Dubai can’t shake off the stain of smuggled African gold
The U.N. has found a discrepancy of at least $4 billion between the United Arab Emirates’ declared gold imports from Africa and what African countries say they exported to the UAE.
With hundreds of resident mountain gorillas, Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is a conservation triumph. But this resurgence is not without consequences.
The government "gives a formal denial to these baseless allegations" of "an alleged deployment of elements from a private security company in Mali," it said.
In Rwanda, fears are mounting that even YouTube, which had established itself as a rare outlet for critical reporting in the country, is losing ground to an authoritarian government.
COVID-19 vaccine shots are finally arriving, but Africa can't get them all into arms
A shortage of funds, medical staff and equipment, as well as vaccine hesitancy, could exacerbate the challenges the continent already faces.
The next challenge to vaccinating Africa: Overcoming skepticism
There are growing signs in parts of Africa, as well as South Asia, that skepticism or outright hostility toward the COVID-19 vaccines may run deeper than expected.
CDC demands airlines identify flyers who visited southern Africa
The order applies to passengers, including U.S. citizens and permanent residents, who have traveled to listed nations within 14 days of their flight to the U.S.
Japan tells airlines to halt inbound flight bookings over omicron fears
People with existing bookings will still be able to fly into Japan despite the 'emergency measure' that came the same day the country logged its second case of the omicron variant.
New COVID-19 variant prompts Japan to tighten border controls on three more African countries
Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia will be added to the list of countries subjected to tightened border controls following the discovery of the omicron variant.
African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road initiative
In addition to the damage done by COVID-19, analysts have attributed the slowdown to waning appetite in Beijing for large foreign investments.
Victims included people who had flocked to collect fuel leaking from the ruptured vehicle.
Logging to help the climate? Gabon turns to its rainforests.
A faltering oil industry fuels 45% of Gabon's economy — but now many in the country want to replace it with sustainable forestry.
