Liberia gripped by downfall of graft tsar
The country’s Nigeria-born anti-corruption head has been forced to quit after allegedly faking his own ID. By Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia.
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Africa’s sniffer rats to the rescue
They famously helped clear former warzones of landmines. But, as Britt Collins reports, Africa’s sniffer rats could soon be the latest recruits in the fight against both illegal wildlife trafficking and Covid-19.
Africa’s flying chemists
It’s the airborne delivery service that’s transformed healthcare provision in Ghana and Rwanda.
Africa betrayed in vaccine rush
EXPERT OPINION: Global public health experts Dr David Bell and Muhammad Usman Khan ask whether millions of young Africans need to be vaccinated – and for whose benefit?
Liberians hailed in Mali conflict
UN praises West African peacekeepers as Mali’s Islamicist insurgency hots up.
Nigeria sectarianism fears
As communities turn to militias for protection from rampaging herdsmen, Rosemary Udoh reports on the conflict tearing Nigeria apart – and asks what really lit the country ablaze.
Ethiopia war risks regional peace
The civil war in Tigray province is fast spreading across East Africa.
Tanzania’s wildlife gamble risks future pandemics
With poaching on the rise thanks to the pandemic, Tanzania has alarmed conservationists further by legalising bushmeat markets, writes Zachary Ochieng.
90 seconds news round-up
The latest Africa news, including Mauritius’s feud with the UK, Guinea’s election fallout and the Hague trial of an ex-CAR rebel leader.
Post-Brexit Ecowas deal dead on arrival
A new twist in the proposed UK-Ecowas pact may have dashed any hope of a Brexit bonus for West Africa, reports Francis Ezem.
Uganda’s opposition fights on
Mass arrests, killings and an internet blackout overshadowed Uganda’s presidential poll. But, as Zachary Ochieng reports, the opposition hasn’t given up the fight yet.
Africans fight new poaching crisis
Across Africa, millions of donkeys are being stolen and brutally slaughtered to meet China’s insatiable demand for their skins. And, as Jill Starley-Grainger reports, it’s having a devasting effect on the people who rely on them to survive.