Sudanese Refugee Wins Major Human Rights Prize
Abdul Aziz Muhamat, 25, a Sudanese refugee, who has been stuck in an Australian detention centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea for five years, has been awarded a major international human rights … read more »
Zimbabwean Vice President Chiwenga Has Surgery in India - Report
Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi has taken to Twitter to say that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has undergone surgery for an abdominal complaint in India. read more »
What Melinda and Bill Gates 'Didn't See Coming'
How textbooks are becoming absolete and the toilet of the future - these are just two of the talking points covered in Bill and Melinda Gates' annual letter... read more »
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Burundi's government has told East African leaders that preparations for elections in 2020 are going ahead and are being done "democratically in compliance with the law". Read more »
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Chad has experienced more French military interventions since independence than any other African country, but the justifications have changed recently in important ways, writes ... Read more »
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Abdul Aziz Muhamat, 25, a Sudanese refugee, who has been stuck in an Australian detention centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea for five years, has been awarded a major ... Read more »
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The country's health ministry says there is no Ebola case in the country after blood tests from a man suspected to have died of the haemorrhagic fever was found to be negative. Read more »
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How textbooks are becoming absolete and the toilet of the future - these are just two of the talking points covered in Bill and Melinda Gates' annual letter... Read more »
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The debate over commissioning nuclear power stations, especially those built by Russia, has come to Nigeria. Precious C. Akanonu of the Abuja-based thinktank, the Centre for the ... Read more »
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The U.S. decision comes after videos documented by Amnesty International, went viral last year, showing Cameroonian security forces shooting and killing civilians, including women ... Read more »
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The rebel group had been making its way into Chad from Libya in a convoy of about 50 vehicles. But observers, including Chadian opposition leaders, are questioning whether the ... Read more »
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Renewed fighting killed 69 people in English-speaking regions of Cameroon, where armed separatists have ordered people to stay inside their homes as the country prepares to ... Read more »
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The footage, verified by Human Rights Watch, shows security forces driving around in armed vehicles, shooting bullets and teargas at unarmed protesters, and rounding up and ... Read more »