# AfricaTimes

> Read contextual coverage of news, society, economy, science, technology, health, culture and the environment across Africa.

Publication language: English.

## Sections

- [Science](https://africatimes.com/category/science/): Ancient DNA studies and archaeological finds from the Sahara to Peru: lost cities, Bronze Age communities and fossils that rewrite the human story.
- [Environment](https://africatimes.com/category/environment/): African environment reporting on climate action, wildlife conservation, renewable energy and farming, plus global stories on ecosystems under strain.
- [Society](https://africatimes.com/category/society/): African society through its young population, women leaders, growing cities, schools and sport, with stories that show how daily life is changing.
- [Tech](https://africatimes.com/category/tech/): African tech from startups to mobile services and education technology, plus global innovations in batteries, drones and connectivity worth watching.
- [Health](https://africatimes.com/category/health/): Health in Africa, from WHO data and public financing to long COVID, Ebola alerts and fake medicines, with research that helps you stay informed.
- [Economy](https://africatimes.com/category/economy/): The African economy explained: 2026 outlook, trade ties, infrastructure projects and major mining deals, so you can follow where growth comes from.
- [Culture](https://africatimes.com/category/culture/): African culture in its many forms: cinema, fashion, music, cuisine, languages and heritage sites, with guides to help you plan a trip or learn more.

## Editorial team

- [Nomvula Dlamini](https://africatimes.com/author/nomvula-dlamini/): Environment and society writer
- [Joseph Mwangi](https://africatimes.com/author/joseph-mwangi/): Breaking news and tech reporter
- [Kwame Asante](https://africatimes.com/author/kwame-asante/): Science and public health reporter

## Recent articles

- [Kenya traces 128 of 130 Ebola contacts and screens 652,000 travellers](https://africatimes.com/kenya-ebola-cases-seven-africa-cdc-support/2746/): Three health workers and a relative of the first patient tested positive while in quarantine, and Africa CDC is urging tighter border surveillance.
- [C-Care adds Kampala women’s hospital to its Uganda network](https://africatimes.com/c-care-roswell-hospital-kampala-ciel-dalais-uganda/2741/): Roswell Hospital, a 30-bed fertility and maternity centre in central Kampala, joins a Mauritian-owned group that now runs six hospitals across Uganda.
- [China’s envoy in Nigeria ties Xi’s mining principles to local processing and illegal mining](https://africatimes.com/china-envoy-xi-four-point-mining-proposition-nigeria/2731/): Beijing’s ambassador in Abuja ties each of Xi Jinping’s four mining principles to Nigeria, from local processing to a vow of zero tolerance for illegal mines.
- [Kenya confirms a third Ebola case in a woman already under quarantine](https://africatimes.com/kenya-third-ebola-case-relative-quarantine-bundibugyo/2726/): A 65-year-old woman fell ill under quarantine and tested positive, while health officials say 127 of 130 contacts have now been traced and isolated.
- [African countries turn to national genome projects to close a DNA data gap](https://africatimes.com/african-national-genome-projects-what-they-could-change-for-patients-and-health-systems/2712/): Tunisia, Egypt and Senegal run national genome initiatives, and Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa have government-led efforts that are less advanced.
- [Remedial Health lets Nigerian pharmacies stock medicine on credit](https://africatimes.com/remedial-health-nigerian-pharmacies-stock-on-credit/2707/): A pharmacist who coded as a teenager and built two student firms now runs a Nigerian supplier that gives eligible pharmacies stock with little or no deposit.
- [Australia’s shorter lengths broke South Africa in Durban](https://africatimes.com/australia-bowling-attack-control-durban-test-south-africa/2704/): A switch to shorter lengths turned a steady South African start into a collapse, while Smith’s catching and Renshaw’s long innings shaped the first Test.
- [Police say 24 vehicles were set alight as foreign-owned shops were looted](https://africatimes.com/police-24-vehicles-burned-in-south-african-anti-migrant-unrest/2698/): Anti-migrant protests turned violent in Durban and Soweto on 8 October. Police counted at least 24 burned vehicles, and Home Affairs withdrew its asylum order the next day.
- [Germany plans more support for African drug and vaccine makers](https://africatimes.com/germany-plans-more-support-for-african-drug-and-vaccine-makers/2695/): Berlin will add backing to a fund investing in African pharmaceutical firms, while an Africa CDC official says imports cover roughly 70% of medicines used on the continent.
- [South Africa halts asylum order after anti-migrant riots](https://africatimes.com/south-africa-halts-asylum-order-after-anti-migrant-riots/2692/): Home Affairs says it will start a new process to comply with a Constitutional Court ruling, after two days of unrest in Durban and Soweto ahead of the 4 November elections.
- [Kenya’s first Ebola patient went undetected for six weeks](https://africatimes.com/kenyas-first-ebola-patient-went-undetected-for-six-weeks/2686/): Africa CDC’s reconstruction shows a Kenyan businessman sought care for weeks in DR Congo and passed two airport checks before his diagnosis in Nairobi.
- [Soweto and Durban hit by anti-migrant violence after ruling](https://africatimes.com/soweto-and-durban-hit-by-anti-migrant-violence-after-ruling/2683/): Police counted 24 burnt vehicles and looted foreign-run shops, while Home Affairs withdrew its asylum processing order a day after the unrest.
- [Zambia and the US sign a five-year health agreement](https://africatimes.com/zambia-and-the-us-sign-a-five-year-health-agreement/2680/): Lusaka says the final text drops the specimen clause and narrows US access to programme data, after months of protest over patient records.
- [Plague is still a risk where wild rodents carry it](https://africatimes.com/plague-is-still-a-risk-where-wild-rodents-carry-it/2674/): The infection never vanished from nature. How plague spreads from wild rodents and fleas to people, how to recognise its forms, and why early treatment matters.
- [In the Horn of Africa, El Niño forecasts are turning into aid before the crisis](https://africatimes.com/in-the-horn-of-africa-el-nino-forecasts-are-turning-into-aid-before-the-crisis/2669/): Livestock insurance, paid phone reports from herders and pre-agreed cash triggers show how a forecast can become protection before floods or drought arrive.
- [Africa CDC opens a pilot clinical research certificate](https://africatimes.com/africa-cdc-opens-a-pilot-clinical-research-certificate/2666/): A course for mid-career health professionals starts in Addis Ababa, followed by hands-on placements at research organisations in four African countries.
- [The plague never went away: where cases still occur](https://africatimes.com/the-plague-never-went-away-where-cases-still-occur/2663/): Plague still appears in Africa and the US each year. How the disease spreads, its three forms, and why antibiotics work if given early.
- [Navi Pillay, ex-UN rights chief, wins Nobel Peace Prize](https://africatimes.com/navi-pillay-ex-un-rights-chief-wins-nobel-peace-prize/2660/): The 85-year-old South African jurist heard the news in Nuremberg, while the Nobel committee pointed to pressure on international law.
- [Police free 20 NYSC graduates abducted on a south-east road](https://africatimes.com/police-free-20-nysc-graduates-abducted-on-a-south-east-road/2657/): Gunmen stopped two buses taking young graduates to service camps, and police later found them in Imo State after holding back over suspected explosives.
- [Kenya traces contacts and flight travellers after first imported Bundibugyo Ebola case](https://africatimes.com/kenya-first-imported-bundibugyo-ebola-case-nairobi/2644/): Kenya is monitoring known contacts and tracing flight passengers and crew after its first imported Bundibugyo Ebola case, a patient who travelled from the DRC.

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