How a prison pen pal project is helping New York teenagersNew York Letter: Writing to prisoners has had a positive impact at a ‘last chance high school’Tue Nov 26 2019 - 19:00
Refugees evacuated from Libya find transit haven in RwandaEU project aims to back efforts in aiding 1,500 asylum seekers detained in LibyaMon Nov 25 2019 - 18:21
EU actively supporting return of refugees to certain dangerOctober’s failed resolution missed the chance to address Libya’s migrant detention systemMon Nov 04 2019 - 01:51
Students in west African colleges sexually harassed by lecturersBBC documentary sent undercover journalists into the universities of Lagos and GhanaMon Oct 07 2019 - 21:38
Nigerian tech workers call on police to stop arresting, ‘extorting’ them#StopRobbingUs campaign arose following arrest of developer for carrying laptop, iPhoneFri Oct 04 2019 - 17:48
Eritrean footballers escape secretive state during tournamentSecurity at event in Uganda ‘beefed up’ after five members of under-20s team abscondThu Oct 03 2019 - 19:12
Civilians among victims of US air strikes in Somalia, says rights groupUS military Africa Command claims three killed were supporting Islamist operationsMon Sept 30 2019 - 19:10
First group of refugees evacuated from Libya to RwandaNew programme involves African Union and the United Nations refugee agencyFri Sept 27 2019 - 19:08
Ugandan byelection pits musician Bobi Wine against long-standing presidentTensions rise as both men back opposing candidates in election in west of countryThu Sept 26 2019 - 21:35
Ghana claims to have foiled a coup attempt, though Ghanians have doubtsPlot targeted at the presidency had ‘the ultimate aim of destabilising the country’Wed Sept 25 2019 - 18:59
NGO removed from Nigeria’s northeast in aid crackdownAction Against Hunger accused by military of giving Islamic insurgents drugs and foodFri Sept 20 2019 - 18:34
Nigerian children targeted by both Boko Haram and armyThousands of child suspects held in dangerous conditions as Boko Haram war continuesWed Sept 18 2019 - 19:56
‘Maybe they can forget us there’: Refugees in Libya await move to RwandaHundreds in detention centres expected to be transferred under deal partly funded by EUTue Sept 17 2019 - 13:22
Guards accused of rape and torture of migrants arrested in ItalyExploitation, extortion and murder allegedly took place in Libyan detention centreMon Sept 16 2019 - 21:44
Pope urged to address human rights issues during visit to AfricaPapal visit began in Mozambique, where he spoke about ‘fraternal reconciliation’Wed Sept 04 2019 - 20:58
Cameroon children stay away from school as separatists threaten attacksUnicef says 80% of schools in English-speaking region have been shut downTue Sept 03 2019 - 21:03
Refugees defiant in face of UN order to return to TripoliAir strike survivors fear being detained by Libyan authorities or kidnap by smugglersMon Sept 02 2019 - 20:02
Scars and trauma run deep for Eritrean refugeesLuxembourg Letter: Europeans have little idea of abuses used to solidify EU bordersMon Sept 02 2019 - 01:00
‘I’m Bobi Wine.’ The Ugandan pop star taking on the presidentSally Hayden on the campaign trail with singer seeking to oust long-time leader Yoweri MuseveniFri Aug 30 2019 - 18:00
Death toll in DRC Ebola outbreak expected to hit 2,000Healthcare personnel hopeful deadly disease can be eradicated within six monthsThu Aug 29 2019 - 18:44
Nigerian trafficking survivors ‘lack support’ when they returnTraumatised women are being detained by authorities, says Human Rights WatchTue Aug 27 2019 - 00:00
Kenyans complain about bar closures to facilitate censusGovernment move to shut venues on day of football match draws electorate’s ireFri Aug 23 2019 - 20:38
Bono gets a nod as ‘white saviours’ called out in UgandaKampala Letter: Activist group calls for end to white people being depicted as heroes in AfricaThu Aug 22 2019 - 20:00
Bodies wash up on Libyan shore a month after shipwreckDetainee says guards threaten to shoot if they try to bury corpsesThu Aug 22 2019 - 19:18
Chinese surveillance systems appear across Ugandan capital KampalaRights groups fear Huawei facial recognition devices part of sinister clampdown on dissentWed Aug 21 2019 - 20:22
