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‘They are afraid and we are not afraid:’ A tour through some of Israel’s illegal West Bank settlements

‘They are afraid and we are not afraid:’ A tour through some of Israel’s illegal West Bank settlements

Israel is pressing ahead with plans to grow illegal settlements in the occupied territories even as it inflames tensions in the region

Sat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
Left bleeding for hours then strapped to an Israeli military vehicle. ‘Human shield’ Mujhed Abadi appeals for justice

Left bleeding for hours then strapped to an Israeli military vehicle. ‘Human shield’ Mujhed Abadi appeals for justice

IDF also accused of denying injured civilians urgent health treatment

Sun Jul 28 2024 - 06:00
Palestinian boxing fights on past occupation and war in Gaza

Palestinian boxing fights on past occupation and war in Gaza

Palestine’s first Olympic boxer Waseem Abu Sal set to represent his nation in Paris

Thu Jul 25 2024 - 09:49
‘We are all going to die.’ Refugees in Sudan appeal for safe passage as ‘foreigners’ ordered to leave Khartoum

‘We are all going to die.’ Refugees in Sudan appeal for safe passage as ‘foreigners’ ordered to leave Khartoum

Asylum seekers fleeing conflict in other countries say they are not granted safe passage and fear for their lives

Mon Jul 22 2024 - 07:10
‘We are resilient’: Ghana’s LGBT+ community celebrates Pride month amid repression

‘We are resilient’: Ghana’s LGBT+ community celebrates Pride month amid repression

Celebrations were ‘forced into hiding’ as outcome of legislation, which would put LGBT+ people at risk of imprisonment, remains unclear

Mon Jul 01 2024 - 18:12
Kenya: Security forces deployed in Nairobi as protesters mourn those killed  during demonstrations earlier in week

Kenya: Security forces deployed in Nairobi as protesters mourn those killed during demonstrations earlier in week

At least 23 people were killed and parliament was briefly stormed and set alight in demonstrations on Wednesday

Thu Jun 27 2024 - 20:20
Several killed and dozens injured during protest in Kenya over tax Bill

Several killed and dozens injured during protest in Kenya over tax Bill

Security forces targeted protesters who raided and set the parliament on fire

Tue Jun 25 2024 - 20:38
‘Living in Khartoum is a hell’: Food and water shortages leave civilians desperate as Sudan conflict rages on

‘Living in Khartoum is a hell’: Food and water shortages leave civilians desperate as Sudan conflict rages on

Aid has become a battleground in the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, with a third of the population facing acute food insecurity

Sun Jun 16 2024 - 11:00
The Juliet Club: ‘There was just something really lovely about the idea of reading people’s love stories’

The Juliet Club: ‘There was just something really lovely about the idea of reading people’s love stories’

The first ‘Juliet’s secretary’ is believed to have been Ettore Solimani, known as ‘the guardian of Juliet’s tomb’

Sat May 25 2024 - 06:00
‘Difficult choices’: The particular vulnerability of children with disabilities in South Sudan

‘Difficult choices’: The particular vulnerability of children with disabilities in South Sudan

Amid ‘the world’s invisible crisis’, children with disabilities, and the people who love them, face particularly severe challenges

Mon May 13 2024 - 05:00
I have reported in Rwanda three times. On my fourth attempt, I was not allowed on the plane

I have reported in Rwanda three times. On my fourth attempt, I was not allowed on the plane

My reporting and experience in Rwanda was used as evidence in the legal challenge against the UK Home Office’s Rwanda deportation plan

Sun Apr 21 2024 - 07:02
Sudan war marks one-year anniversary as donor conference held in Paris

Sudan war marks one-year anniversary as donor conference held in Paris

Urgent appeal for humanitarian aid as displacement crisis worsens

Mon Apr 15 2024 - 06:00
South Sudan’s severe economic crisis pushes citizens towards starvation

South Sudan’s severe economic crisis pushes citizens towards starvation

‘There are some people now who can spend three or four days with no food on their table’

Sun Apr 07 2024 - 06:00
UN: 'We are failing the people of Sudan'

UN: 'We are failing the people of Sudan'

In South Sudan a year-long civil war has caused the displacement of nine million people with five million people facing "catastrophic hunger."

