Hundreds of refugees and migrants to be disembarked in ItalyTotal of 412 people, including more than 100 minors, rescued off Libyan coastFri Oct 22 2021 - 19:07
Human trafficker with Ireland-based victims put on ‘most wanted’ listDutch authorities search for one of the ‘most notorious and cruellest’ people smugglersThu Oct 21 2021 - 19:32
Nigerian police use tear gas on protest against security force violenceBodies of some Nigerians apprehended by security forces end up at medical classesWed Oct 20 2021 - 21:32
‘There is no mercy’: Refugees in Libya desperate for help as thousands rounded upDetainees include Eritreans, Somalis and Sudanese who have fled war or dictatorshipsWed Oct 06 2021 - 19:31
‘Our people are starving’: Tigray is quickly becoming Africa’s latest forgotten warEvidence of siege in the Ethiopian region with millions facing ‘worst famine in decades’Sat Sept 25 2021 - 02:00
Global education crisis will outlast the pandemicSchools remain shut in at least 17 countries, affecting nearly 115 million childrenSat Sept 11 2021 - 02:00
Sally Hayden: Climate change is human made, but not all humans have played same role in itUnfolding famine in Madagascar reveals shape of things to come due to global warmingSat Aug 14 2021 - 02:00
People dying for lack of oxygen during Sierra Leone’s third Covid waveAt one hospital in Freetown survival rates fall when a patient’s family cannot afford oxygenSat Jul 31 2021 - 05:00
Re-examining Rwanda and the Somali refugee experienceBook reviews: Michela Wrong’s Do Not Disturb; and Ty McCormick’s Beyond the Sand and SeaTue Jul 20 2021 - 06:00
Sally Hayden: Africa needs vaccines not travel bansFears are growing that the continent could be facing years of travel restrictionsSat Jul 17 2021 - 01:00
Africa’s new Covid wave ‘like nothing we’ve seen before’Just 1.2% of the African population are fully vaccinated, according to the WHOFri Jul 02 2021 - 19:26
How Europe deals with the new wave of refugees is a test of our humanityIreland has resettled 250 refugees since the start of 2020, meanwhile, the crisis worsensSat Jun 19 2021 - 00:26
Notorious human trafficker sentenced to life in prison in absentia in EthiopiaKidane Zekarias Habtemariam absconded from custody earlier this yearWed Jun 16 2021 - 18:17
Hundreds of thousands flee eastern DR Congo following volcano eruptionPopulation fear further eruptions from Mount Nyiragongo, Africa’s most active volcanoFri May 28 2021 - 23:39
Sally Hayden: We need a less West-centric view of the pandemicIn much of Africa, there are still greater concerns than coronavirusSat May 22 2021 - 01:00
Madagascar on the brink of famine due to climate crisis, say aid workersAs many as 1.1m people are facing starvation in the south of the island nationTue May 18 2021 - 19:08
Ugandan president sworn in for sixth term in officeYoweri Museveni says ruling party ‘designed the most elaborate democratic structure’Wed May 12 2021 - 19:05
Former Lord’s Resistance Army commander sentenced to 25 years by ICCOngwen a child-soldier who rose through the ranks in Ugandan rebel group led by Joseph KonyThu May 06 2021 - 20:55
Mass rape used as weapon six months into war in Ethiopia’s TigrayAccounts from Tigray say most perpetrators of rape are Ethiopian or Eritrean troopsTue May 04 2021 - 21:27
Irish wildlife activist killed in Burkina Faso with two journalistsRory Young was co-founder of an international anti-poaching organisationTue Apr 27 2021 - 22:46
As Sierra Leone turns 60, its army of bike riders call for end to police corruptionThousands protest in streets of Freetown sparking sometimes violent confrontationsMon Apr 26 2021 - 21:06
Denmark is wrong. Syria is anything but safe for returning refugeesReturnees have been disappeared or murdered shortly after arrivingSat Apr 24 2021 - 00:54
European and Libyan authorities accused after 130 migrants drown‘Events show death at sea not an accident,’ says group that takes calls from vessels in distressFri Apr 23 2021 - 21:15
Son of Chad’s autocratic president takes over after father’s deathIdriss Déby had been in power since 1990, after ousting the dictator Hissène HabréWed Apr 21 2021 - 18:34
Terrified locals in Sierra Leone brace for another Ebola outbreakWest African nation braced for spread of the deadly disease from neighbouring GuineaMon Apr 19 2021 - 01:00
