Tunisia’s migrant crisis: ‘We would prefer to risk our life than to be killed like a fowl in our own country’The north African country, a hotspot on ‘the deadliest migration route in the world’, is a microcosm of a global problemSun Aug 20 2023 - 06:00
Survivors of the Adriana: ‘The captain lost the way ... That’s when we called for help’Testimony from survivors on a doomed migrant boat suggests hundreds of deaths may have been preventableSat Aug 05 2023 - 05:00
Doctors in Nigeria begin ‘total and indefinite strike’Resident doctors seek improved conditions and replacement of large number of medical staff who are leaving the country each weekWed Jul 26 2023 - 19:08
Calls to protect Sudan’s rich and ancient heritage amid ongoing warHeritage protection initiative aims to develop network of contacts and volunteers dedicated to safeguarding of Sudan’s cultural heritage amid amid devastating warFri Jul 21 2023 - 16:02
‘People love kush more than food’: West Africa’s growing drug problemIllegal synthetic drug offers some Sierra Leoneans an escape from the relentlessness of poverty in a country with limited resources to combat drug issueMon Jul 17 2023 - 17:00
At least 289 children have died or disappeared in the central Mediterranean this year, says UnicefUN agency calls for governments to better protect vulnerable children, including by providing safe and legal pathways for them to migrate, seek asylum and reunite with family membersFri Jul 14 2023 - 16:01
Six killed in protests in Kenya over soaring cost of living Local media reported that some protesters had been shot dead by policeThu Jul 13 2023 - 17:45
Hundreds missing off west Africa as charity calls for 24-hour rescue resourcesThree boats carrying hundreds of people between them are still missing along the ‘Atlantic’ migration route between west Africa and the Canary IslandsWed Jul 12 2023 - 21:00
Hundreds of people may still be missing at sea near Canary Islands as coast guard says it has rescued 86Most of the people in three boats that set off from Senegal remain unaccounted forMon Jul 10 2023 - 20:41
‘We have the energy’: Historic political wins for women in Sierra Leone hampered by election disputesA rush of women candidates supported by new electoral laws face continuous challenges in their bid to hold officeMon Jul 10 2023 - 19:46
Nine new African countries to be given malaria vaccinesMove is ‘critical step forward in the fight against one of the leading causes of death on the continent’ - WHOThu Jul 06 2023 - 18:33
Punch lines: comedian stands up for South SudanThrough comedy, Akau Jambo tells the story of being born in a refugee camp and his family’s efforts to move abroadWed Jul 05 2023 - 05:25
Doro: Refugee, Hero, Champion, Survivor: A deliverance, a rescue against the oddsThe story of Doro Ģoumãňęh’s migration is lyrical and descriptive, and sometimes repetitive, in the same way that the horrors he’s recounting areMon Jul 03 2023 - 04:02
Sierra Leone fact-checking group stresses need for more resources after election hit by fake newsJournalist says biggest platform where fake news spreads is WhatsApp followed by FacebookWed Jun 28 2023 - 18:36
Sierra Leone elections: Julius Maada Bio re-elected with 56.17% of voteJust over 2.8 million votes cast despite ‘intimidation and violent incidents’ in some areasTue Jun 27 2023 - 20:27
Sierra Leone’s incumbent president leads election amid tense wait for final resultAt least one opposition supporter has died while both major parties publicly predict victoryMon Jun 26 2023 - 20:19
Sierra Leoneans await results of presidential, parliamentary and local elections‘Logistical challenges’ cause delays for voters with some queuing from 6amSun Jun 25 2023 - 19:46
Sierra Leone elections: Claims of intimidation and vote-rigging as nation of eight million-plus goes to pollsStreet protests over alleged electoral irregularities in West African country burdened by unemployment, inflation and high cost of livingFri Jun 23 2023 - 15:51
New EU funding deal with Tunisia supporting authoritarian regime, say criticsEU leaders accused of ‘wining and dining’ Tunisian president Kais Saied in exchange for preventing migration to EuropeSun Jun 18 2023 - 18:14
How has the mass drowning of people become normalised? The potentially hundreds of people who drowned this week off southern Greece are victims of the world’s inequalityThu Jun 15 2023 - 17:30
Democratic Republic of the Congo: ‘The international community has a big responsibility for what happened’Land rights activist Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole urges more aid for his fellow Congolese. Exploitation of natural resources must cease, sustainable energy must be accessed and the judiciary must be reformed for the country of 100 million peopleSun Jun 11 2023 - 17:44
Sudan: At least 10 dead after bombing in southern KhartoumRefugees from Democratic Republic of the Congo among those killed following attackTue Jun 06 2023 - 17:28
Breakup: A Reporter’s Marriage amid a Central African WarThere’s an argument as to how much of the personal a journalist should bring into their work, if any at all. Is any story ever about them?Sat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
A graphic novelist in Egypt: ‘I’m very open with sharing my journey’Deena Mohamed, who came to prominence with a viral web comic featuring a hijab-wearing superhero, says there is a passion for comics in Arab-speaking countriesWed May 31 2023 - 19:04
