Notorious human trafficker extradited to Netherlands from EthiopiaTewelde Goitom is known for carrying out horrific abuses against African refugees and migrants in LibyaFri Oct 07 2022 - 16:08
Uganda armed forces leader threatens to invade KenyaMuhoozi Kainerugaba backtracks following conversation with his father, president Yoweri MuseveniTue Oct 04 2022 - 19:02
Burkino Faso reels from country’s second coup this yearCapt Ibrahim Traoré took military control on Friday, ousting Leiut Col Paul-Henri DamibaMon Oct 03 2022 - 19:56
‘African authors prefer African festivals’: Kenyan literature festival returns‘We wanted to create this platform through literature to give people an opportunity to speak, to dream’, says co-founderFri Sept 30 2022 - 20:55
At least six people have died in Uganda’s latest Ebola outbreakAnother 18 deaths are suspected to have been caused by the diseaseThu Sept 29 2022 - 18:36
Will impoverished countries’ adoption of bitcoin create ‘level playing field’?Central African Republic and El Salvador have made bitcoin official legal tender despite many of their citizens not having internet access or even bank accountsFri Sept 23 2022 - 05:00
Death of Queen Elizabeth reignites debate on legacy of empire in Africa‘For Kenyans and Africans in general we are victims of colonisation, and sometimes we don’t realise’Fri Sept 16 2022 - 20:01
Uganda festival to go ahead despite ‘moral’ concerns of politicians Nyege Nyege festival will attract 10,000 people from across the worldThu Sept 15 2022 - 15:13
Call for Sudanese authorities to prioritise school systemOne third of school-aged children are not accessing education, according to Unicef and Save the ChildrenWed Sept 14 2022 - 18:54
William Ruto inaugurated as Kenya’s fifth presidentPetition by defeated candidate Raila Odinga to have the presidential vote rerun was dismissed last weekTue Sept 13 2022 - 19:08
Nomad Century, How to Survive the Climate Upheaval: facing up to radical changeGaia Vince’s proposals are at times over-optimistic but her views are refreshing in a world of Don’t Look Up-style denialSun Sept 11 2022 - 04:57
Sally Hayden: Remembering the 100,000 who have disappeared in Syria’s 11 years of warWorld View: It’s almost a decade since Fadwa Mahmoud’s husband and son were seized outside Damascus airport. She still doesn’t know what happened to themSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Zambia will hold its first ‘feminist festival’ on SaturdayEvent organiser, the Sistah Sistah Foundation, says it aims to create an alternative to marches or conferencesFri Sept 09 2022 - 15:38
UNHCR envoy criticised over remarks about parents of migrantsVincent Cochetel suggested grieving parents should be symbolically prosecuted for funding journeys across MediterraneanWed Sept 07 2022 - 19:17
Kenya court upholds presidential election resultWilliam Ruto to be sworn in as Raila Odinga loses petitionMon Sept 05 2022 - 17:56
‘Last minute of the last hour’ to save lives in SomaliaUN in urgent call for aid as millions go hungry in drought related to climate changeMon Sept 05 2022 - 16:05
‘They are starving people, getting money from our pockets’: In Kenya, bribes are a daily necessity Corruption extends from top to bottom in a society where the richest 0.1% own more than the remaining 99.9%Sun Sept 04 2022 - 14:00
Number of refugees and migrants sent back to Libya under EU policy exceeds 100,000At least 19,811 people have drowned or disappeared in the central Mediterranean Sea since 2014Thu Sept 01 2022 - 17:51
The Last Colony by Philippe Sands: British misdeeds and strong-arm tactics in a far-flung archipelagoA brief history of decolonisation and the injustices suffered in the process and aftermathThu Sept 01 2022 - 04:53
Kenya’s new president William Ruto says he will engage with legal challenges but wants to move country forwardPresident-elect’s opponent Raila Odinga plans to pursue ‘all constitutional and legal options’ to challenge the result of electionWed Aug 17 2022 - 19:19
Kenyans worry about economic impact as Raila Odinga rejects election resultsOpposition leader vows to pursue ‘all constitutional and legal options’ to challenge outcomeTue Aug 16 2022 - 10:25
Kenya election: William Ruto declared president amid chaotic scenesAngry supporters of opposition candidate Raila Odinga gather outside national tallying centre amid claims of ‘irregularities’Mon Aug 15 2022 - 19:41
‘The country is extremely anxious’: Kenyans urged to keep calm as they await election result Political actors on both sides are criticised for attempting to call the result earlySun Aug 14 2022 - 15:41
World hunger is not an inevitability. It’s politics It is important not to forget that behind every person starving there are also a series of political decisions or failuresSat Aug 13 2022 - 06:15
One million displaced by Somalia drought, say aid agenciesMilestone serves as alarming development for beleaguered country ‘haunted by starvation’Fri Aug 12 2022 - 18:01
