6 African Development Stories You May Have Missed

No doubt, coro­n­avirus has become one of the dead­liest dis­eases in mod­ern his­to­ry, with about 500,000 casu­al­ties world­wide. The pan­dem­ic has left in its wake severe eco­nom­ic con­se­quences, espe­cial­ly for the world’s devel­op­ing nations. Despite the many socio-eco­nom­ic chal­lenges faced and exac­er­bat­ed by the pan­dem­ic, many African nations have shown great resilience. The news continues…

Africa Media Bias Seen through Coverage of Covid-19

Africa Media Bias is some­thing that we often talk about. COVID-19 is mak­ing that dis­cus­sion rel­e­vant again.  The coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic has brought human inge­nu­ity to the fore. The sit­u­a­tion has sparked a remark­able resur­gence in the human spir­it as peo­ple all over the world are striv­ing in an inspir­ing bid to empha­size man’s most pri­mal instinct,…

Five African Nations Battling Covid-19

The news is full of bad reports about the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic which is wreak­ing hav­oc all over the world. With a vac­cine at least months, if not a year away, there is cause for some opti­mism in the fight against the dis­ease in the African con­ti­nent. As we have been track­ing how nations are dealing…

African Nations Fight Covid-19 Despite Socio-Economic Conditions

In ear­ly Feb­ru­ary, while West­ern coun­tries like Italy and Spain had record­ed con­firmed cas­es of the dread­ed nov­el coro­n­avirus or Covid-19, Africa, the sec­ond-largest con­ti­nent and home to more than a bil­lion peo­ple had yet to record any. This left many dumb­found­ed. The good news led to the rise of a bunch of fal­la­cious ideas…