Kenyans anxiously wait at home as tensions rise during close-run presidential electionVoter turnout down as many young Kenyans say they are disillusioned with youth unemployment, soaring costs and endemic corruptionWed Aug 10 2022 - 19:38
Modest turnout by voters in Kenya’s ‘hustlers versus dynasties’ electionSelf-proclaimed “hustler” William Ruto bidding for power in Kenya's presidential electionTue Aug 09 2022 - 19:02
Roots Party candidate enlivens Kenyan presidential election Kenyan presidential candidate advocates the legalisation and exportation of marijuana to combat the nation’s rising public debtMon Aug 08 2022 - 20:00
Kenyan online book shop a go-to destination for ‘controversial’ prints on backgrounds of presidential election candidatesNairobi Letter: Nuria promotes lists of relevant books through social media, including those that other shops refuse to stockMon Aug 08 2022 - 18:23
Churchgoers in Kenya pray for peaceful elections as campaigning endsFears of violence rise up again as deputy president William Ruto faces off against longtime opponent Raila OdingaSun Aug 07 2022 - 18:22
Kenya’s ‘hustlers versus dynasties’ election sees young people left outKenyan youth are increasingly fed up with a political system they see as marred by endemic corruptionFri Aug 05 2022 - 19:13
Protests against UN peacekeepers in DRC claim at least 15 livesDemonstrators say Monusco mission has failed, despite costing more than €1bn each yearWed Jul 27 2022 - 18:30
In Ghana, women are leading a feminist revolutionActivist, feminist and media personality Nana Akosua Hanson is changing how women are treated in the west African coastal country of 32 millionMon Jul 25 2022 - 12:00
Guillaume Blanc’s The Invention of Green Colonialism: Putting parks before the poorSally Hayden reviews Blanc and Olivier Remaud’s Thinking Like an IcebergSun Jul 24 2022 - 04:50
Cost of living soars across Africa, with leaders blaming Ukraine and Covid-19Nigerian bread makers strike over the price of wheat as transport workers protest over fuel prices in Sierra LeoneFri Jul 22 2022 - 15:00
Contacts of victims of Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana doing well, says WHOTwo men died from Ebola-like virus last month in African country’s first ever outbreak of diseaseTue Jul 19 2022 - 18:32
Ghana’s shoestring film industry struggles in a post-Covid, post-DVD worldNo time or money for second takes in a fast-moving work culture where an entire film can be completed in five daysMon Jul 18 2022 - 13:00
Mo Farah’s story of trafficking shows he is the exception that proves the ruleThe Home Office will not take action against the British Olympic champion, but its policy on victims of modern slavery remains hostileSat Jul 16 2022 - 00:00
When the Music’s Over: unflattering account of western aid effortsWhen the Music's Over by Gareth OwensFri Jul 08 2022 - 05:53
World Kiswahili day celebrated as the language spreads across AfricaKiswahili, which is also known as Swahili, encompasses more than a dozen main dialects, with around 200m speakers across the worldThu Jul 07 2022 - 16:20
Nearly 100,000 migrants forcibly returned to Libya since 2017, says MSFInternational Organisation for Migration says more than 24,000 people have drowned or disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea since 2014Tue Jul 05 2022 - 17:55
Calls for investigation after deadly crackdown on Sudanese protestsInternet shut down for 20 hours during demonstrations when tens of thousands took to the streetsMon Jul 04 2022 - 18:44
Back to his roots: Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba’s tooth comes homeTooth belonging to DRC’s first prime minister, assassinated in 1961, buried in ceremony to mark 62nd anniversary of independenceThu Jun 30 2022 - 21:15
Spain says it will co-operate with investigations into migrant deaths at Morocco borderSpanish PM initially praised Moroccan police — who have been accused of using excessive force — in the aftermath of the deathsWed Jun 29 2022 - 18:51
Calls for investigation after up to 37 die trying to cross Morocco-Spain borderNGOs accuse Moroccan security forces of using indiscriminate forceMon Jun 27 2022 - 18:55
MSF urges more routes to evacuate refugees from LibyaSchemes could include humanitarian corridors and private or community sponsorship, medical charity saysThu Jun 23 2022 - 17:35
Relief Chief: A Manifesto for Saving Lives in Dire Times A thought-provoking read on how a massive amount of humanitarian aid is spentSat Jun 18 2022 - 06:07
Why is it that the Irish public don’t care about the African refugee crisis? Ukrainians are given immediate rights to stay and work in Ireland but Africans fleeing from untold horrors must wait in lineSat Jun 18 2022 - 01:00
