Africa Archives - Page 8 of 25

Dennis Osadebe
June 18, 2025
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When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration.

Dennis Osadebe
June 16, 2025
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36 More Countries May Be Added to Trump’s Travel Ban

The administration gave the nations 60 days to fix concerns, according to a State Department cable. The president already imposed a full or partial ban on citizens of 19 countries.

Dennis Osadebe
June 16, 2025
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Sahel Crisis Goes Coastal as Insurgents Push Toward the Atlantic

Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions.

Dennis Osadebe
June 13, 2025
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Mpox Surges in Sierra Leone

West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while the United States is cutting global vaccination efforts.

Dennis Osadebe
June 13, 2025
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Foday Musa Suso, 75, Dies; Ambitious Ambassador for West African Music

A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by reverence for tradition.

Dennis Osadebe
June 7, 2025
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Even Before Trump’s Visa Clampdown, U.S. Was Losing African Students

African students have traded academic institutions in the West for Chinese alternatives. The Trump administration’s clampdown on international students and visas could accelerate the shift.

Dennis Osadebe
June 6, 2025
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Africans See Trump’s New Travel Ban as ‘A Big Slap in the Face’

Seven of the 12 countries on President Trump’s new list are on the continent, where some said the policy was discriminatory and would unfairly affect their future.

Dennis Osadebe
June 3, 2025
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Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill Could Hurt Global Poor, Especially Africa

After slashing foreign assistance and introducing steep tariffs, the Trump administration is proposing a new tax on remittances. African nations would be among the hardest hit.

Dennis Osadebe
May 30, 2025
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How White South Africans Are Convincing the U.S. to Accept Them as Refugees

Thousands of white South Africans are jockeying to get on the next flight to the United States as refugees. They say the backlash against their community is unfair.

Dennis Osadebe
May 22, 2025
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South Africa Wanted to Talk Trade. Then Trump Turned Down the Lights.

In a bruising Oval Office meeting, the visitors’ plan to keep President Trump from focusing on false accusations of white genocide backfired spectacularly.