Ugandan agitator Bobi Wine: ‘I am slowly losing the moral authority to hold back the proponents of violence’Democracy advocate who ran for his country’s presidency in 2021 deplores developed countries’ ‘hypocrisy’Fri Aug 12 2022 - 17:54
Curfew in place in Sierra Leone after protests turn violent, leaving several people deadSix police officers and unknown number of civilians killed as country’s president calls for calmThu Aug 11 2022 - 18:30
Kenyans anxiously wait at home as tensions rise during close-run presidential electionVoter turnout down as many young Kenyans say they are disillusioned with youth unemployment, soaring costs and endemic corruptionWed Aug 10 2022 - 19:38
Modest turnout by voters in Kenya’s ‘hustlers versus dynasties’ electionSelf-proclaimed “hustler” William Ruto bidding for power in Kenya's presidential electionTue Aug 09 2022 - 19:02
Roots Party candidate enlivens Kenyan presidential election Kenyan presidential candidate advocates the legalisation and exportation of marijuana to combat the nation’s rising public debtMon Aug 08 2022 - 20:00
Kenyan online book shop a go-to destination for ‘controversial’ prints on backgrounds of presidential election candidatesNairobi Letter: Nuria promotes lists of relevant books through social media, including those that other shops refuse to stockMon Aug 08 2022 - 18:23
Churchgoers in Kenya pray for peaceful elections as campaigning endsFears of violence rise up again as deputy president William Ruto faces off against longtime opponent Raila OdingaSun Aug 07 2022 - 18:22
Kenya’s ‘hustlers versus dynasties’ election sees young people left outKenyan youth are increasingly fed up with a political system they see as marred by endemic corruptionFri Aug 05 2022 - 19:13
Protests against UN peacekeepers in DRC claim at least 15 livesDemonstrators say Monusco mission has failed, despite costing more than €1bn each yearWed Jul 27 2022 - 18:30
In Ghana, women are leading a feminist revolutionActivist, feminist and media personality Nana Akosua Hanson is changing how women are treated in the west African coastal country of 32 millionMon Jul 25 2022 - 12:00
Guillaume Blanc’s The Invention of Green Colonialism: Putting parks before the poorSally Hayden reviews Blanc and Olivier Remaud’s Thinking Like an IcebergSun Jul 24 2022 - 04:50
Cost of living soars across Africa, with leaders blaming Ukraine and Covid-19Nigerian bread makers strike over the price of wheat as transport workers protest over fuel prices in Sierra LeoneFri Jul 22 2022 - 15:00
Contacts of victims of Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana doing well, says WHOTwo men died from Ebola-like virus last month in African country’s first ever outbreak of diseaseTue Jul 19 2022 - 18:32
Ghana’s shoestring film industry struggles in a post-Covid, post-DVD worldNo time or money for second takes in a fast-moving work culture where an entire film can be completed in five daysMon Jul 18 2022 - 13:00
Mo Farah’s story of trafficking shows he is the exception that proves the ruleThe Home Office will not take action against the British Olympic champion, but its policy on victims of modern slavery remains hostileSat Jul 16 2022 - 00:00
When the Music’s Over: unflattering account of western aid effortsWhen the Music's Over by Gareth OwensFri Jul 08 2022 - 05:53
World Kiswahili day celebrated as the language spreads across AfricaKiswahili, which is also known as Swahili, encompasses more than a dozen main dialects, with around 200m speakers across the worldThu Jul 07 2022 - 16:20
Nearly 100,000 migrants forcibly returned to Libya since 2017, says MSFInternational Organisation for Migration says more than 24,000 people have drowned or disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea since 2014Tue Jul 05 2022 - 17:55
Calls for investigation after deadly crackdown on Sudanese protestsInternet shut down for 20 hours during demonstrations when tens of thousands took to the streetsMon Jul 04 2022 - 18:44
Back to his roots: Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba’s tooth comes homeTooth belonging to DRC’s first prime minister, assassinated in 1961, buried in ceremony to mark 62nd anniversary of independenceThu Jun 30 2022 - 21:15
Spain says it will co-operate with investigations into migrant deaths at Morocco borderSpanish PM initially praised Moroccan police — who have been accused of using excessive force — in the aftermath of the deathsWed Jun 29 2022 - 18:51
Calls for investigation after up to 37 die trying to cross Morocco-Spain borderNGOs accuse Moroccan security forces of using indiscriminate forceMon Jun 27 2022 - 18:55
MSF urges more routes to evacuate refugees from LibyaSchemes could include humanitarian corridors and private or community sponsorship, medical charity saysThu Jun 23 2022 - 17:35
Relief Chief: A Manifesto for Saving Lives in Dire Times A thought-provoking read on how a massive amount of humanitarian aid is spentSat Jun 18 2022 - 06:07
Why is it that the Irish public don’t care about the African refugee crisis? Ukrainians are given immediate rights to stay and work in Ireland but Africans fleeing from untold horrors must wait in lineSat Jun 18 2022 - 01:00
