Europe doesn’t care about black lives, activists say, as hundreds abandoned at seaUnited Nations agencies call for a safe port to be granted to rescue shipsMon Aug 31 2020 - 18:43
Museveni deploys day of prayer in fight against coronavirusUganda’s president harnesses faith of predominantly Christian country as cases riseSun Aug 30 2020 - 15:50
Search for Africa’s 44,000 ‘disappeared’ complicated by pandemicRed Cross warns that once-common strategies to reunite families no longer possibleWed Aug 26 2020 - 18:20
Seven men and boys reportedly killed by Angolan forces implementing Covid rulesAmnesty says there are criminal investigations into the deaths, and those responsible must be brought to justiceTue Aug 25 2020 - 00:01
UN urges African countries to reopen schools as ‘safe haven’Children at risk of violence, sexual abuse and poor nutrition without return to educationFri Aug 21 2020 - 19:42
Why are we forcing refugees to risk their lives crossing Channel?Hope-fuelled treks from horror to reach UK show how security blocks off optionsFri Aug 21 2020 - 01:44
‘They will not open the airports’: Covid-19’s heavy toll on Ugandan tourismLack of foreign visitors has facilitated increase in poaching and loss of revenueThu Aug 20 2020 - 19:00
US sanctions Ugandan judges over international adoption scamTwo judges and a lawyer accused of helping trick parents into giving away their childrenTue Aug 18 2020 - 19:40
Hundreds of children returned to Libya from Mediterranean in 2020Dire condition of Libyan migrant detention centres condemned by human rights groupsFri Aug 14 2020 - 17:45
Namibia rejects €10m from Germany as apology for genocideOfficials from both sides have participated in eight rounds of talks on this issue since 2015Wed Aug 12 2020 - 18:20
Kenya begins corruption investigation into profiting off Covid-19Anti-corruption campaigners in Africa say tenders given out in crisis have less oversightFri Aug 07 2020 - 18:31
Sudanese refugees protest in Niger desert campEU spending hundreds of millions in countries such as Niger to stop flow of migrantsThu Aug 06 2020 - 19:20
Coronavirus: Africa to hit a million cases amid testing concernsIn some countries experts are worried that big outbreaks may be ongoing but unreportedWed Aug 05 2020 - 19:24
Maternity death rates rise as Africa struggles with Covid-19Scarce resources, anaesthetic costs and poor infrastructure hit pregnant women badlySun Aug 02 2020 - 14:50
Calls for inquiry after migrants captured by Libyan coast guard shot deadEU, which has spent close to €100m on coast guard, says use of violence ‘unacceptable’Wed Jul 29 2020 - 20:29
Lockdown effort to curb drinking in Uganda has mixed resultsShuttered bars serve alcohol despite Museveni curfew and ban on ‘merry-making’Tue Jul 28 2020 - 17:08
Africa’s early actions helping it cope with coronavirusThe continent’s history of dealing with outbreaks prepared it for Covid-19Tue Jul 28 2020 - 06:01
Ugandan president will ‘crush’ protesters ahead of electionMuseveni to keep borders shut as Covid-19 curfew and a food shortage hit people hardThu Jul 23 2020 - 16:38
Body floating for weeks in Mediterranean highlights ongoing drownings‘The last bit of dignity that the EU had left has drowned with these people’Sat Jul 18 2020 - 03:00
Coronavirus sparks fears of malaria death spike in AfricaMalaria fatalities may double due to Covid-19 causing drug shortage and patient warinessThu Jul 16 2020 - 16:04
Internet provides vital connection for Africa’s LGBT communitiesWith many facing persecution and imprisonment, online Pride events are a safe havenWed Jul 15 2020 - 19:55
Sudan legalises alcohol for non-Muslims for first time in 40 yearsSovereign council introduces new laws allowing women to travel aloneMon Jul 13 2020 - 18:54
Child labour increasing in lockdown Uganda while schools are closedFears of exploitation of children in mining and prostitution amid Covid-19 economicsThu Jul 09 2020 - 16:46
Coronavirus in Africa: Authoritarianism on rise in crisis, say activistsAs continent’s cases exceed half million, opposition leaders decry ‘war on democracy’Wed Jul 08 2020 - 19:16
Ghana offering African Americans the chance to move to AfricaGhanaian politicians to renew their call-outs to people of African descent to ‘come home’Mon Jul 06 2020 - 18:48
