Africa

South Africa’s electoral court overturns earlier decision that had barred the ex-president from contesting the polls.A South African court has...

Many hundreds of people have died in the Gulf of Aden while trying to reach Saudi Arabia through Yemen.At least...

Rwandan youth are using means such as community organising, filmmaking and writing to actively fight against genocide ideology.  This episode...

The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) has asked the European Commission to open an...

Most of those on board were trying to escape the mainland because of a panic caused by disinformation about cholera.At...

Mbyo/Kigali, Rwanda – Mukaremera Laurence gazed at the ground as Nkundiye Thacien spoke about how he used a machete to...

Russ Cook finishes the journey of more than 16,000km (9,940 miles) in 352 days, raising $870,000 for two separate charities.Sore...

On the evening of April 6, 1994, the plane carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana was shot down while approaching Kigali...

Rwandans are marking 30 years since a genocide orchestrated by armed Hutu tore apart their country, as neighbours turned on...

Warning: Some of the images below are graphic and show victims of massacres.  On April 7, 1994, one of the...