‘No one saw this level of devastation coming’: climate crisis worsens in Somalia
Torrential rain, coming on top of the country’s worst drought in four decades, has forced 250,000 people to leave their homes Jamal Ali Abdi has...
Month : May 2023
‘On every corner someone disappears’: the frantic search for Sudan’s missing
Since fighting erupted last month, dozens of people have vanished, but communities are organising to find and bring them home Kamal Ali Osman sent a...
Developing country voices ‘locked out of the room’ at UN plastic waste talks
Limits on NGO numbers at Paris summit mean some of those ‘most needing to be heard’ will not feature Scientists and NGOs have accused the...
Lesotho orders indefinite curfew after radio journalist is shot dead
Murder of Ralikonelo ‘Leqhashasha’ Joki prompts crackdown in southern African nation amid warnings of threat to media freedom Lesotho has imposed an indefinite nationwide curfew...
Injectable HIV-prevention drug to be made in South Africa for the first time
Indian drug company to make cheaper generic version of CAB-LA, potentially protecting millions of people in Africa from the virus An affordable version of a...
‘The city was underwater’: quarter of a million Somalis flee flooded homes
Climate crisis a key factor in flash flooding of Beledweyne as rains end drought and Shabelle River breaks its banks Floods have caused almost a...
European leaders urged to help Tunisians resist assault on democracy
International academics join effort to highlight crackdown on freedom after jailing of opposition leader, Rached Ghannouchi European powers must stand by pro-democracy Tunisians resisting a...
Airstrikes hit Khartoum as fighting between Sudanese factions intensifies
Rapid Support Forces claim to have captured 700 soldiers at base during new battles in and around capital Airstrikes and artillery fire shook much of...
Malawi’s Rastafarian children return to school after ban on dreadlocks is lifted
Schools told to honour court order as families seek compensation and training for pupils who missed education because of their hair About 1,200 Rastafarian children...
Tunisian journalist given five-year prison term in ‘attack on press freedom’
Union says increased sentence against Khalifa Guesmi under anti-terrorism law represents ‘dangerous authoritarian drift’ A Tunisian appeals court has sentenced a radio journalist to five...
