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Almost 30 people have died in the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Health workers are in a race against time to get to people in remote areas in a bid to contain the disease. Yap Boum shares his story from Ebola’s latest Ground Zero.
Since the middle of May Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has been at the mercy of a guerrilla group that’s killed 35 people. The group, known as Al-Sunnah wa Jama’ah (“people of the Sunnah community”), also poses a huge threat to the country’s economy, putting its oil and gas industry at risk. Eric Morier-Genoud examines the history of a movement that started off as a religious sect.
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Top Stories
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Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Teams administering the Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in a race against time to find and help people exposed.
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Eric Morier-Genoud, Queen's University Belfast
A guerrilla movement in Mozambique could upend the government's plans for stability and prosperity.
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World Cup
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Mark Hann, University of Amsterdam
When Senegal face Poland in their first World Cup match in Russia, the whole nation will be roaring them on to victory.
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Charles MacRobert, University of the Witwatersrand
Can we trust expert football predictions? Perhaps, but it's variable.
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Business + Economy
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Sarah Logan, International Growth Centre
In coming years, Uganda's GDP growth is set to accelerate as recent and ongoing public investments begin to yield returns.
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Robert Mattes, University of Cape Town
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s popularity has improved the favourability of the governing ANC among South Africans.
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Politics + Society
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Timothy Njagi Njeru, Egerton University
Kenya's new budget is expected to focus on food security, manufacturing, universal health coverage, and affordable housing.
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Mzukisi Qobo, University of Johannesburg
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has to show that he's a decisive leader who can take unpopular decisions.
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Environment + Energy
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Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi, James Cook University
Nigeria can make some changes to harness its energy resources and lower its carbon footprint while providing power to its people.
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Shingirai Nangombe, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keeping global warming to 1.5°C could significantly decrease the frequency of extreme climate events across Africa.
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Science + Technology
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Robert W. Gess, Rhodes University
The discovery of two separate fossils tetrapod species proves that they lived all over the world by the end of Devonian.
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Ruth Stewart, University of Johannesburg
Africa has a real challenge when it comes to using academic research and evidence to design policies.
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