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
Coronavirus: Anger over excessive violence by Kenyan policeCalls for accountability grow after boy (13) shot dead during police crackdownWed Apr 01 2020 - 18:26
Coronavirus: Ugandans prepare for a new war as clampdown takes hold‘I don’t know what might happen next but I’m thinking most people will begin starving’Tue Mar 31 2020 - 19:28
Coronavirus: Africa prepares for surge in cases and mass casualtiesCharities warn African countries lack medical equipment needed to cope with outbreakMon Mar 30 2020 - 20:51
Coronavirus in Uganda: ‘Before the sickness comes to kill us we will die from hunger’Public transport ban has left tens of thousands of boda boda drivers without an incomeSun Mar 29 2020 - 18:00
Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: How rape is used as a weapon of warThe mass of testimonies in Christina Lamb’s book feels like a display of strengthSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:00
Deaths of 64 migrants in Mozambique turns spotlight on intra-Africa smugglingFatalities reveal level of corruption and traffickers in Mozambique, Amnesty saysThu Mar 26 2020 - 22:15
Coronavirus: Social distancing a distant dream in Africa’s slumsPacked homes and shared facilities stoke fears in one Kampala slum of a devastating outbreakTue Mar 24 2020 - 11:58
Concern over mountain gorillas getting infected with coronavirusRwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo ban tourists from endangered speciesMon Mar 23 2020 - 17:18
St Patrick’s Day in Uganda the last hurrah before ‘merry-making’ bannedKampala Letter: Coronavirus concerns dominate celebration of Irish connectionsFri Mar 20 2020 - 12:43
African countries shut doors to Europe to halt the spread of coronavirusEuropeans in Uganda express fears over potential backlash as disease spreadsThu Mar 19 2020 - 10:43
Refugees in African camps worry about impact of coronavirusThere are almost 200,000 refugees in Kakuma alone, and they are relying on aid agencies to provide healthcareSun Mar 15 2020 - 16:59
Dozens killed in Burkina Faso as unrest spreads across SahelUN high commissioner for refugees: People being killed, women raped, children cannot go to schoolTue Mar 10 2020 - 17:38
Sudan prime minister ‘in good shape’ after surviving assassination attemptAbdalla Hamdok, who heads a transitional government, unharmed in Khartoum blastMon Mar 09 2020 - 18:25
Journalist the latest victim of pre-election crackdown in UgandaMoses Bwayo faces charges for working on a documentary about the opposition leaderFri Mar 06 2020 - 18:02
Last Ebola patient leaves hospital in DR CongoEbola killed more than 2,200 at epicentre of devastating 18-month outbreakWed Mar 04 2020 - 19:23
Cyclone Idai’s first anniversary highlights the cost of climate changeRoughly half a million residents of Beira in Mozambique still suffering impact of stormsTue Mar 03 2020 - 19:42
Man (24) dies in fire in migrant detention centre in LibyaMany more are injured following blaze at facility dubbed the Libyan ‘Guantanamo’Mon Mar 02 2020 - 18:43
Guineans to vote on new constitution amid simmering tensionPresident Alpha Condé, who described himself as the ‘Obama’ of Guinea, seeks to cement powerFri Feb 28 2020 - 18:27
Two supporters of Uganda’s Bobi Wine die as tension increasesDan Kyeyune was shot in the head; Ritah Nabukenya was run overWed Feb 26 2020 - 18:12
African climate activists fighting to be heard . . . and seenKampala Letter: Davos photo featuring Greta Thunberg had Ugandan activist cropped outMon Feb 24 2020 - 20:00
Togo’s president takes fourth term in powerFifty-three years after father took control, Gnassingbé wins amid vote-rigging claimsMon Feb 24 2020 - 19:00
Fragile peace in South Sudan as feuding leaders form unity governmentUN commission report condemns human rights violations by both sides in the conflictFri Feb 21 2020 - 20:51
Police fire shots as poet cleared of cyberbullying Ugandan presidentActivist Stella Nyanzi spent more than a year in jail for insulting Yoweri Museveni on FacebookThu Feb 20 2020 - 19:07
South Sudan latest frontline in east Africa’s devastating locust outbreakGovernment training civilians to spray pesticides in hope of stopping locust spreadWed Feb 19 2020 - 18:17
Human rights groups criticise EU over Libyan naval deploymentMission will police Libyan arms embargo but try to avoid being a ‘pull factor’ for migrantsTue Feb 18 2020 - 22:10
Mike Pompeo continues Africa tour amid fears over China’s influenceUS secretary of state’s trip to the continent is believed to be an attempt to counter Beijing tiesMon Feb 17 2020 - 18:45
Busy African airport’s masked staff watch out for coronavirusAddis Ababa is major hub for China but Ethiopian Airlines refuses to cancel flightsFri Feb 14 2020 - 18:44
‘We are the eyes’: Volunteers take to skies to spot Mediterranean refugeesMoonbird operated by Sea Watch, a German charity which also sails a rescue shipWed Feb 12 2020 - 01:00
‘It was like a cloud’: East Africa tackles worst swarms of locusts in decadesBillions of locusts fly at 150km a day across Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and UgandaTue Feb 11 2020 - 01:00
Kenya’s former president Daniel arap Moi dies aged 95Moi was initially popular but then presided over years of repression and corruptionTue Feb 04 2020 - 20:14
Rebel group kill dozens of people in DR Congo, as death toll climbsRecent increase in attacks a response to a government offensive which began last yearThu Jan 30 2020 - 17:30
Gambia protesters charged with treason after calling for president’s resignationFormer security guard Adama Barrow first pledged to leave power after three year termWed Jan 29 2020 - 17:14
Rapper progresses plans to build city in SenegalAkon’s city, run on renewable energy and using cryptocurrency, to be named after himTue Jan 28 2020 - 20:11
Two girls carry out deadly bombing outside northeast Nigerian mosqueBoko Haram group is known to use children, particularly kidnapped girls, as bombersMon Jan 27 2020 - 20:07
Almost 1,000 refugees and migrants returned to Libya as war continuesGen Khalifa Haftar leaves peace talks in Moscow without signing ceasefire dealTue Jan 14 2020 - 19:20
Harsh awakening for refugees who risk everything to reach MaltaUp to 1,400 asylum seekers are being held in the country’s two detention centresFri Jan 10 2020 - 17:00
Libyans turn to deadly Mediterranean route amid escalating conflict at homeThe end of a rescue ship’s ninth mission in the area underlines growing danger in LibyaSun Dec 29 2019 - 16:41
