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
As Blinken visits Niger, daily struggles are laid bare in city marketUS secretary of state’s visit comes at a time when country is facing a humanitarian crisisThu Mar 16 2023 - 17:43
Unemployment driving young Africans into extremist militant groups, says the UNRural Niger offers young men no way to make a living, forcing huge numbers to emigrate and others to turn to crimeSun Mar 12 2023 - 16:00
‘You see tragedy but you also see everyday life’: How photography can change perceptions of northeast NigeriaBorno State’s ‘first’ female photographer wants to alter international perceptions of the regionThu Mar 09 2023 - 19:00
World Bank to pause discussions with Tunisia following president’s remarks on Black AfricansPresident Kais Saied claims arrival of sub-Saharan Africans is plot aimed at changing country’s demograhicsTue Mar 07 2023 - 16:50
Young Nigerians crave change but new president inspires little optimismWhile seeking reassurances about the legitimacy of Bola Tinubu’s election victory, young people want solutions to the problems blighting their hopesFri Mar 03 2023 - 18:23
Nigeria’s missing children: ‘Nobody is trying to find my parents’In northern Nigeria, when danger strikes, people scatter. In the chaos of an attack – which may include threats, sexual violence and slaughter – everyone runs for their livesTue Feb 28 2023 - 18:31
Tunisia: Black Africans go into hiding as president’s comments prompt arrests and violenceKais Saied said immigration from other African countries was part of a campaign to change Tunisia’s demographicsTue Feb 28 2023 - 18:11
Nigeria election: Bola Tinubu leads tightest race since end of military rule, but outcome hard to predictElectoral commission refutes allegations of lack of transparency levelled by main opposition partiesMon Feb 27 2023 - 20:28
Nigerian elections: Results awaited after voting marred by shots and money seizures Country changed its currency in what is believed to be an attempt to stop politicians from stockpiling notes to buy votesSun Feb 26 2023 - 19:34
How many more deaths must there be on migration routes for Europeans to pay attention?Smugglers and traffickers stay in business because of the lack of legal and safe routes for those seeking refuge from their home countriesSun Feb 26 2023 - 19:00
The trauma of Asia’s refugees explored in a novel and two nonfiction titles I Feel No Peace: Rohingya Fleeing Over Seas & Rivers by Kaamil Ahmed, Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin, and Freedom, Only Freedom: The Prison Writings of Behrouz BoochaniSat Feb 25 2023 - 05:00
Nigerian elections: Tens of millions of voters expected to turn out for polls Africa’s biggest economy has average life expectancy of 53 and is beset with poverty, debt and regional Islamic insurgencyFri Feb 24 2023 - 19:25
Climate change exacerbates malnutrition in one of the world’s poorest countriesFamilies in Niger depend on farming but if the harvest season is bad due to drought or flash floods occur the consequences are substantialFri Feb 17 2023 - 16:23
Arrested M62 leader wants French military forces to leave NigerAbdoulaye Seydou detained by authorities after giving interviewThu Feb 16 2023 - 17:11
Uganda orders withdrawal of UN human rights officeHuman Rights Watch calls for a reversal of the decision as concerns remain over the repression of vulnerable peopleWed Feb 15 2023 - 18:17
Modernity is slow to come to Niger, one of the poorest countries in the worldNiger Letter: Many citizens of the west African nation of about 26 million people struggle to tell me what they love about itTue Feb 14 2023 - 04:15
The slow, strenuous task of stamping out child marriage in AfricaNiger has the world’s highest rate of child marriage but, thanks to the efforts of local activists and NGOs, things are beginning to changeWed Feb 08 2023 - 16:29
Nigerian refugees reduced to onlookers as election approachesBanditry, criminality and murder force many Nigerians to flee to Niger where as a diaspora they lose their voteMon Feb 06 2023 - 14:00
And Then What? by Catherine Ashton: The curious world of EU diplomacy during ‘one of the most turbulent times’Among nuggets are Putin’s penchant for ‘controlling the time’ - but murky aspects of EU policy go uninterrogatedSat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
Sally Hayden: Most global migrants move legally for work, but climate change could alter thatTemperature rises could force billions of people to move countries in the coming years: analysts say migration policies must evolve to reflect thatSat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
West African fishermen in fight for better conditionsThe existing international conventions are not working and the fishers are turning to the state for supportFri Feb 03 2023 - 18:00
Pope says Mass for one million in KinshashaPontiff calls for peace in Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has experienced decades of conflictWed Feb 01 2023 - 16:45
Pope begins three-day visit to DRC before travelling on to South SudanFrancis is the first pope to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo in nearly 40 yearsTue Jan 31 2023 - 20:10
President questions future of national borders to block migration amid climate threat ‘We can’t look at those drowned in the sea… without realising that something has gone desperately wrong,’ Michael D Higgins saysSat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Michael D Higgins: ‘How many atrocities are ignored because of trade relationships? Trade should not be defeating human rights’The President on migration, the Irish housing crisis and how he has his role ‘quite worked out’Sat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
