Africa must prepare for the next disaster – in more ways than one
Unless African countries prepare now for the next natural disaster, progress will be at risk, and health and livelihoods will suffer, say Ibrahim Cheikh Diong and Robert K. Agyarko.
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African nations must cooperate to bounce back from Covid-19
Africans have the chance today to take control of their economic futures but only a united response will have a lasting, long-term impact, says Alexander Cummings.
Defeating an old foe, malaria, while surviving a new enemy, Covid-19 – Rebecca Akufo-Addo
The current focus on Covid-19 should not distract us from the fight against malaria, which still takes too many African lives, says Ghana’s First Lady
Nigeria – Enforcers kill more people than virus
New African’s Lagos correspondent Peter Ezeh finds that Nigeria’s reaction to COVID-19 falls far short of the exemplary response to Ebola
“Ebola kills quickly and Ebola heals quickly,” Jean-Jacques Muyembe
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two Ebola patients who were treated with new drugs in the city of Goma in eastern Congo have been declared “cured” …
After Ebola
Geraldine Lamin celebrates her survival, and mourns those consumed by the epidemic two years ago. ‘My mother got sick first. She was a nurse in …