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
New generation of locusts in east Africa ‘extremely alarming’UN warns of food threat as swarms cover 150km daily and eat same as 35,000 peopleTue Apr 28 2020 - 18:22
East African quarantine facilities under scrutiny following escapeUp to 50 of 200 held in government facility in Nairobi are thought to have escapedFri Apr 24 2020 - 19:03
Coronavirus: Herbal cure claim by Madagascar’s presidentAndry Rajoelina promotes ‘Covid-Organics’ liquid as WHO reiterates no known cureThu Apr 23 2020 - 18:47
Ugandans sceptical as president promotes ‘scientific weddings’Coronavirus restrictions are taking their toll on the country’s wedding industryTue Apr 21 2020 - 18:52
A tale of two boats: teenager missing as countries close their portsMSF describes treatment of refugees and migrants over Easter weekend as ‘grotesque’Fri Apr 17 2020 - 18:39
Refugee found dead at United Nations compound in KenyaUNHCR expresses ‘profound shock’ at death by suicide of Ugandan man in his 20sTue Apr 14 2020 - 20:50
‘No beating!’ On patrol with the Ugandan military enforcing curfewPresident urges soldiers to stop assaulting civilians during coronavirus lockdownMon Apr 13 2020 - 19:00
DRC declares new Ebola deaths just as outbreak assumed over‘Stakes increasingly high because the world cannot have two epidemics at the same time’Sun Apr 12 2020 - 17:06
Inside the smuggler’s warehouse: Africa’s 21st-century slave tradeIn Libya, migrants pay smugglers to get them to Europe. Instead, they are tortured, raped, killedSat Apr 11 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: Ugandan president orders stop to violent policing of curfewsYoweri Museveni makes address after images of tortured women circulate onlineFri Apr 10 2020 - 05:00
Ethiopia postpones elections as Burundi opts to continue with voteWorld Health Organisation warns about the devastating impact coronavirus could have across African continentWed Apr 08 2020 - 20:20
The difference between Ebola and coronavirus outbreaks? Lack of resourcesWith West struggling to control the pandemic, developing nations are getting less helpTue Apr 07 2020 - 15:46
‘You feel like you’re dead but you’re alive’: Libyan war reaches first anniversaryNo end in sight to conflict which has seen some 150,000 civilians displacedSat Apr 04 2020 - 05:01