How did a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy end up in Galway?An artist hopes to return a mummy - given to UCC in 1928 - from Ireland to Egypt with the support of the Department of Foreign AffairsSun May 28 2023 - 05:00
‘Our country has been through a lot’: Drama series shines a light on SomaliaFirst episode of TV show about young people in Mogadishu tops 1.9 million viewsSat May 27 2023 - 11:00
Locals mourn loss of Sierra Leone’s famous cotton tree, symbol of ‘liberty’The tree, hundreds of years old and said to be where early settlers gave thanks, was destroyed in stormFri May 26 2023 - 17:09
Somalia: More than 1m people displaced since beginning of 2023Drought, floods and conflict have created ‘one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises’Thu May 25 2023 - 19:00
What can other countries learn from Sierra Leone’s sexual violence state of emergency?A state of emergency was declared four years ago and had some success, but those on the front line say more support and funding is neededSun May 21 2023 - 06:00
Darfur in need of urgent humanitarian assistance amid Sudan conflict, says human rights monitorRegion in south and southwest of country has been site of recurrent violence since 2003Sun May 14 2023 - 19:14
Sudan’s fighting sides agree to protect civilians but conflict continues Civilians trapped in Khartoum, as well as hundreds of thousands who have fled their homes, face serious food and water shortages, Red Cross warnsFri May 12 2023 - 16:41
‘I feel betrayed’: How Sudan’s pro-democracy movement lost its hope and found new unity‘What the international community needs to do, and it will never do, is listen to the Sudanese people’Sat May 06 2023 - 05:00
Sudan conflict: 100,000 flee across borders as fighting continues despite ceasefireCountry’s impoverished neighbours deal with refugee crunch while violence hampers aid deliveries from port to capital KhartoumTue May 02 2023 - 15:24
Trapped in Sudan: Sudanese staff of European embassies question why they are not being evacuated'Working for embassies is not the safest … and now this war is bringing back all [the] Islamists and their loyalists’Sat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Trapped in Sudan: ‘There is no place that I know to go’Many people caught up by the fighting are refugees who fled to Khartoum to escape war or dictatorshipsThu Apr 27 2023 - 19:37
Trapped in Sudan: ‘The building was constantly shaking because of the bombing nearby’Sudanese filmmaker Ahmad Mahmoud had hoped to be in Europe but has been caught up in the conflict in KhartoumWed Apr 26 2023 - 05:00
Sudan: As embassies evacuate staff, those left behind search for optionsMore than 400 people have been killed since fighting began on April 15thTue Apr 25 2023 - 05:00
‘Nobody’s talking about it’: Researchers seek to highlight scale of Ethiopia’s deadly conflictBelgian university research group puts possible civilian casualties from two-year war in Tigray as high as 813,418Sun Apr 23 2023 - 18:21
Sudan fighting has claimed at least 413 lives, says WHOCivilians and medical workers call for humanitarian corridors to be openedFri Apr 21 2023 - 13:29
Irish EU ambassador to Sudan in ‘good shape’ as fighting continuesClashes continue despite ceasefire agreement with more than 140 civilians killed in totalTue Apr 18 2023 - 18:45
Death toll from Sudan violence approaches 100 Heavy explosions and continued gunfire are reported overnight in capital KhartoumMon Apr 17 2023 - 15:03
Tiwai islanders opening new routes to prosperity in Sierra LeoneThe island’s restoration as a nature reserve and research base may bring another benefit to local communities: the return of tourismSun Apr 09 2023 - 16:17
Sierra Leone: One of the most dangerous countries in the world in which to give birthAccording to the UN, one in 20 Sierra Leonean women will die as a result of pregnancy or childbirthTue Apr 04 2023 - 05:06
Film-makers hope to break culture of silence around FGMCreators of Koromousso: Big Sister seek to raise awareness of women living with consequences of female genital mutilation in western countriesTue Mar 28 2023 - 17:18
LGBT+ people scrambling to find ways out of Uganda before anti-homosexuality Bill signed into lawNew Bill will not only prohibit homosexuality but also its ‘promotion’Mon Mar 27 2023 - 19:08
Poverty, by America: It’s extremely expensive to be poor in the USPulitzer Prize winner Matthew Desmond diagnoses a ‘trend towards private opulence and public squalor’Sun Mar 26 2023 - 04:09
To survive, a woman searches through sand for peanuts farmers missed when harvestingMore than 200,000 Nigerians have taken refuge in Niger as thousands in west Africa experience catastrophic food insecuritySat Mar 25 2023 - 05:00
A migrant’s journey, 26 years on: ‘It’s sad to see the situations are the same’Documentary maker Ike Nnaebue, who retraced his attempted journey to Europe a quarter of a century ago, explains why migration is as old as humanityThu Mar 23 2023 - 12:06
Calls for Ugandan president to veto anti-homosexuality BillAll but two of the country’s 389 legislators voted for the BillWed Mar 22 2023 - 19:58
More than 40,000 estimated to have died last year as result of Somalia droughtHorn of Africa country faces sixth consecutive failed rainy season, said to be related to climate changeMon Mar 20 2023 - 18:21
