Pandemics that weren’t: How to nip an outbreak in the bud
Doctors, epidemiologists and surveillance systems have managed to contain flares of cholera, mpox and Marburg virus before they become international crises
A nurse who survived the current Ebola outbreak: ‘I screamed in pain, my body ached and I felt itchy all over’
Prosper Heri|Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo)|
The recovery of eight patients from the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda is, according to the WHO, ‘living proof that it can be stopped’
East Africa is monitoring its borders for Ebola and urging caution among the population: ‘Why do we alone suffer epidemics?
John Okot / Prosper Heri Ngorora|Gulu (Uganda) and Goma (DRC)|
Uganda has suspended Martyrs’ Day celebrations to prevent the arrival of pilgrims from neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, the origin of the current outbreak
WHO warns that humanity is on the brink of an even more devastating pandemic: ‘The world is not safer’
Experts warn that the risk of a new public health emergency is skyrocketing while investment and measures to address it are stalling
‘I’m not thinking of leaving’: The need to keep sending money back to their families traps African migrants in the Gulf states
Abdallah al Jouaid|Dubai|
In the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, five million people from Africa work mostly in the fields of construction, hospitality, and domestic service. But fluctuating oil prices are threatening their jobs
A warlord, a bathtub and a court with its hands tied: The Hague revives the hunt for Joseph Kony
The International Criminal Court continues to hunt for the ruthless Ugandan war criminal, who once escaped US efforts to capture him
Straitjackets and military aircraft: How the Trump administration is making dozens of migrants disappear in Africa
The US has expelled a group of people to Ghana and other African countries. This has taken place amid intense secrecy, through an aggressive deportation strategy that offers few safeguards to those detained
Chimpanzees drink the equivalent of two or three beers a day, study says
New research supports the drunken monkey hypothesis, which links the human attraction to alcoholic beverages to the habits of our primate ancestors
Africa’s presidents for life
The heads of state of Cameroon and Uganda, who have been in power for 43 and 39 years respectively, have announced their candidacies for reelection
Alleged mastermind of arms trafficking ring supplying military hardware to Mexican organized crime arrested in Madrid
Petar Mirchev, a Bulgarian linked to Viktor Bout, the ‘Merchant of Death,’ was detained at the request of the United States for negotiating with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Europeans seek sex at African prices in Kenya: ‘They push me onto the bed without even saying hello’
Mercedes Ortuño Lizarán|Nairobi / Watamu|
Three sex workers recount the violence and scams their peers face in the country’s tourism zones
Zohran Mamdani, a political response to Donald Trump’s country
If New York City elects the winner of the Democratic primary as mayor in November, it will do something even more necessary than choosing a politician with progressive credentials. It will demonstrate that another time still exists for the rest of us
Zohran Mamdani, the progressive Muslim immigrant who wants to be mayor of New York and challenge Trump
A little-known candidate born in Uganda who became a U.S. citizen in 2018 wins the Democratic mayoral primary, becoming the favorite to lead the nation’s largest city
Sikhulile Moyo, virologist: ‘With mpox, I’m concerned about the selfishness of some countries. It seems that we haven’t learned’
The Zimbabwean expert based in Botswana heads the laboratory that sequenced the omicron variant of the coronavirus. A leading figure in the fight against HIV, he argues that Africa should aim to produce its own vaccines to end dependency
Mpox, an emergency for children
Douglas Noble|
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, approximately 80% of those who have died from the virus are minors under 15 years old. Often, they are also facing other challenges, including conflicts, displacement, droughts, floods and malnutrition
Africa monitors mpox spread with growing concern: ‘This is no longer a problem for us, but for the world’
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, where most cases of mpox are concentrated, is facing a health emergency amid a humanitarian crisis. Thirteen African countries have so far confirmed cases of the virus
WHO declares second international health emergency over spread of monkeypox
The organization has taken the measure due to the expansion of an apparently more lethal variant of the virus in Africa, which declared its first-ever public health emergency in response
Humanity is closer to stopping HIV, and the biggest obstacle is the price of the drug that will do it
Lenacapavir, an antiviral drug already approved as a treatment that costs $40,000 in the US, prevented 100% of infections in a study on African women with just two injections a year. UNAIDS is asking the drugmaker Gilead to reduce the cost in order to make it more widely available
Two lions swim across crocodile-infested river in the longest water crossing ever recorded
Competition over females drove Jacob and Tibu to leave their territory in Uganda and search for a new habitat. Scientists filmed the entire journey
Chimpanzees take their own antibiotics
Chemical analysis of several plants ingested only in specific instances show that they inhibit the development of pathogenic strains of bacteria such as ‘E. coli’
Major African pipeline project leaves Ugandan farmers at the mercy of climate change
John Okot|Kasenyi, Uganda|
Residents of the Albertine region blame the damage to farmlands on global warming, as well as the mass felling of trees to make way for the massive infrastructure
‘Why do they punish us?’ Uganda charcoal ban ignites transition debate
JOHN OKOT|Kampala|
While welcomed in principle, the abrupt charcoal ban has left both traders and buyers unsure of where to turn
Blackmail, harassment, torture, and arrests: The effects of Uganda’s homophobic law
John Okot|Kampala|
A report from a human rights defense organization includes 300 cases of abuse against LGBTQ+ Ugandans so far this year
Sub-Saharan Africa, the renewable paradise where not everyone has access to electricity
The continent, which is holding its climate summit on Monday, has more countries with a majority of ‘green’ electricity than any other region, but a significant proportion of its inhabitants lacked electricity in 2021
Uganda makes first arrest for ‘aggravated homosexuality,’ a crime punishable by death under new anti-LGBTQ+ law
John Okot|Kampala|
A 20-year-old man has been accused under one of the harshest homophobic laws in the world, which has been condemned by the international community and human rights organizations
Iran’s leader, visiting Africa, attacks Western support for homosexuality as among ‘dirtiest’ things
President Ebrahim Raisi spoke in Uganda, which recently passed anti-gay legislation prescribing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality
The homophobic agenda of ultra-conservative US Christians is taking hold in Uganda
The African country’s harsh anti-gay law was passed after a long campaign promoted by certain religious groups on the continent to stigmatize same-sex relationships
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