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No respite for Libya migrants

No respite for Libya migrants

Stuck between warring locals and a locked down Europe, African migrants are facing exploitation, harassment and murder in Libya. By Zachary Ochieng The Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing civil war in Libya have exacerbated the challenges faced by the country’s…
Nigerians react to US vote

Nigerians react to US vote

Broadcast journalist Emeka Chigbu speaks to Nigerians about the US elections and finds out whether a Biden presidency will be better or worse for Africa.
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Why are elephants dying in Botswana?

The deaths of around 350 elephants in Botswana’s swampy Okavango Delta region remain a mystery almost six months after large groups of the giant mammals started being found dead with their ivory still intact. On September 21, scientists reported to…
President Alpha Conde is seen at a campaign rally in Conakry, Guinea, Oct. 16, 2020. PA Images.

President toppled and tanks on the streets in Africa's four October polls

One leader may have been voted out in Africa’s October elections. But elsewhere the status quo remains, as accusations of voter intimidation and violence overshadow the polls. The Seychelles Opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawa, an Anglican cleric, has become the Seychelles’…
Palm Sunday service held in Tanzania during the Covid-19 pandemic. Getty Images

Tanzania 'prays' Covid downturn away

There was no lockdown, no recession, and just 21 official deaths in Tanzania – which goes to the polls this month. But with the country’s main trading partners reeling from lockdown-induced job losses, Zachary Ochieng asks whether economic contagion might…
Professor Sunetra Gupta, world renowned epidemiologist, Oxford University

Africa's antibody results explained

NewsAfrica cuts through the media hysteria and gets the lowdown on lockdowns, Covid-19 antibody tests and herd immunity in this Q&A with Professor Sunetra Gupta, a world-leading expert in theoretical epidemiology at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.  …
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