Choking on factory waste: the Nile’s rising scourge
Jinja – As tourists pose for selfies on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda, factories within spitting distance... Read more
3 Nov, 2022
Sinking Alexandria faces up to coming catastrophe
Alexandria – Alexandria, Egypt’s fabled second city and its biggest port, is in danger of disappearing below the waves... Read more
3 Nov, 2022
Egypt president invites Brazil’s Lula to COP27
Cairo – UN climate summit host Egypt has invited incoming Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose victory... Read more
2 Nov, 2022
Calls for Egypt protests trigger security clampdown ahead of COP27
Cairo – Rights defenders say Egyptian authorities are cracking down on activists over a mysterious call for protests on... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
Jailed Egypt dissident to launch full hunger strike ahead of COP27
Cairo – Over 200 days into a partial hunger strike, jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah will fully refrain from... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
DRC expels Rwandan ambassador as M23 rebels gain ground
Goma – The authorities in Kinshasa on Saturday announced they were expelling the Rwandan ambassador as M23 rebels they... Read more
30 Oct, 2022
UN steps up troop alert as DRC rebels take more territory
Goma – Rebels seized more territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Saturday, prompting the UN peacekeeping... Read more
30 Oct, 2022
UN ‘deeply concerned’ by Russia’s ‘LGBTQ propaganda’ law
Geneva – The United Nations said on Friday it was “deeply concerned” by Russian lawmakers voting to toughen up... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
UN warns Somalia humanitarian crisis remains ‘dire’
Nairobi – The United Nations said on Wednesday that the humanitarian response to the crisis in Somalia where a... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Will Africa’s metals boom suffer the same curse as oil?
Moanda – Mechanical diggers are hard at work in the bleak landscape of the Moanda open-cast mine in Gabon,... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
