‘Trail of war crimes’ left by DRC rebel group as recent attacks leave 300,000 displaced
After a year of murder, rape, disease and looting, aid workers ask the international community: ‘Where the hell have you been?’ More than 300,000 people...
Category : Global development
LGBTQ+ groups face crackdowns in Uganda as environment turns hostile
Activists fear a systematic ‘witch-hunt’ against sexual minorities by parliament, police and religious conservatives A dramatic surge in attacks on LGBTQ+ people in Uganda has...
Children face acute risk amid Malawi’s deadliest cholera outbreak
The disease, which has killed 1,500 people since last March, has been aggravated by heavy rains and an overburdened health system Malawi’s cholera outbreak is...
Kenya’s LGBTQ community wins bittersweet victory in battle for rights
Supreme court rules for freedom of association but landmark decision sparks backlash from government and churches The supreme court of Kenya has criticised the government...
Florence and her cubs give hope that west African lion can come roaring back
National park in Senegal shows off three surprise new recruits in fight to save critically endangered species from extinction A lioness in one of the...
Uganda MPs revive hardline anti-LGBTQ bill, calling homosexuality a ‘cancer’
In a country where gay sex is already punishable by life in prison, campaigners have condemned proposed new law as ‘demonisation’ MPs in Uganda have...
Tunisia’s president calls for halt to sub-Saharan immigration amid crackdown on opposition
Kais Saied claims migrants are part of campaign to make country ‘purely African’ in move critics say is to distract from economic crisis Tunisia’s president,...
Tens of thousands of refugees flee from Somaliland clashes
Somalis arrive in Ethiopia from disputed town of Las Anod, where at least 82 people have died in fighting More than 60,000 Somali refugees have...
Kenyan senator targeted by online threats after period poverty protest
Gloria Orwoba attended a senate meeting in a suit stained with red dye as part of her campaign for free access to menstrual products A...
Big pharma must value African lives above profits, warns head of UNAids
‘Racist’ inequalities leave sub-Saharan region bearing burden of more that half world’s new HIV infections, says Winnie Byanyima The head of UNAids, Winnie Byanyima, has...