Sat Apr 06 2024 - 08:33
Life as a refugee in South Sudan: ‘I’m looking for peace. I’m looking for a place my children can study’

Life as a refugee in South Sudan: ‘I’m looking for peace. I’m looking for a place my children can study’

With precious little help, people in South Sudan are fleeing a harrowing range of dangers - from war to hunger - in search of safe lives for themselves and their loved ones

Sat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
‘Climate champion’ fights to highlight South Sudan’s plight

‘Climate champion’ fights to highlight South Sudan’s plight

Naomi Momone (14) raises awareness for one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries

Thu Apr 04 2024 - 15:30
South Sudan’s refugee crisis: ‘We’re missing our country, our place, our Ramadan’

South Sudan’s refugee crisis: ‘We’re missing our country, our place, our Ramadan’

Sudan has become home to the world’s largest displacement crisis since the war started last year

Tue Apr 02 2024 - 05:00
Stark gap between potential and reality in South Sudan

Stark gap between potential and reality in South Sudan

Minister underlines the importance of Irish aid to beleaguered country

Thu Mar 21 2024 - 05:00
South Sudan shuts schools in face of extreme heat

South Sudan shuts schools in face of extreme heat

Temperatures exceed 40 degrees in country where climate change has ‘amplified’ impact

Mon Mar 18 2024 - 19:00
Seven years after liberation, Mosul in Iraq is bustling but struggles to move on from wounds of the past

Seven years after liberation, Mosul in Iraq is bustling but struggles to move on from wounds of the past

The economic fallout from the war with Islamic State is still felt in northern Iraq - and women are most likely to be affected

Fri Mar 08 2024 - 15:12
Bobi Wine documentary maker forced to flee Uganda

Bobi Wine documentary maker forced to flee Uganda

Bwayo said the issues portrayed in the film stretch far beyond his country, “It’s a big problem that we’re seeing a lot of countries heading towards totalitarian regimes”

Sun Nov 26 2023 - 18:42
Some People Need Killing and A Death in Malta: journalists shine a light on human rights abuses

Some People Need Killing and A Death in Malta: journalists shine a light on human rights abuses

Patricia Evangelista examines the Philippines drugs war while Paul Caruana Galizia tells the story of his mother’s decades-long fight against corruption in Malta

Wed Nov 01 2023 - 05:00
‘All deaths are hard but dying at sea is the worst’

‘All deaths are hard but dying at sea is the worst’

Demise of Senegal’s artisanal fishing industry has led to tragedy on west Africa’s migration routes to Europe

Wed Oct 25 2023 - 06:00
Sudan war overwhelming medical services, says MSF

Sudan war overwhelming medical services, says MSF

Administrative issues mean back-up medics and supplies cannot be brought to where they are most needed, medical charity says

Thu Oct 12 2023 - 20:25
Nobel Peace Prize winner to run in DRC presidential election

Nobel Peace Prize winner to run in DRC presidential election

Denis Mukwege looks to political role in conflict-torn and exploited Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tue Oct 03 2023 - 19:42
Lampedusa: ‘Saving lives is not an option. It is a legal obligation. It is a moral imperative’

Lampedusa: ‘Saving lives is not an option. It is a legal obligation. It is a moral imperative’

Ten years after the first of two terrible shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, a ceremony marks migrant deaths amid calls for international action to prevent further drownings and misery

Tue Oct 03 2023 - 17:23
Sally Hayden: Visa discrimination thwarts African journalists and weakens democracy

Sally Hayden: Visa discrimination thwarts African journalists and weakens democracy

African investigative journalists play a vital role in holding their politicians to account - they should be supported, not blocked and humiliated

Tue Oct 03 2023 - 06:02
Refugees in Tunisia: ‘We want to live with dignity like every human being’

Refugees in Tunisia: ‘We want to live with dignity like every human being’

A Sudanese refugee finds that so-called legal routes to safety can bring their own forms of psychological torture

Sun Sept 17 2023 - 16:00
Libya floods: 11,300 people dead as officials warn of long-lasting distress for survivors

Libya floods: 11,300 people dead as officials warn of long-lasting distress for survivors

Thousands of bodies buried amid fears that failing to do so could lead to the spread of disease

Fri Sept 15 2023 - 22:01
Libya floods: reconstruction will take years, survivors will be affected for a lifetime

Libya floods: reconstruction will take years, survivors will be affected for a lifetime

Desperate calls for more attention to be turned towards a country that has been in crisis for 12 years

Fri Sept 15 2023 - 18:26
Death toll in Libyan flooding disaster ‘could be as high as 20,000’

Death toll in Libyan flooding disaster ‘could be as high as 20,000’

Mayor of Derna fears city will be struck by an epidemic due to large number of bodies beneath the rubble and in the water

Fri Sept 15 2023 - 01:00
Libya floods: at least 5,300 people dead as thousands more missing

Libya floods: at least 5,300 people dead as thousands more missing

International aid begins to arrive as the UK announces an initial package worth up to €1.16m

Wed Sept 13 2023 - 22:10
Libya flooding: More than 2,000 people believed dead with 10,000 missing

Libya flooding: More than 2,000 people believed dead with 10,000 missing

Coastal city of Derna may be worst affected as two dams collapse leaving quarter of its territory ‘disappeared’

Wed Sept 13 2023 - 01:00
'There are armed children roaming the city – some of them as young as 10'

'There are armed children roaming the city – some of them as young as 10'

