DRC: COVID-19 pandemic changes cross-border trade
Benjamin Bahati is a Congolese businessman who has been selling eggs and chickens imported from Rwanda for the past nine […]
World Health Organization recommendations for reporting on COVID-19 vaccines
The World Health Organization has published an article to help journalists report on the COVID-19 vaccines. The brief article introduces […]
Burkina Faso: Recovered from coronavirus, journalist Issaka Lingani says he was luckier than other
This story was originally published in July 2020. In his sixties, Issaka Lingani is a journalist and director of the […]
Free online resources on COVID-19 from West and Central Africa
The regional working group for Risk Communication and Community Engagement has created a free online library of resources on COVID-19. […]
UNESCO resources for journalists in the time of COVID-19
UNESCO has created a “Resource Center of Responses to COVID-19” to help journalists continue to cover the story of COVID-19 […]
Ethiopia: Worst locust outbreak in 25 years (Anadolu Agency)
At the end of a tough farming season, Ethiopian farmer Leila Mohammed was ready to harvest her millet crop with […]
Zimbabwe: Sorghum and millet as a solution to food insecurity during crises (IPS)
For Sinikiwe Sibanda, planting more sorghum and millet than maize has paid off. With the coronavirus pandemic resulting in decreased […]
Benin: Women’s associations fight to include women in decision-making
It’s 7 a.m. on a Saturday in mid-September. A morning grey fills the sky in Cotonou, the economic capital of […]
Uganda: Pregnant mothers struggle to access sexual and reproductive health services due to COVID-19 lockdown measures
Milly Apiyo breaks into tears as she struggles to explain how she recently lost her unborn baby when she couldn’t […]
West African women facing COVID-19
ROPPA, the West African regional producers’ organization, has published a report on how women working in the agricultural sector have […]