Sudan: scores of people killed in tribal clashes in Blue Nile state
Fighting between the Hausa and Birta ethnic groups broke out last week over the killing of a farmer The death toll from days of tribal...
Category : Africa
Kigali summit to outline strategy for nature conservation in Africa
First continent-wide meeting aims to set out plans to halt and reverse habitat and species loss in protected areas on land and sea African leaders...
‘I could have been a Mo Farah’: trafficked boxer denied his shot at Olympic glory by Home Office
Kelvin Bilal Fawaz reveals how Farah’s TV interview was a reminder of how his own boxing career was lost to life in immigration limbo A...
UN urged to move Cop27 from Egypt over ‘LGBTQ+ torture’
US adviser to the White House and partner call on UN to move climate crisis summit over fears they would be targeted A White House...
Country Queen: first Netflix series to be produced in Kenya hits the screen
Streaming company’s family drama marks shift from locally made ‘edutainment’ to shows that reflect complex realities of Kenyan life Kenya’s first homegrown Netflix series, the...
Ghana ‘fix the country’ activist says he was assaulted and illegally detained
Cambridge doctoral student Oliver Barker-Vormawor says ‘trauma is still there’ as he files lawsuit A prominent Ghanaian activist has accused authorities of subjecting him to...
Weatherwatch: ‘evil wind’ around African lake that can be deadly
Phenomenon at Lake Kivu happens when CO2 from volcanic activity leaks through cracks in the ground The Swahili word mazuku means roughly “evil wind” and...
Sudan woman faces death by stoning for adultery in first case for a decade
Campaigners say sentence amounts to torture amid fears that country’s new regime is rolling back women’s rights A woman in Sudan has been sentenced to...
Climate adaptation bill for African countries to dwarf health spending
Eleven nations least responsible for global heating must spend up to 22% of GDP on dealing with effects of it African countries that are the...
West must force private lenders to ease Africa’s crippling debt, say campaigners
Banks and traders have been ‘let off the hook’ by G7 despite being more to blame for the looming crisis than China Western governments should...