Ethiopian seeking refuge says people have died by ‘bullets, lack of medicine and starvation’

Wed Sept 06 2023 - 09:45
Graffiti artist finds her freedom in Tunisia’s streets

Graffiti artist finds her freedom in Tunisia’s streets

‘When I finish my art piece, it doesn’t belong to me any more. It belongs to the street and it belongs to the people’

Sat Sept 02 2023 - 12:45
‘I need a safe place’: Sudanese flee war and brave the sea towards Europe

‘I need a safe place’: Sudanese flee war and brave the sea towards Europe

Devastating conflict that began in Sudan in April has claimed thousands of lives and displaced four million people, more than one million of whom have left the country

Fri Aug 25 2023 - 14:00
Tunisia’s migrant crisis: ‘We would prefer to risk our life than to be killed like a fowl in our own country’

Tunisia’s migrant crisis: ‘We would prefer to risk our life than to be killed like a fowl in our own country’

The north African country, a hotspot on ‘the deadliest migration route in the world’, is a microcosm of a global problem

Sun Aug 20 2023 - 06:00
Survivors of the Adriana: ‘The captain lost the way ... That’s when we called for help’

Survivors of the Adriana: ‘The captain lost the way ... That’s when we called for help’

Testimony from survivors on a doomed migrant boat suggests hundreds of deaths may have been preventable

Sat Aug 05 2023 - 05:00
Doctors in Nigeria begin ‘total and indefinite strike’

Doctors in Nigeria begin ‘total and indefinite strike’

Resident doctors seek improved conditions and replacement of large number of medical staff who are leaving the country each week

Wed Jul 26 2023 - 19:08
Calls to protect Sudan’s rich and ancient heritage amid ongoing war

Calls to protect Sudan’s rich and ancient heritage amid ongoing war

Heritage protection initiative aims to develop network of contacts and volunteers dedicated to safeguarding of Sudan’s cultural heritage amid amid devastating war

Fri Jul 21 2023 - 16:02
‘People love kush more than food’: West Africa’s growing drug problem

‘People love kush more than food’: West Africa’s growing drug problem

Illegal synthetic drug offers some Sierra Leoneans an escape from the relentlessness of poverty in a country with limited resources to combat drug issue

Mon Jul 17 2023 - 17:00
At least 289 children have died or disappeared in the central Mediterranean this year, says Unicef

At least 289 children have died or disappeared in the central Mediterranean this year, says Unicef

UN agency calls for governments to better protect vulnerable children, including by providing safe and legal pathways for them to migrate, seek asylum and reunite with family members

Fri Jul 14 2023 - 16:01
Six killed in protests in Kenya over soaring cost of living

Six killed in protests in Kenya over soaring cost of living

Local media reported that some protesters had been shot dead by police

Thu Jul 13 2023 - 17:45
Hundreds missing off west Africa as charity calls for 24-hour rescue resources

Hundreds missing off west Africa as charity calls for 24-hour rescue resources

Three boats carrying hundreds of people between them are still missing along the ‘Atlantic’ migration route between west Africa and the Canary Islands

Wed Jul 12 2023 - 21:00
Hundreds of people may still be missing at sea near Canary Islands as coast guard says it has rescued 86

Hundreds of people may still be missing at sea near Canary Islands as coast guard says it has rescued 86

Most of the people in three boats that set off from Senegal remain unaccounted for

Mon Jul 10 2023 - 20:41
‘We have the energy’: Historic political wins for women in Sierra Leone hampered by election disputes

‘We have the energy’: Historic political wins for women in Sierra Leone hampered by election disputes

A rush of women candidates supported by new electoral laws face continuous challenges in their bid to hold office

Mon Jul 10 2023 - 19:46
Nine new African countries to be given malaria vaccines

Nine new African countries to be given malaria vaccines

Move is ‘critical step forward in the fight against one of the leading causes of death on the continent’ - WHO

Thu Jul 06 2023 - 18:33
Punch lines: comedian stands up for South Sudan

Punch lines: comedian stands up for South Sudan

Through comedy, Akau Jambo tells the story of being born in a refugee camp and his family’s efforts to move abroad

Wed Jul 05 2023 - 05:25
Doro: Refugee, Hero, Champion, Survivor: A deliverance, a rescue against the odds

Doro: Refugee, Hero, Champion, Survivor: A deliverance, a rescue against the odds

The story of Doro Ģoumãňęh’s migration is lyrical and descriptive, and sometimes repetitive, in the same way that the horrors he’s recounting are

Mon Jul 03 2023 - 04:02
Sierra Leone fact-checking group stresses need for more resources after election hit by fake news

Sierra Leone fact-checking group stresses need for more resources after election hit by fake news

Journalist says biggest platform where fake news spreads is WhatsApp followed by Facebook

Wed Jun 28 2023 - 18:36
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