South Sudan latest frontline in east Africa’s devastating locust outbreakGovernment training civilians to spray pesticides in hope of stopping locust spreadWed Feb 19 2020 - 18:17
Human rights groups criticise EU over Libyan naval deploymentMission will police Libyan arms embargo but try to avoid being a ‘pull factor’ for migrantsTue Feb 18 2020 - 22:10
Mike Pompeo continues Africa tour amid fears over China’s influenceUS secretary of state’s trip to the continent is believed to be an attempt to counter Beijing tiesMon Feb 17 2020 - 18:45
Busy African airport’s masked staff watch out for coronavirusAddis Ababa is major hub for China but Ethiopian Airlines refuses to cancel flightsFri Feb 14 2020 - 18:44
‘We are the eyes’: Volunteers take to skies to spot Mediterranean refugeesMoonbird operated by Sea Watch, a German charity which also sails a rescue shipWed Feb 12 2020 - 01:00
‘It was like a cloud’: East Africa tackles worst swarms of locusts in decadesBillions of locusts fly at 150km a day across Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and UgandaTue Feb 11 2020 - 01:00
Kenya’s former president Daniel arap Moi dies aged 95Moi was initially popular but then presided over years of repression and corruptionTue Feb 04 2020 - 20:14
Rebel group kill dozens of people in DR Congo, as death toll climbsRecent increase in attacks a response to a government offensive which began last yearThu Jan 30 2020 - 17:30
Gambia protesters charged with treason after calling for president’s resignationFormer security guard Adama Barrow first pledged to leave power after three year termWed Jan 29 2020 - 17:14
Rapper progresses plans to build city in SenegalAkon’s city, run on renewable energy and using cryptocurrency, to be named after himTue Jan 28 2020 - 20:11
Two girls carry out deadly bombing outside northeast Nigerian mosqueBoko Haram group is known to use children, particularly kidnapped girls, as bombersMon Jan 27 2020 - 20:07
Almost 1,000 refugees and migrants returned to Libya as war continuesGen Khalifa Haftar leaves peace talks in Moscow without signing ceasefire dealTue Jan 14 2020 - 19:20
Harsh awakening for refugees who risk everything to reach MaltaUp to 1,400 asylum seekers are being held in the country’s two detention centresFri Jan 10 2020 - 17:00
Libyans turn to deadly Mediterranean route amid escalating conflict at homeThe end of a rescue ship’s ninth mission in the area underlines growing danger in LibyaSun Dec 29 2019 - 16:41
Europe’s conscience drowned in the Mediterranean SeaYear in Review: The Mediterranean retained its place as the deadliest migration route in the worldSat Dec 28 2019 - 06:00
Anatomy of a rescue on the world’s deadliest migration routeOn Friday, the Alan Kurdi ship pulled 32 Libyans from a small boat in the MediterraneanFri Dec 27 2019 - 20:00
Mayor of Palermo accuses EU of ‘genocide’ against refugeesPolitician who fought Mafia says Europe will face ‘second Nuremberg’ over migrant policyMon Dec 23 2019 - 01:00
Christmas on the Mediterranean – a month on a migrant rescue shipWith a death toll of over 1,200 so far this year, this is the world’s deadliest migration routeSat Dec 14 2019 - 06:00
‘This is an emergency’: Bomb scare on flight dwarfed by Burundi’s crisesLocals glad to play hero for once after trip from Addis Ababa to Rwanda takes worrying turnThu Dec 12 2019 - 18:38
Ethiopian PM’s Nobel Peace Prize draws ire of Eritrean protestersAbiy Ahmed accused of whitewashing crimes of neighbouring dictator Isaias AfwerkiTue Dec 10 2019 - 19:03
EU-funded alternative to detention centres fails in LibyaRefugees left to fend for themselves as UN staff say food provision to stop within weeksMon Dec 09 2019 - 19:22
Burundi’s hard-pressed citizens being forced to pay for 2020 electionRights-abusing ruling party’s youth wing blocking services to those not contributingFri Dec 06 2019 - 18:25
Flooding is the new normal for a Ugandan border townPeople in Elegu near South Sudan forced from their homes whiles businesses ruinedThu Dec 05 2019 - 19:00
Call for aid as harsh floods in east Africa kill and displaceDjibouti among worst hit as torrential rain wrecks infrastructure and leaves many deadTue Dec 03 2019 - 20:31
Nigerian social media Bill under fire as first lady suggests emulating ChinaNew rules would criminalise insulting the government online with three years in jailMon Dec 02 2019 - 19:30
‘Hide, the army’s here, they’re trying to accuse us of being witches’Ten years after a wave of witch hunts in The Gambia, victims are speaking publiclyFri Nov 29 2019 - 18:00
Sudan repeals public order law restricting women’s behaviourTransitional authorities approve law to dissolve former ruling party of Omar al-BashirFri Nov 29 2019 - 17:38
Forty-seven Nigerians deny homosexuality charges in courtAmnesty calls for cases to be dropped as men face 10-year sentence under anti-gay lawsThu Nov 28 2019 - 19:41
Ebola services in Congo hit as civilians attack UN base over massacresMedical workers in lockdown as Beni protesters accuse peacekeepers of failing to protect themWed Nov 27 2019 - 12:50
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
