By Shola Lawal It took great courage, but finally, Musa decided that he would run away. He doesn’t remember exactly when he ran. During his years in the forests somewhere in northeast Nigeria, as a...
Nigeria + 3 more
Nigeria + 3 more
By Shola Lawal It took great courage, but finally, Musa decided that he would run away. He doesn’t remember exactly when he ran. During his years in the forests somewhere in northeast Nigeria, as a...
Peter Martell in Riwoto The breath is shallow and ragged, as if the intake of air is painful for two-year- old Lotabo Loworet, his bony ribs visible through his ragged shirt. “I had nothing to feed...
Andrew Wasike Stockpiles of charcoal cast long shadows that shield motorists from the scorching sun on the road that links the southern port of Buur Gaabo to the capital Mogadishu in the north. ...
The two camps in the west of the capital should have been closed down in mid-November. That was the government’s plan – to first provide temporary accommodation for the survivors and then more...
Libya + 10 more
Ali Younes 29 Nov 2017 17:04 Hundreds of African refugees are being bought and sold in “slave markets” across Libya every week, a human trafficker has told Al Jazeera, with many of them held for...
by Ra'eesa Pather In the streets of Madagascar’s capital city, the plague is a ghost. Patients stay hidden away in hospitals or are at home, where some are keeping their illness a secret. They fear...
On Monday, Paul Biya, the president of the Republic of Cameroon celebrated 35 years in power. But the people of the English-speaking regions of Cameroon, which they call Ambazonia, were fleeing the...
Simon Allison As Liberians vote this week for their new president, the country must simultaneously deal with another seismic change to its political landscape: the complete withdrawal of the United...
In the aftermath of Kenya’s August 8th elections, international observers were fast in expressing their satisfaction with the implementation of the polls. The preliminary statements of the African...
World + 4 more
On a hilltop in rural Rwanda, in three shipping containers under a white marquee, a Silicon Valley startup is plotting world domination. “We want to create an instant delivery system for the planet,”...
By Ra'eesa Pather In remote villages hours away from Malawi’s cities, community health workers are saving the lives of small children in makeshift outdoor treatment areas. Amidu Malope (37) sits...
Uganda + 3 more
Uganda is the largest host country of refugees in Africa and the third largest in the world, after welcoming an average of 2 000 displaced men, women and children every day for the past 11 months. ...
World + 7 more
The Nigerian Defense Ministry official described how the authorities had built ditches around schools and installed security lighting and set up roadblocks to keep Boko Haram fighters from invading...
Fatimatu was dead. Mohamed Conte, a member of the Red Cross Ebola burial team, had lowered her corpse into the ground. But when he returned to the van to take off his protective clothing, she stood...
Rwanda + 1 more
Aid agencies say the number of unaccompanied minors among refugees arriving in Rwanda is uncharacteristically high. Jean-Pierre (not his real name), whose feet swing above the ground as he sits on a...
Chad + 1 more
LAUREN CLIFFORD-HOLMES A refugee camp in Chad has provided temporary sanctuary for thousands of fleeing Nigerians. “I saw Boko Haram with my own eyes and I saw the bodies. If I think about the...
Eritrea + 2 more
Ismail Einashe Eritrea is one of the most repressive states in the world and the refugee camps offer little freedom or safety, but enslavement and abuse instead. Television journalist Temesghen...
Kenya + 1 more
More than 300 000 citizens have fled Eritrea's chaotic national service. This is the story of one conscript. Binyam*, a refugee, lives in Kenya now, closing a circle that began with his birth. He’s...
Sierra Leone + 2 more
06 MAR 2015 00:00 ARTHUR NESLEN "The end of the outbreak is in sight, but the high human and economic costs are yet to be tallied." Regional and world leaders have called on the international...
Malawi + 4 more
REX CHIKOKO The government of impoverished Malawi has said it will need more than $65-million (R750-million) to reach out to more than 121,000 people made homeless and cut off by flooding, the worst...