President says global food production model ‘fundamentally flawed’Higgins speaks at opening of major food security conference in SenegalWed Jan 25 2023 - 16:38
Ireland must welcome people fleeing persecution ‘without distinction’, says President Higgins President calls for sympathy for refugees and modern-day slaves on visit to SenegalTue Jan 24 2023 - 19:30
President to make address on food security during official Senegal tripMichael D Higgins meets Senegal’s President Macky Sall at presidential palace in Dakar during visitTue Jan 24 2023 - 18:23
Uganda’s Ebola outbreak declared over after four monthsOutbreak had initially raised particular concern as it was the ‘Sudan strain’ for which there are no approved vaccinations or therapeuticsWed Jan 11 2023 - 19:22
Somalia’s first climate change minister: ‘Our future is not in our hands, as the climate change is caused outside our borders’Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi explains to Sally Hayden that international action is needed to tackle droughts afflicting millions in vulnerable countries such as Somalia, and how Mary Robinson could helpTue Jan 10 2023 - 16:00
Somalia’s fight against Al Shabaab, the group who must not be namedThe Islamic militants were pushed out of Mogadishu in 2011, but attacks continueMon Jan 09 2023 - 13:01
‘World’s most wanted human trafficker’ arrested in SudanEritrean subject of two Interpol red notices caught in a ‘international police operation’ led by United Arab EmiratesThu Jan 05 2023 - 19:52
Drought will affect Somali children ‘for the rest of their lives’As Somalis suffer the country’s worst drought in 40 years, medical workers warn of the long-term physical damage malnutrition is doing to childrenTue Jan 03 2023 - 13:00
Hunger returns to Baidoa, Somalia’s ‘city of death’ Another failed rainy season and the threat of Islamic militants have brought back memories of the 1992 famineFri Dec 30 2022 - 09:30
How do you explain that, in a place where people are hungry, there is usually food?Millions of people in Somalia - and elsewhere - face starvation, even if their plight is not technically classed as famineSat Dec 24 2022 - 00:00
A famine that’s not a famine: ‘Children are waiting to die’Agencies say Somalia is ‘on the brink of famine’, but evidence suggests the extent of mass starvation is much worseFri Dec 23 2022 - 13:01
Displaced in Somalia: ‘Only cooking oil and flour is possible to buy ... it’s not enough but we have no choice’In Mogadishu, local resilience and charity are being tested by conflict and drought, which are forcing more people to the city.Tue Dec 20 2022 - 14:49
Sally Hayden: Women’s revolution in Iran is about freedom, not hijabsWest has been slow to acknowledge the depth and significance of what is happening in Iran, where the protesters are desperate to get their message outSat Dec 03 2022 - 00:00
Death in Sierra Leone: When protest turned to tragedy, the state offered money but no remorseCivilians say they were protesting against the cost of living. Authorities branded it an insurgency. At least 27 protesters and six police officers died. The protesters’ families have been offered money by the state, but no remorseFri Dec 02 2022 - 16:43
ICC called on to investigate EU politicians over alleged crimes against humanity in migration policiesEU foreign policy chief and Italy’s deputy prime minister among politicians and officials named by lawyers in submission to courtWed Nov 30 2022 - 19:10
Somalia’s suffering continues as 15 killed in hotel siegeAttack comes amid increased efforts by government to quell Islamist militant group Al ShabaabMon Nov 28 2022 - 18:17
Kidnapping becomes endemic in Nigeria’s northwestTensions between farmers and herders have escalated into a large and deadly conflictFri Nov 25 2022 - 18:09
‘World’s largest amateur rally’ ends with a welcome to Sierra LeoneAbout 600 participants drove 9,400km through five European and five African countries over 19 daysTue Nov 08 2022 - 20:18
Survivors of Freetown fuel tanker explosion ask for help on first anniversarySuffering of victims and their families continues amid sense that the world has moved onSun Nov 06 2022 - 15:59
Sally Hayden: EU adds Egypt to the list of countries it is paying to keep migrants outWorld View: These deals trap desperate men, women and children in cycles of abuse and exploitation as they try to reach a safe countrySat Nov 05 2022 - 01:05
Tigray conflict: Ethiopia and rebel forces agree truce Cessation of hostilities occurs on the second anniversary of devastating war in northern EthiopiaWed Nov 02 2022 - 21:36
Death toll in Somalia car bombings reaches at least 120Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the blasts, which took place outside the country’s education ministry on SaturdayTue Nov 01 2022 - 17:59
Women in Kenya make big strides in politics but still face many challengesThe August elections saw more women win seats, though the numbers are still low, and lack of campaign finance is a huge obstacleMon Oct 31 2022 - 16:00
What Have You Left Behind by Bushra al-Maqtari: The slaughter in Yemen, harrowingly chronicledSally Hayden on a collection of personal testimonies that chart the war in Yemen as the ‘civilised’ world turns its face awayWed Oct 26 2022 - 04:24