There is nowhere I’d rather wait out coronavirus than UgandaUganda Letter: Charity messaging and news reports give false image of vibrant regionSun Jul 05 2020 - 19:00
Number of coronavirus cases in Africa passes 400,000There are concerns about capacities of health systems in many African countriesWed Jul 01 2020 - 18:31
Ebola outbreak declared over in DRC but questions of corruption remainAid response dogged by allegations of embezzlement, fraud and sexual exploitationFri Jun 26 2020 - 18:04
Black Lives Matter puts focus on skin bleaching in Africa and AsiaDespite numerous attempts to regulate skin-lightening products, demand persistsTue Jun 23 2020 - 18:08
Refugees living in limbo as pandemic halted resettlement effortsUNHCR report finds 79.5m people – or one in 97 – on planet have been forcibly displacedThu Jun 18 2020 - 18:59
Coronavirus: Uganda’s street children bear brunt of pandemicLockdowns reveal how world’s most vulnerable live – including millions of childrenWed Jun 17 2020 - 20:00
Sex workers’ prices plummet as coronavirus leaves them without protectionPandemic has increased sex workers’ risk of assault and HIV transmission, charities sayMon Jun 15 2020 - 20:00
Thousands seek to remove colonialists’ names from Uganda’s streetsPetition calls for use of domestic heroes in nomenclature rather than British overlordsThu Jun 11 2020 - 20:00
Africa’s coronavirus cases top 200,000South Africa is the most affected country, with more than 52,000 confirmed casesWed Jun 10 2020 - 17:18
Africans wrestle with implications of Black Lives Matter protestsDemonstrations across continent prompt renewed focus on police violence and colourismTue Jun 09 2020 - 20:00
Migrant workers in Lebanon being abandoned at embassy gatesSome domestic workers are left outside embassies without passport, belongings or payFri Jun 05 2020 - 17:37
Activist crosses Uganda on a motorbike to deliver suncream to people with albinismTransport ban due to coronavirus has stopped people with albinism getting suncreamTue Jun 02 2020 - 16:02
Weakened by civil war, South Sudanese surrender to coronavirusBorder with Uganda closed as even leaders of world’s newest country test positive for Covid-19Sat May 30 2020 - 05:01
At least 10,000 died in military detention in Nigeria – reportAmnesty International publishes study into detainees during Boko Haram insurgencyWed May 27 2020 - 17:42
Migrant (39) who failed to reach Europe dies in Libyan detention centreA growing list of refugees and migrants have died after being forced back to LibyaMon May 25 2020 - 20:39
In Uganda, radio brings together couples separated by coronavirusStation in Gulu city is dedicating segments of show to connect people affected by travel banWed May 20 2020 - 17:32
Activists protest at coronavirus-related ‘hunger pandemic’ in UgandaMuseveni lockdown warned against unauthorised food distribution and crowdsMon May 18 2020 - 18:20
Sudanese avoid hospital as coronavirus cases surgePandemic a major challenge in a country still dealing with recent political upheavalSun May 17 2020 - 17:25
Burundi expels World Health Organisation officials ahead of presidential electionsConcerns grow over potential clashes and spread of Covid-19 as country prepares to voteThu May 14 2020 - 18:08
WHO sceptical as coronavirus ‘cure’ distributed in AfricaUntested herbal ‘Covid Organics’ drink promoted by Madagascar’s presidentMon May 11 2020 - 18:55
More than 270 dead as east Africa hit by severe floodingRwanda hard hit by ‘worst in months’ rains that have caused ‘a number of disasters’Fri May 08 2020 - 17:01
Coronavirus: Some African countries may be under-reporting casesWHO says one-third of countries on continent have successfully contained Covid-19Thu May 07 2020 - 20:21
Coronavirus: ‘You can risk your life as long you are doing the right thing’Distributing food to Uganda’s hungry can get you tortured and arrestedWed May 06 2020 - 01:00
Sally Hayden: The stories that will never be toldThe economic shock associated with Covid-19 has hit hard an industry already in difficultySun May 03 2020 - 11:21
Libyan militia declares Ramadan ceasefire to tackle coronavirusLibyan National Army says it has stopped fighting in response to international appealsThu Apr 30 2020 - 19:05
