We take a look at a shady group of mercenaries that have been linked to Russia - and its operations and objectives in Africa +++ After a spike in Cholera cases in Cameroon we visit a hospital that's overrun with patients +++ How COVID-19 has forced some young women in Nigeria into making a desperate choice +++ And it's back to school for a 98-year-old woman in Kenya
In focus: Food security in Africa
"War in Ukraine means hunger in Africa", warns the IMF as aid meant for the needy is slashed and redirected. What needs to happen to make Africa more resilient? +++ Malians feeling the brunt of ECOWAS’ sanctions +++ Meet the children feeding their minds in a Lagos slum library +++ The first African to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Security forces are deployed to schools across Eswatini. What's behind the uproar in Africa's last absolute monarchy?
34 years after Thomas Sankara was killed, a murder trial finally begins. We look back at one of the most infamous assassinations in modern African history.
Anger in Buea in Cameroon after a five-year old girl is shot dead.
And we meet Somaliland's only all-female basketball team.
DW News Africa with Christine Mhundwa, 21 May 2021
COVID-19 vaccine distribution crisis. Africa’s inoculation rate is below one percent. Meanwhile Malawi burns expired doses. Why has Africa not produced its own vaccines? +++ DW visits a Kenyan school near the Somali border which continues to teach learners despite terror attacks +++ After a tense week in Chad with security forces clashing with protesters we tell you what is behind the unrest
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Uganda's Bobi Wine drops his bid to legally challenge the January election result. In Niger, former foreign minister Bazoum has taken an early lead in the second round of the presidential election. And we congratulate Fireboy DML for winning big at The Headies, Nigeria's top music awards.