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Libya flood survivors endure unbearable wait for missing relatives/in /by
More than a week after a tsunami-scale flash flood ripped through the coastal city of Derna, razing entire neighbourhoods, Mahmud Erqiq is still waiting to learn the fate of his missing relatives.
Banned New Zealand Olympic runner arrested in Kenya over sexual assault allegations/in /by
Police have obtained a court order to hold Robertson in custody for five days while they investigate.
A structure dating back almost half a million years discovered in Zambia/in /by
Archaeologists believe the simple log construction may be the oldest example of early humans building with wood
Countries struggle to keep pace with rapid urbanization [Business Africa]/in /by
By 2040, Africa will be home to nine mega cities hosting more than ten million people. But rapid urbanization has created capacity problems for cities, and local governments are struggling to plan, provide infrastructure, public transport and other social services
After Niger coup, sanctions pain strikes at shutdown Benin border/in /by
With the closure of land routes between Niger and Benin, many people have turned to canoes and motorised boats to cross the River Niger at their peril. Since the coup on 26 July, the bridge linking the Beninese town of Malanville to Gaya in Niger has been blocked by goods trucks
DR Congo calls for swift withdrawal of UN peacekeepers/in /by
In 2020, the Security Council approved a plan for a phased withdrawal in DR Congo, setting parameters for transferring the responsibilities of UN troops to Congolese forces.
‘Truly unbearable’: Timbuktu suffocates under jihadist blockade/in /by
Inhabitants of Timbuktu describe the "truly unbearable" situation of being almost completely cut off from the world for several weeks due to a jihadist blockade
Niger: Bazoum wants regional court to reinstate him as President/in /by
Deposed Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum has petitioned West Africa's regional court seeking his release from detention and the restoration of his rule
Sudan: UN calls for more humanitarian aid/in /by
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), millions of people - particularly in Khartoum, Darfur and Kordofan - have no access to food, water, shelter, electricity, education or health care
UNESCO puts Rwanda genocide memorials on World Heritage list/in /by
Four memorials to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of more than 800,000 people, mainly Tutsi, were added to UNESCO's World Heritage list on Wednesday, the UN cultural body said.