‘Brexit crisis’ course on offer at Botswana universityStudents in landlocked African country seeking explanations for UK’s EU exit, lecturer saysTue Aug 20 2019 - 15:04
Death toll for measles surpasses Ebola in Democratic Republic of the CongoMore than 2,700, the majority children, die this year as vaccination coverage remains lowMon Aug 19 2019 - 15:44
Sudan’s ousted dictator Omar al-Bashir faces corruption trialAmnesty says Bashir should be tried in ICC for crimes against humanity and genocideFri Aug 16 2019 - 17:31
Spike in malaria due to climate change, Ugandan government saysUnusually prolonged rains in June gave mosquitoes more time to breedWed Aug 14 2019 - 19:09
New Ebola drugs greatly improve survival prospects, research showsAbout 90% of those infected can survive if treated early, in boost to fight against outbreakTue Aug 13 2019 - 14:46
From school to the grave, military service tears families apart in EritreaIndefinite national service is causing heartache and fuelling migration to EuropeTue Aug 13 2019 - 13:22
Syrian refugees unwanted in Germany, afraid to go homeAsylum seekers say parties use issue for political gain ‘and refugees always pay the price’Wed Aug 07 2019 - 20:00
WHO declares Ebola outbreak international health emergencyGlobal community urged to do more to contain outbreak, which has killed 1,600 to dateWed Jul 17 2019 - 19:21
Sudanese military and protesters sign power-sharing dealAgreement dismissed as not fit for purpose by some pro-democracy protestersWed Jul 17 2019 - 09:42
Somalia to establish diaspora award in memory of journalistHodan Nalayeh was killed in terrorist attack in Kismayo after returning from CanadaTue Jul 16 2019 - 20:16
Eritrean farmer released from Italian prison in mistaken identity caseMedhanie Tesfamariam Berhe acquitted of being a human trafficking kingpinMon Jul 15 2019 - 20:20
Terrorism risk in African region similar to Iraq and Syria, conference hearsUN secretary general urges more support for Sahel countries dealing with jihadi groupsSun Jul 14 2019 - 17:03
South Sudan eight years on: ‘I can’t believe I would go back’Conflict-fleeing refugees celebrate independence day far from homeTue Jul 09 2019 - 20:10
The Ebola body collectors hoping to save their communitiesBeni Letter: Those involved in burying victims of the disease face high degree of riskMon Jul 08 2019 - 20:00
‘Terminator’ found guilty of war crimes in Democratic Republic of CongoBosco Ntaganda convicted of 18 counts including murder, rape, sexual slaveryMon Jul 08 2019 - 18:31
Refugees say Tripoli government using them as ‘human shields’Migrants claim fighters are storing weapons at Libyan detention centresFri Jul 05 2019 - 19:24
Guards shot at migrants trying to flee air strikes on Libyan detention centre‘After the first strike hit, we knocked the door to open it but the policemen refused’Thu Jul 04 2019 - 06:45
Libyan detention centre survivors condemn EU and UN after air strikeRefugees and migrants call for evacuation after at least 40 killed in Tripoli attackWed Jul 03 2019 - 19:04
Reckoning in African states over alleged sex abuse by prominent men‘Gucci pastor’ in Nigeria accused of rape takes leave of absence over allegationsTue Jul 02 2019 - 19:18
West African nations hope to launch shared currency by 2020Member countries had adopted a flexible exchange rate regimeMon Jul 01 2019 - 17:03
Mass protests on streets of Sudan with call for civilian ruleInternet blocked but activists spread word of protest with graffiti, megaphones and leafletsSun Jun 30 2019 - 19:47
‘White saviourism’ under scrutiny after child deaths in UgandaUS missionary accused of posing as medic and causing deaths of children in her careFri Jun 28 2019 - 18:18
Hundreds of thousands displaced in Congo inter-ethnic violenceReports of sexual and extreme physical violence in clashes between Hema and Lendu groupsThu Jun 27 2019 - 12:03
Deaths pile up in Libyan detention centre, leaked UN report showsMigrant desperation caused by conditions, disease and trauma of trying to cross MediterraneanTue Jun 25 2019 - 17:43
Ethiopian army kills general accused of organising failed coupPrime minister urges citizens to unite against ‘evil’Mon Jun 24 2019 - 18:20
