Year: 2025

‘A living hell’: Sudanese women face rape and abuse in Libya

"We live in terror," whispers Layla over the phone so nobody can hear. She fled Sudan with her…

What’s the fighting in DR Congo all about?

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30…

Abductions spark fears of a return to Kenya’s dark past

The reported disappearance of more than 80 government critics over the last six months has caused a huge…

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Patrick Gathara: In Kenya, not even the cartoonists are safe

Political cartooning in Kenya has never been without its risks. Cartoonists have faced state-engineered dismissal and censorship, lawsuits…

Frexit: Why Ivory Coast is joining African campaign to expel French troops

French military troops who have been in Ivory Coast for decades will soon be leaving, Ivorian officials have…

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500-kilogram metallic object falls from the sky in Kenya

And then there is the most dangerous risk of all, the risk of spending your life not doing…

Ivory Coast says French troops to leave country after decades

Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will leave the country this month after a decades-long military presence,…

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Kenya police fire tear gas at protest against alleged government abductions

Police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi have fired tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating against what they say is…

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