In brief

US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to World Health Organization (WHO) is likely to hurt many Africans

Left to themselves, developing countries can’t cope with the Covid-19 pandemic

Multinational oil companies are under pressure

In Malawi, an army of volunteers across the country are busy sewing face masks from locally available materials such as cotton and pieces of fabric

This is where KfW invests in new storage facilities and networks for renewable energy

UN statistics show that migration has an impact on how individual countries’ populations develop

Covid-19 hits women harder, warns OECD

International financial institutions are funding coal power in Bangladesh

Petrol smuggling has had a negative impact on Benin’s relations with its giant neighbour Nigeria

Power cuts hit Zambia’s economy hard