What is the Lobito Corridor, cited by US Africa envoy as model for ties? »
Washington is set on a trade-focused shift in Africa, but critics say it facilitates further plundering of Africa’s natural resources. FEDERICA MARSI When veteran naval officer Frank Garcia was appointed…
Jun 13 2026 / No Comment / Read More »How India’s pharmaceutical pipeline is fueling West Africa’s opioid crisis »
Sierra Leone, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria and several more countries in West Africa are in the midst of an overlooked opioid crisis that’s crippling the population and devastating families. The drugs…
Jun 13 2026 / No Comment / Read More »Chad is making Arabic equal to French in schools: the politics behind the move »
HELGA DICKOW In most multilingual African countries, language policy is a highly charged and controversial issue. It touches on regional identity, religion and political power – as is evident in…
Jun 13 2026 / No Comment / Read More »Ebola outbreak: When will a vaccine be developed for the new strain? »
The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has a fatality rate of up to 50 percent and no approved vaccine as yet. PRIYANKA SHANKAR The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that…
May 26 2026 / No Comment / Read More »Actually, Most Immigrants Won’t Need to Leave U.S. to Get Green Cards, D.H.S. Says »
But details remained scant after officials said in late last month that, with “extraordinary” exceptions, people seeking permanent residency must…
Jun 13 2026 / No Comment / Read More »Raising Dementia Awareness, One Black Church at a Time »
Faith and science are coming together to reduce stigma and improve care in the African American community. DANA G. SMITH…
Jun 13 2026 / No Comment / Read More »Judge Says Trump Officials Must Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing »
The judge invalidated policies the Trump administration enacted last year that halted asylum grants, as well as the processing of…
Jun 13 2026 / No Comment / Read More »Black Maternal Mortality Is an Ongoing Crisis — And Doctors Continue to Sound the Alarm »
Maternal fetal medicine and family medicine physicians stress that we must keep fighting the glaring disparities in maternal mortality rates…
May 25 2026 / No Comment / Read More »Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for De-naturalization »
The Trump administration is assigning de-naturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of…
May 10 2026 / No Comment / Read More »The Silent Epidemic: Why Kidney Disease is a Test of American Healthcare »
World Kidney Day was March 12, and here in the U.S., the conversation must be elevated from awareness to action,…
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