News More arrests over video of UN experts’ murder in DRC Kinshasa – Two more people have been arrested for possessing a video of the 2017 killing of two United Nations... Read more 29 Sep, 2021
News Press watchdog worried for detained Congolese reporter Kinshasa – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) voiced concern on Friday for Congolese journalist Sosthene Kambidi, detained and charged as... Read more 25 Sep, 2021
News Congolese journalist questioned over UN experts’ murder Kinshasa – A Congolese journalist is being held for questioning by police over the 2017 killing of two UN experts... Read more 22 Sep, 2021
News The race to vaccinate: Why Africa is struggling to get Covid jabs Johannesburg – Vaccines were promoted as a silver bullet to end the pandemic, the path to finally beating Covid-19.... Read more 21 Sep, 2021
World Fallen Afghan government’s envoy urges UN to probe Taliban rights abuses Geneva – An Afghan ambassador appointed by the Kabul government that collapsed last month called on Tuesday for the UN... Read more 14 Sep, 2021
News Tigray crisis ‘set to worsen dramatically’, UN warns Addis Ababa – The humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray is set to “worsen dramatically” and to deadly effect, the... Read more 3 Sep, 2021
News Nile dam deal between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan is possible, UN says United Nations – An agreement on Ethiopia’s controversial Nile River dam is possible, the UN has said, urging “trust,... Read more 10 Jul, 2021
News Ethiopia begins second stage of filling mega-dam, angering Egypt Ethiopia says it has started the next phase of filling a controversial mega-dam on the Nile River, Egyptian authorities... Read more 6 Jul, 2021
Politics Ethiopia says won’t ‘suffocate’ Tigray as UN clamours for access Ethiopia has rejected charges that it planned to choke off aid to war-hit Tigray after rebels took control of... Read more 2 Jul, 2021
Politics 6 Malian soldiers killed, 15 UN peacekeepers wounded in separate attacks Six Malian soldiers were killed on Friday in a raid in the centre of the war-torn Sahel state,... Read more 27 Jun, 2021