Revolutionary CRISPR-based sickle cell therapies are raising unprecedented hope across Africa — the continent that carries 85 percent of the global disease burden — even as the $2.2 million price tag places cures forever out of reach for most patients.
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has called sweeping US sanctions “insults thrown in the face” of Kigali, as the peace agreement signed four months ago with DR Congo continues to unravel amid ongoing fighting in eastern Congo.
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The battle for Africa’s supermarket shelves is heating up in ways that are rewriting the rules of retail on the continent. A new in-depth analysis from The Africa Report reveals a retail landscape where global giants like France’s Carrefour and South Africa’s Shoprite are fighting hard to maintain their dominance — but where local champions
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and biggest oil producer, is now paying the highest gasoline pump prices on the entire continent — with costs surging by 65% in a matter of weeks. The dramatic spike, triggered by the knock-on effects of the escalating Middle East conflict on global oil markets, is squeezing households already battling the
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As the conflict in the Middle East escalation sends shockwaves through global energy markets, African nations are counting the cost of a crisis they did not choose and cannot control. A landmark joint report by the African Development Bank, the African Union Commission, the UN Development Programme, and the UN Economic Commission for Africa has
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A damning new report from Human Rights Watch has laid bare the scale of civilian bloodshed in Burkina Faso, documenting at least 1,837 civilians killed across 57 major incidents in the West African nation between January 2023 and August 2025. The report, released on April 2, 2026, does not spare any party to the conflict
The streets of Kampala fell silent on April 3, 2026, as Uganda reeled from a horrifying attack that claimed the lives of four young children at a kindergarten in the Ugandan capital. The brutal incident sent shockwaves through the East African nation, reopening wounds about child safety in a country that has long battled insurgencies
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A fresh wave of bandit violence has struck Kaduna State, Nigeria, with armed men abducting ten people — seven members of the same family and three neighbours — from a densely populated residential area in the early hours of Thursday evening. The attack occurred at Unguwar Sabon-Titi along the Katari-Hayin Dam road in Kachia Local
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The Africa Supply Chain Confederation is warning that the continent is facing a mounting crisis at the fuel pump and in food markets, as the escalating disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz — the world’s most critical oil transit chokepoint — send shockwaves through global supply chains. Speaking on the crisis, ASCON President Ronald Mlalazi
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Uganda has secured over 2.1 trillion shillings — equivalent to USD 540 million — in financing from the World Bank to launch a sweeping national urban transformation programme, the largest such investment in the country’s cities and municipalities in a decade. The Uganda Cities and Municipalities Infrastructure Development (UCMID) programme targets ten cities, 26 municipalities,
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Liberia’s Information Minister Jerolinmek Matthew Piah has mounted a defence of the government’s nominee to lead the National Elections Commission (NEC), Jonathan K. Weedor, following sustained criticism from opposition figures and civil society actors who question his political independence. Speaking at the Ministry of Information’s regular press briefing, Minister Piah acknowledged concerns about Weedor’s alleged
A sweeping new report by Human Rights Watch has found that Burkina Faso’s own security forces and allied militias are responsible for more civilian deaths than the jihadi insurgent groups that the military government cites as its primary justification for staying in power. The 316-page study, based on 450 interviews alongside verified social media footage
