ORAN, Algeria — A mysterious virus rips through the city of Oran, Algeria, in Albert Camus’ novel “The Plague.” Today the city on the Mediterranean coast grapples with
Since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, smartphones have become increasingly popular in Algeria, as many people across the country use their time in lockdown to connect
When Micheal Omoh and Godiya Mamza were planning their wedding, they did not know that circumstances would force them to forgo their cultural traditions, as well as much
Members of the Fulani tribe have targeted and killed 28 Christian villagers in north-central Nigeria as attacks in the region continue to escalate. “Fulani gunmen were shooting sporadically
Family planning supplies and contraceptives are sold out or inaccessible as the Zimbabwean government continues to battle COVID-19. “The lockdown has meant that community health workers like myself
Cameroon’s University of Buea suspended a law instructor more than a month after he asked students a legal question during a political and constitutional history course. English Law
HARARE—Gift Chitanda remembers the day in 2019 the Zimbabwe company Intergas Zimbabwe offered him an interview for the lucrative job as the company’s chief operating officer. The day
Sudan’s former dictator siphoned off “millions of dollars” from one of the world’s poorest nations and sent it to bank accounts in Qatar and Iran—nations generally at odds
Floods are sweeping across western and central Kenya, killing more than 120 and displacing roughly 1 million Kenyans. At least 29 counties and 100,000 households have been affected