UK Oxfam funding halted as DRC investigation continuesCharity ‘acutely aware’ of duty to survivors, ‘including in supporting them to speak out’Thu Apr 08 2021 - 18:54
Families still sleeping outside week after Freetown’s devastating fireBurning-down of slum in Sierra Leone leaves 7,000 homeless amid hopes of better rebuildTue Mar 30 2021 - 19:35
Letter from Dublin: The Sierra Leone island with an Irish name and a slave-trading pastThe tourist island near Freetown is lush and green but needs funds to preserve its heritageMon Mar 29 2021 - 20:00
Coastguard returns over 4,000 intercepted in Mediterranean Sea to LibyaDesperate refugees face uncertain future in poorly-run, unsafe detention centresFri Mar 26 2021 - 17:52
‘I have nothing’: Fire in Freetown slum displaces thousandsMore than 80 injured in capital amids calls for Sierra Leone government to interveneThu Mar 25 2021 - 21:03
Medical charity staff witness ‘horrific’ executions in TigrayCall for more protection of civilians after men dragged off bus and shot by soldiersThu Mar 25 2021 - 15:53
Outcry over election-related abductions in UgandaFamilies and friends tell of abductions from homes and roadsides by security forcesWed Mar 24 2021 - 21:15
African countries call for more vaccines as Covax scheme rolled outSierra Leone’s president urges leaders to persuade their citizens to get Covid-19 jabTue Mar 16 2021 - 18:29
Latest West Africa Ebola outbreak started by survivor, researchers sayGenetic analysis suggests transmission occurred through semenMon Mar 15 2021 - 19:41
People trafficking: ‘They were killers. They have raped many women’Suspected human smuggler’s pre-trial escape in Ethiopia distresses victimsSat Mar 13 2021 - 01:00
Tanzanian president believed to be seriously ill with Covid-19John Magufuli is a vaccine sceptic who has urged citizens to put their faith in GodThu Mar 11 2021 - 18:05
Violent protests continue in Senegal after opposition politician rape chargeAt least eight killed and hundreds injured in country’s worst protests in decadesTue Mar 09 2021 - 17:22
Gunmen abduct hundreds of schoolgirls in NigeriaIncident in Zamfara state is latest in long series of mass child abductions across regionFri Feb 26 2021 - 17:53
Massacre in sacred city in northern Ethiopia left hundreds dead, says AmnestyReport details killing of unarmed civilians by Eritrean troops in Axum last NovemberFri Feb 26 2021 - 00:01
Both main presidential candidates claim victory in NigerMahamane Ousmane alleges widespread fraud in election marred by violenceWed Feb 24 2021 - 23:26
Italy’s ambassador to DR Congo killed in attack on UN convoyUnnamed driver and Italian military policeman also die in ambush in east of African countryMon Feb 22 2021 - 17:28
Hotel Rwanda hero goes on trial on terrorism chargesPaul Rusesabagina disappeared in Dubai in August before resurfacing in KigaliWed Feb 17 2021 - 18:48
Uganda partially restores social media a month after electionsShutdown was necessary for ‘security of our country’, says communications ministerWed Feb 10 2021 - 17:20
New Ebola death in DRC eight months after outbreak declared overWHO says it is not unusual for sporadic cases to occur following a major outbreakMon Feb 08 2021 - 17:33
Lukodi massacre: ‘They should pay us because we lost so many people’Ugandan child soldier turned rebel leader Dominic Ongwen guilty of 61 war crimesFri Feb 05 2021 - 20:04
In Dominic Ongwen’s home village, many see a victim more than a perpetratorFormer LRA commander convicted at the ICC in a trial many Ugandans think should not have happenedThu Feb 04 2021 - 19:53
Agencies criticised for failure to deliver aid to northern Ethiopian regionFormer UN undersecretary-general condemns response to Tigray’s desperate peopleMon Feb 01 2021 - 19:19
Conflict in Tigray: ‘What we don’t know could be even more disturbing’Aid agencies concerned about a building humanitarian crisis in the Ethiopian regionFri Jan 29 2021 - 18:36
Ugandan court rules Bobi Wine be released from house arrestOpposition leader and his wife have been held in their home since presidential electionMon Jan 25 2021 - 20:26
Museveni takes victory lap after winning Uganda’s presidential raceRival Bobi Wine remains under house arrest and says election result is ‘daylight robbery’Thu Jan 21 2021 - 21:04
