Africa News Stories
Hundreds of women raped, burnt alive in Congo jailbreak amid rebel conflict
Hundreds of women inmates in Munzenze prison of Congo's Goma were reportedly burnt alive after being raped during the chaos after Rwanda-backed rebel groups entered the Congolese city last week, leading to a surge in human rights violation. Members of the Congolese Red Cross and Civil Protection...
photo: AP / Moses Sawasawa
Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger leave ECOWAS, creating access to justice concerns
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that the official withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) raises concerns over access to justice for victims of serious human rights abuses. After serving notice a year ago, the three countries...
photo: AP / Sophie Garcia
Study examines how African farmers are adapting to mountain climate change
A new international study highlights the severity of climate change impacts across African mountains, how farmers are adapting, and the barriers they face -- findings relevant to people living in mountain regions around the world. ......
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
Some 20.75 mln people internally displaced in Horn of Africa: IOM
NAIROBI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The number of internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Horn of Africa rose to 20.75 million at the end of 2024, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday in a report released in Nairobi, capital of Kenya. The United Nations migration agency said...
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Covid's origins reviewed: Lab leak or natural spillover?
Whether Covid-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilled over from animals remains an enduring, fiercely contested mystery. Here are the leading arguments that fuel both sides of this debate, as AFP reflects on the virus's impact five years after it reshaped the world. Proponents of the...
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan
US man, after visiting 110 countries, calls China home, sets up centres to share untold stories
His frequent work travels across US left him amazed by widespread lack of understanding about China, motivating him to bridge that gap. ......
photo: Creative Commons / Gonzalo Pineda Zuniga
Al-Shahab suspects abduct 5 Kenyan officials in border region
NAIROBI, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Five Kenyan local government officials were abducted Monday in an ambush by al-Shabab terrorists in Mandera County near the border with Somalia, police have confirmed. Mandera South police commander Julius Njeru confirmed...
photo: UN / MOHAMED HASSAN
‘African capital market suffers from information inefficiency’
The flow of information between the investors, users, the public and issuers lacks a required level dissemination of publicly and privately available data or information, for an effective and efficient capital investment,” he observed. “And the rules of...
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba
The world at war: the flashpoints that the west ignores
The world is becoming a more dangerous place. It’s an often-heard sentiment these days, but is it really true? Historical comparisons are of limited help. Last week’s 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered...
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster
Slow pace of rate cuts perpetuating debt trap that millions of South Africans find themselves in
The start of 2025 has been a see-saw for South African consumers, with fuel prices increasing for the first two months, while the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced a cut in interest rates this past week. SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago on Thursday announced that the central bank will cut...
photo: Creative Commons / Steve Partridge http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1173

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