Africa’s development challenge.
Africa’s land accounts for nearly half of the global total. Most of it can be used for growing crops. It is also largely unprotected, and not forested, with low population density. The continent’s climate supports the growth of 80% of the foods consumed globally. Economic theory would predict that these conditions would lead to strong export performance. Yet Africa’s share of global agricultural exports is the lowest worldwide. It fell from about 8% in 1960 to...
Jan Pospisil, Coventry University - Sudan’s civil war has devastated the country and strained relations with neighbouring South Sudan. Events in January 2025 have...
Anda David, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Rawane Yasser, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
An increasingly strong case is being made to bring inequality into discussions about climate change. The logic behind this has been set out by leading...
Astrid R.N. Haas, University of Cape Town - Wealthy nations fuelled their industrial growth and urbanisation by burning fossil fuels. This was the biggest cause of climate change, which now affects every country in the world, even developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa which are responsible for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Wealthy nations owe a climate debt.
Africa is urbanising too, and...
Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin, King Abdulaziz University - The ongoing conflict in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is complex. It’s rooted in weak state institutions, ethnic diversity and historical grievances.
Since the war began in April 2023, tens of thousands of people have died and over 8.6 million have been displaced. This has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.
Since April 2024, the Rapid Support Forces has been trying to take over El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur. The city is the only Darfur capital controlled by the Sudanese army. The battle for...
Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University
The United States army has completed its withdrawal from Niger after 11 years of military cooperation with the west African...
Heike Baumüller, University of Bonn and Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, University of Bonn
Across Africa, agricultural producers are turning to digital solutions to get information about farming methods, market access or financial services. By 2022,...
Freetown, 2 May 2025 – The Government of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, Africa CDC, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, and a broad...
Cloudius Ray Sagandira, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Africa carries a heavy health burden. It accounts for 25% of the global disease burden despite having only 18% of the global population.
The...
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The African Union Commission and the European Union have officially launched the Africa - EU Space Partnership Programme during the Newspace Conference in Cairo, Egypt. On the sidelines of the 2025 NewSpace...
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