NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Nigerian space scientist Temidayo Oniosun about how the new African Space Agency could help make the continent more resilient to climate change and extreme weather.

By: Bolade AdeyemiIn an atmosphere charged with both urgency and optimism, the West Africa Economic Summit 2025 convened on Saturday, June 21, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. It was ...

Across Africa, cancer medications have been found to be substandard or counterfeit. That means people are being given ...

Women are an important and often underutilized human resource in Africa. They've faced many problems historically. Limited ...

A starving child on the brink of death can be brought back with a specialty peanut paste, Plumpy’Nut, costing just $1 a day.

A group of African health researchers and institutions are now pushing for the continent’s medical research to be more focused on the continent’s own medical problems. The African Population ...

Who can fix Africa's problems the best? While each contestant might bring strengths and weaknesses to their job interviews in Addis Ababa, ...

He has yet to appoint an Africa team, in contrast to his defeated opponent U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who named a team for the region in the days before the Nov. 5 election.

Africa's mining industry faces persistent challenges with power supply, ranging from intermittent grid availability to logistical hurdles in fuel supply for off-grid operations. These issues not ...