Flight deporting migrants from UK to Rwanda grounded by legal challengesEuropean court intervenes to stop deportation of seven men under British anti-migration schemeTue Jun 14 2022 - 22:30
First UK-Rwanda deportation flight set to go ahead after legal challenge failsBritish scheme branded ‘a dark chapter in global refugee rights’Mon Jun 13 2022 - 21:00
As Ghana’s government turns against its LGBT+ citizens, an artists’ residency offers a havenSally Hayden on a brave campaignerMon Jun 13 2022 - 06:00
Chinese fast fashion company pledges €14m to help waste-workers in GhanaMove is response to backlash against secondhand `dead white man’s clothes’ sent to West Africa amid claims 40% is no goodThu Jun 09 2022 - 17:29
Belgian king begins return of more than 80,000 artefacts to DRCIn 2020 Philippe wrote to Tshisekedi expressing his ‘deepest regrets’ for harm caused during Belgian ruleWed Jun 08 2022 - 18:11
Dozens killed as gunmen open fire at Catholic church in NigeriaGovernor of Ondo state condemns attack as `Satanic’: `It is a black Sunday in Owo’Mon Jun 06 2022 - 21:00
Ghana’s next generation of clothes designers blow the whistle on fast fashionDumping of second-hand clothing from West poses dilemma for Ghana’s growing fashion scene and the young designers active in itMon Jun 06 2022 - 06:00
Drought leads to famine conditions for more than 200,000 in SomaliaClose to 1m people have been displaced looking for aid, while hundreds of thousands of animals have died from hunger and thirstThu Jun 02 2022 - 16:23
Tens of thousands flee DRC for Uganda amid renewed conflictThose trying to flee are being exposed to constant violence, including risk of rape, says UN agencyMon May 30 2022 - 18:35
US mansion of ex-Gambian dictator seized by authoritiesProperty valued at $3.5m seized as had been acquired with alleged proceeds from corruptionFri May 27 2022 - 19:15
The Gambia to prosecute former president for crimes committed under ruleReport finds at least 240 people died as a result of Yahya Jammeh’s powerThu May 26 2022 - 17:42
Zambia’s president announces move to abolish the death penalty, as executions rise in the regionSomalia recorded the highest execution figure in east and southern Africa in 2021, with 21 people executedWed May 25 2022 - 17:25
Militants kill dozens of farmers in northeast NigeriaLocals describe Boko Haram fighters killing civilians in Rann in Borno StateTue May 24 2022 - 17:22
Sally Hayden: The EU is spending huge sums to block migrantsHuman rights concerns regarding EU agency Frontex have not stopped its budget growingSat May 21 2022 - 01:00
Ghanaian funerals: Themed coffins and dancing pallbearers‘Some who have never flown say to their children: “bury me in a plane when I die” ’Tue May 17 2022 - 17:00
Biden signs order to deploy troops to Somalia day after country elects new presidentDecision made amid growing concerns about power held by Islamist group al-ShabaabMon May 16 2022 - 20:55
Legislators set to vote in long-stalled Somali presidential electionLeader will have to grapple with crises such as hunger, drought, inflation and climateFri May 13 2022 - 19:43
Millions of children in danger of malnutrition in Sahel, aid agencies warnClimate change, drought and war create food and water shortages, Save the Children saysThu May 12 2022 - 19:23
Former child soldier turned literary sensation returns to Sierra LeoneIshmael Beah says he wants to change the mindset of his people through readingThu May 12 2022 - 17:00
Climate change in Somalia brings death to an old way of lifeCountry of 16.3m people faces its fourth consecutive failed rainy seasonWed Apr 27 2022 - 17:54
Heavily fortified Halane camp keeps out the ‘real Mogadishu’Mogadishu Letter: On the other side of the barriers, millions of Somalis live with the daily threat of violenceMon Apr 25 2022 - 02:00
Somalia shows horrifying realities of climate change, but who is looking?World View: Ireland’s emissions 54 times higher than those of Horn of Africa countrySat Apr 23 2022 - 01:00
Ukraine war contributes to ‘perfect storm’ for famine in SomaliaDevastating drought puts 6m people in crisis as food and oil prices riseMon Apr 18 2022 - 18:42
Somalia on brink of famine: ‘I need shelter, food and help’Reluctance to declare a famine as UN says 350,000 children could die by summerSat Apr 16 2022 - 06:00
Somali MPs come under attack at swearing-in ceremonyAl-Qaeda-aligned militants al-Shabaab fire shells at event in crises-stricken countryFri Apr 15 2022 - 10:00
Africa Is Not a Country: Breaking through the harmful stereotypesDipo Faloyin’s flawed but important book seeks to show complexity of a vast continentSun Apr 10 2022 - 06:00
Bringing surfing to Sierra Leone: ‘Now 90 per cent of the youths are surfing’An Irishman and a local joined forces to build a surfing community at the beach in BurehTue Apr 05 2022 - 01:00
