World Jun 01 As resources go to fight European and American monkeypox outbreaks, some see inequity in African response As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere scramble to roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors are acknowledging an ugly reality: The resources needed to prevent the disease have long been…
World May 10 For widows in Africa, COVID-19 stole husbands, homes, future In many African countries, the pandemic has created larger populations of widows as men are more likely to die of COVID-19. Widowhood has long befallen great numbers of women there.
World Mar 29 Gunmen kill, abduct train passengers in attack near Nigerian capital Authorities in Nigeria say that gunmen attacked a train near the capital, Abuja, on Monday night with explosives and gunfire, killing an unspecified number of passengers.
World Dec 23 In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words to text messages and scouring huge troves of data for answers to complex questions – as long as you speak English or another of the world's dominant languages.
World Nov 04 Nigeria building collapse deaths climb to 36, dozens missing The number of bodies recovered from a collapsed high-rise apartment building in Nigeria's most populous city has risen to 36, an emergency official told The Associated Press.