Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, one of Somalia’s greatest poets, dies aged 79
Somali social media has been flooded with tributes to the man better known as ‘Hadraawi’ Messages of condolences continue to pour in from around the...
Category : Global development
Leading grain traders ‘sourcing soy beans from Brazilian farm linked to abuse’
Bunge and Cargill, behind more than 30% of soy exports to EU and UK, accused of exposing suppliers to link with indigenous rights violations Two...
Tigray: almost one in three children under five malnourished, UN says
Urgent action needed to avert further disaster in war-torn country as funding ‘fast running out’ Nearly one in three children under five in the Ethiopian...
Hunger in Tigray pushing women and girls into sex work
People in Ethiopian region turn to desperate measures after authorities stop 6 million people accessing their own money Hunger in the besieged region of Tigray...
Sudan’s new community squad sparks fears of a return to ‘morality policing’
Fears the unit will enforce public order laws limiting women’s rights and freedoms amid crackdown since military coup Human rights campaigners in Sudan fear the...
‘It’s an illusion of choice’: why young Kenyans are boycotting the election
As presidential elections approach, engagement appears low among under-35s – but some see staying away from the polls as a form of protest A growing...
Death toll reaches 36 in eastern DRC as protesters turn on UN peacekeepers
With elections due next year, analysts fear political motives could be driving the rising violence and tensions in the region Fears of a new wave...
South African police arrest more than 120 after gang-rape of eight women
Dozens of zama-zamas – illegal miners from other countries – now being held in crime crackdown following music video shoot attack Dozens of men detained...
At least 24 people dead as flash flooding hits eastern Uganda
More than 5,600 displaced and 400,000 left without clean water after heavy rain causes two rivers to burst banks At least 24 people have died...
Eritrean refugees say they are being arbitrarily detained in Ethiopian camps
Tigrinya speakers say they face beatings, detention and privation, and blame UN for ‘abandoning’ them, despite right to be in Ethiopia Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia...
