United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres completes his “Solidarity Summit” visit to Uganda on Friday, in an effort to raise the visibility of refugees and increase support for them and their host communities. Hosted by Guterres and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, the summit of delegates, donors and heads of state hopes to…
Maps of the migration routes from places like Somalia or The Gambia into Libya and other North African states illustrate some of the continent’s most pressing economic and security challenges – but there are other illicit flows often associated with them. The new World Drug Report 2017, released on Thursday,…
A South African startup based in Cape Town has been named as an Innovation Prize for Africa finalist. Social entrepreneurs Nokwethu Khojane, left, and Lauren Drake envisioned Lakheni in 2015, when designing a food buying cooperative that helps families to pool their resources and purchase food in bulk within their…
At least 127 people have been arrested in the ongoing “hirak” protests in Al Hoceima…
Four African countries have been chosen for the first phase of a new initiative to…
More than 100 websites have been blocked in Egypt across the last month, according to…
The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution that gives the go-ahead for the…
Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré of Burkina Faso has unveiled his Serpentine Pavilion 2017 in London’s…
Social media images of trapped migrants in Libya are being used to extort ransom from their family and friends, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Thursday. The United Nations Migration Agency described a video recorded by a Somali journalist and posted to Facebook on June 9 that showed some…
A bold attack on a restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday continued late into the night, as armed men held an unknown number of hostages inside. An updated story from the Associated Press said that at least 31 people had died in a violent and confusing attack…
The estranged wife of new Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has died on the eve of his inauguration, following a fatal shooting attack on the family. Local media reports said family members had confirmed the death of Lipolelo Thabane, who was shot while returning to her home. South African radio…
Malaysian officials say they have seized another illegal shipment of pangolin scales as it passed through Kuala Lampur International Airport (KLIA) late last week. The 288 kilograms of pangolin scales were packed in sacks inside 12 cardboard boxes labeled as oyster shells, according to a report Wednesday by the Malaysia…