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About 150 people expected to leave Gaza on first day border is unsealed out …
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Israel agrees to limited reopening of Rafah border crossing in Gaza
Tens of thousands of ill and wounded Palestinians await evacuation as diplomatic efforts inch …
Lue lisää »Weather tracker: Cyclone Fytia in Madagascar kills several people and floods homes
Island’s first tropical storm of season may bring 150mm of rain – meanwhile, eastern …
Lue lisää »International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds
Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have …
Lue lisää »More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DRC, officials say
Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, …
Lue lisää »Islamic State claims attack on international airport and airbase in Niger
Motorcycle-riding militants launch strikes using heavy weaponry and drones, damaging planes belonging to Ivorian …
Lue lisää »South Africa expels top Israeli diplomat over ‘insulting attacks’ on president
Ariel Seidman declared persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave country after …
Lue lisää »Gunfire and blasts heard at airport in Niger with planes hit – reports
Source says two aircraft on ground ‘destroyed’ although authorities yet to comment on situation …
Lue lisää »Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone
Fifty killed in one incident as Italian authorities estimate 380 people may have drowned …
Lue lisää »Crocodile warnings as floods devastate southern Africa
More than 100 people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in South Africa, Mozambique …
Lue lisää »‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended
Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause …
Lue lisää »‘It has been overwhelming’: Sudanese friends complete 900-mile UK walk
Giel Malual and John Kuei trekked from Dungeness to John o’Groats to raise funds …
Lue lisää »ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to ‘decolonise’ its work
Development charity’s new co-chairs signal shift from controversial sponsor a child scheme launched in …
Lue lisää »US diplomats urged to remind African leaders of US ‘generosity’ despite USAID closing
Email sent by chief of state department’s African affairs bureau to his staff dismissing …
Lue lisää »‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam
Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, …
Lue lisää »Uganda’s president calls opponents ‘terrorists’ in victory speech
Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term but poll criticised by observers and rights groups over …
Lue lisää »Yoweri Museveni wins Ugandan election as opponent condemns ‘fake result’
Museveni’s opponent, Bobi Wine, alleges that members of polling staff were kidnapped and called …
Lue lisää »Confidence runs high in London’s Little Morocco as Afcon glory beckons
Atlas Lions face Senegal in final of Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday and …
Lue lisää »Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas
Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high …
Lue lisää »Early results show Museveni leading Uganda election amid reports of violence
Veteran president holding off main challenger Bobi Wine after campaign marred by violence at …
Lue lisää »Early results show Museveni in lead in Uganda election as violence reported
Veteran president holding off main challenger Bobi Wine after campaign marred by violence at …
Lue lisää »Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique
Flood warning raised to highest level with roads washed away and rain forcing evacuation …
Lue lisää »Cloth wraps treated with ‘dirt cheap’ insecticide cut malaria cases in babies
Soaking fabrics in a commonly used insect repellent is a simple and effective tool …
Lue lisää »Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s son prompts calls for overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare sector
Pleas for scrutiny of system fraught with accusations of negligence after one-year-old’s death in …
Lue lisää »Ugandan presidential candidate accuses government of ballot stuffing and arresting officials
Bobi Wine calls for voters to ‘reject the criminal regime’ on tense day of …
Lue lisää »Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease …
Lue lisää »Ugandans to vote in election expected to extend Museveni’s four-decade rule
Campaign beset by violence with supporters of rival candidate Bobi Wine teargassed and detained …
Lue lisää »Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Somalis in US
Kristi Noem claims conditions have improved in Somalia so country no longer qualifies for …
Lue lisää »Quarter of developing countries poorer than in 2019, World Bank finds
Global growth ‘downshifted’ since Covid pandemic and sub-Saharan Africa particularly affected, report says Business …
Lue lisää »Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accuses Lagos hospital of negligence after son’s death
Lawyers for Adichie and her husband serve Euracare hospital with legal notice after death …
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