Africa

Maseru, Lesotho – It’s a bright, cloudless day in Maseru and within the confines of a small green-and-white-fenced compound, about...

Ties between Egypt and Somalia have grown this year over their shared mistrust of Ethiopia.An Egyptian warship has delivered a...

Africa reports 586 rhinos killed in 2023, up from 551 in 2022, with poaching the main threat.Rhinoceros numbers across the...

Leaders arrested following police chief’s warning of tough measures to block protest.Police have cracked down on a planned protest against...

Lagos, Nigeria – Mujanatu Musa’s one-roomed apartment – built mainly of rusty iron sheets – cuts a sorry sight in...

Seats on the UN Security Council without veto power is ‘an insult,’ argues former African diplomat Arikana Chihombori.The US push...

UN member countries adopt blueprint for the future to tackle wars, environmental threats and technological challenges facing humanity.The United Nations...

Martinus Fredericks meets me outside the police station in South Africa’s Atlantis, a somewhat forlorn semi-industrial town on the outskirts...

Tea, towels and survival blankets On that same cold, grey morning when I met Hashim and Yusuf, 12 wet, freezing...

In the small village of Ogba-Ojibo in central Nigeria, sitting at the confluence of two of the nation’s largest rivers...