Drones are providing life-saving care to women in remote parts of the southern African country, Botswana, who otherwise may die in childbirth, thanks to support from the United Nations.
Discussion about a nation crippled by disease is not good news, but news reports about that nation overcoming the challenges posed by disease are welcome news. The news that the nation of Botswana is moving past the odds that were stacked against it just a decade ago is certainly encouraging to many around the world. National…
African embassies in America play an important role in facilitating business, diplomatic, and socio-economic relations between the United States and African countries. Often the 54-nation African continent and its citizens around the world have needs that sometimes can only be met through their embassies located within the United States. We’re listing some of the African…
US News & World ReportThe Best Universities in Africa are often run by a mix of African governmental organizations, and religious institutions. A 2022 US News and World Report survey of the Best Global Universities in Africa shows the top universities in the continent. However, the listing that we’ve provided on this page is a…
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken introduced the Biden administration’s much-awaited strategy for Africa. Speaking in South Africa, during his second trip to the continent in less than a year, Blinken outlined the policy against a backdrop of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and a global economic slowdown. Although somewhat comparable to…
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Blinken-Africa-Embassies-GettyImages-1236657472.jpg U.S. embassies across Africa are facing chronic staffing shortages that are undercutting U.S. foreign-policy goals on the continent and sapping the morale of the diplomatic corps, according to interviews with multiple U.S. officials and regional experts. The problem has caught the attention of top U.S. lawmakers, who have raised alarm bells about the long-term…
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1‑horizontal-Africa-Zimbabwe-ivory-GettyImages-1231775327.jpg HWANGE, Zimbabwe—Fourteen years since the last legal commercial sale of ivory, southern African countries are lobbying to sell tons of tusks held in storage. As these states submit proposals to the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) summit in November, the fate of African ivory…
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Sunday 5 June
Group E
Madagascar 1–1 AngolaScorers: Rakotoharimalala 36 / Gelson 43
Central Africa 1–1 GhanaScorers: Namnganda 41 / Kudus 17
Group J
Botswana 0–0 Tunisia
Monday 6 June
21:00 Equatorial Guinea vs. Libya
Tuesday 7 June
Group B
15:00 Eswatini vs. Burkina Faso18:00 Cap Verde vs. Togo
Group H
18:00 Zambia vs. Comoros
Group L
21:00 Rwanda vs. Senegal
Wednesday 8 June
Group F
15:00 Uganda vs. Niger18:00 Tanzania vs. Algeria
Group G
18:00 Congo vs. Gambia
Group I
18:00 Gabon vs. Mauritania21:00 Sudan vs. DR Congo
Group L
21:00 Benin vs. Mozambique
Thursday 9 June
Group C
15:00 Burundi vs. Cameroon
Group G
15:00 South Sudan vs. Mali
Group D
18:00 Guinea vs. Malawi18:00 Ethiopia vs. Egypt
Group H
19:00 Lesotho vs. Cote D’Ivoire
Monday 13 June
Group A
15:00 Mauritius vs. Nigeria18:00 Sierra Leon vs. Guinea Bissau
Group K
21:00 Liberia vs. Morocco
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/04/29/multimedia/29virus-briefing-south-africa/29virus-briefing-south-africa-moth.jpg Coronavirus cases are surging again in South Africa, and public health experts are monitoring the situation, eager to know what’s driving the spike, what it says about immunity from previous infections and what its implications are globally. South Africa experienced a decline in cases after hitting an Omicron-fueled, pandemic peak in December. But in…
After so many years of talk about its potential, the African continent is waking up to understand and appreciate the power of unity represented by a language. The African Union (AU) officially adopted Kiswahili or Swahili as one of the official working languages of the African continent, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government…