May 15, 2023
Malawi: Hippo Capsizes Canoe, Leaving 1 Person Dead, More Than 20 Missing
A one-year-old boy is dead and more than 20 people are missing in southern Malawi after a canoe carrying 37 people flipped when it was hit by a charging hippopotamus. Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Journalist Melkamsew Puts Women At Show's Heart
Ethiopian journalist Melkamsew Solomon broadcasts a weekly radio program, Yimechish, which focuses on rural women in Ethiopia. Read more »
May 13, 2023
Ghana: Cocoa Farmers Suffer Falling Incomes as Chocolate Makers Reap Profits - Oxfam
The world's biggest chocolate producers are enjoying large profits while failing to pass on the benefits to cocoa farmers, many of whom are suffering falling incomes and worsening… Read more »
Somalia: Official Says 44 Militants Killed in Military Operation
Somalia's army says it has killed 44 al-Shabab militants in the latest offensive against the group in the Lower Shabelle region. Read more »
May 12, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Nearly 50 People Sexually Assaulted Per Day in North Kivu Province - MSF
Doctors Without Borders, also known by the French acronym MSF, is sounding the alarm this week as it treats an unusually high number of sexual assault victims in the Democratic… Read more »
South Africa: Common Currency On Agenda for BRICS Summit
The creation of a BRICS currency will be one of the main topics up for discussion when the group of five emerging nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- meet in… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Rolls Out Nationwide Typhoid Vaccination Campaign
Malawi has launched a nationwide rollout of the newest typhoid vaccine for children under 15. Read more »
East Africa: Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia Launch Project to Reopen Borders
A new project aims to reopen the official border crossings between Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, which have been partially or fully closed in recent years due to security issues. Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's Hope for Debt Relief Under Threat, Experts Warn
A renewed political dispute between the federal government of Somalia and the Puntland federal member state, and a failure of the fragile reforms to boost revenue collection and… Read more »
South Africa: Govt Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Russia Weapons Row
A war of words is brewing between the U.S. and South Africa after the U.S. ambassador to the country said he would "bet his life" on U.S. intelligence that South African weapons… Read more »
May 11, 2023
Sudan: Warring Sides Sign Commitment to Secure Humanitarian Aid, Protect Civilians
Sudan's warring parties signed a commitment late Thursday on guidelines for allowing humanitarian assistance, U.S. officials said. Read more »
Sudan: UN Calls for Effort to Push Sudan's Warring Sides Toward Resolution
United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk urged countries with influence in Africa to encourage Sudan's warring sides to end the fighting that began last month. Read more »
Africa: Number of Internally Displaced People Hits Record High
The number of people internally displaced globally hit a record 71.1 million at the end of last year, according to a report released Thursday by the Internal Displacement… Read more »
Sudan: UN Experts Urge Accountability for Atrocities Against Sudanese
United Nations experts who attended an emergency session on Sudan at the U.N. Human Rights Council Thursday were thwarted in their appeal for independent investigations into… Read more »
May 10, 2023
East Africa: President Accuses East African Forces of 'Cohabitating ' With M23 Rebels
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused East African forces deployed to fight rebels in his country of working with the enemy. Felix Tshisekedi made the… Read more »
Tunisia: Attack Near Tunisian Synagogue Kills 4
A Tunisian naval guard killed four people and injured nine others Tuesday as he tried to reach a synagogue on the island of Djerba. Read more »
Cameroon: Journalists Protest Killing of Colleague By Separatist Fighters
Scores of journalists in Cameroon's troubled Northwest region have protested after rebels claimed responsibility for killing their colleague. A separatist spokesman acknowledged… Read more »
Sudan: Death Toll From Sudan War Rises
The World Health Organization says the death toll from nearly one month of brutal fighting in Sudan is now over 600. Read more »
May 09, 2023
Southern Africa: SADC to Send Troops to DR Congo to Help Quell Disturbances in East
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) plans to send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help fight rebels in the country's east. Read more »
East Africa: Sudan Fighting Puts Neighbours At Risk, Dims Hope for Civilian-Led Government
Twenty-five days since the war in Sudan broke out, there are no indications the warring factions have any intentions of negotiating an end as fighting rages on. Read more »
Sudan: UN Says More Than 700,000 Sudanese Internally Displaced in Fighting
The United Nations refugee agency says more than 700,000 Sudanese have fled their homes since violence broke out last month between two armed factions fighting for control of the… Read more »
Somalia: In Somalia, Spike in Gender-Based Attacks Compounds Plight of Displaced Women, Girls
Somali humanitarian workers and United Nations officials said women and girls in displaced camps are facing gender-based violence and rape amid the recurring droughts in the… Read more »
Nigeria: 20 Worshipers Still Missing After Latest Church Attack in Nigeria
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says it's still searching for 20 people abducted by gunmen from a church during a Sunday service. CAN says gunmen invaded the church in a… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Sudan: Citizens Have Mixed Reactions to Peace Talks
Sudanese citizens are cautiously optimistic about the Saudi- and U.S.-brokered peace talks in Jeddah between their country's warring generals amid reports of a lull in the… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Envoys Discuss Humanitarian Relief
Envoys from both of Sudan's warring factions are in Saudi Arabia to arrange for the opening of humanitarian corridors in Sudan. The parties have insisted that they are only sitting… Read more »