Investigative Reports

Security Reform vs. Security Risk: Weighing the Implications of Somaliland’s Military Biometric System

Key Points Somaliland's biometric registration of security personnel aims to...

The Diplomacy of Gullibility: How Somaliland’s Foreign Ministry Keeps Falling for International Fraudsters

In what has become a familiar scene in Somaliland's...

Ex-US Ambassador to Somalia Lobbies for Hormuud’s Access to American Banking System

Questions mount as André partners with Somali MP who...

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Will omicron – the new coronavirus variant of concern – be more contagious than delta? A virus evolution expert explains what researchers know and...

Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Penn State A new variant named omicron (B.1.1.529) was reported by researchers in South Africa on Nov. 24, 2021, and designated a...

Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes more severe disease, and challenges our vaccines

Michael Toole, Burnet Institute While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on our shores, Delta is in fact driving...

Interested in vaccine rollouts across Africa? Here’s a map to guide you

Benjamin Kagina, University of Cape Town Most developed countries are in the advanced stages of COVID-19 vaccination rollouts. But a large number of developing countries,...

Ethiopia’s poll has been pushed out by COVID-19. But there’s much more at play

Mulugeta G Berhe (PhD), Tufts University The decision by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to postpone the elections in Ethiopia has created a constitutional crisis. The...

A novel idea: integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa during the pandemic

Astrid R.N. Haas, International Growth Centre and Rachel Strohm In countries across Africa, the public health restrictions imposed to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic have...

Steps to inoculate African economies against the impact of coronavirus

Chuku Chuku, The University of Uyo The curve of the coronavirus pandemic started to bend upwards in Africa only recently – just as the curve...

‘Track and trace’ is key to containing COVID-19: how privacy can be protected

Co-Pierre Georg, University of Cape Town In efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, governments are imposing stringent restrictions on movement, including social distancing and...

Government Officials Check Food Prices to Prevent Price Gauging due to COVID-19 fear

Officials from Somaliland government are actively checking stores to ensure that businesses are not hiking prices due to COVID-19 fears. This is according to...

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