Tag: Africa

Cape Town safety fears force parents to seek former white-only schools

Fears of crime and gang violence in the notorious townships on the…

Mohammed Allie Mohammed Allie

The women at the centre of Somalia’s construction boom

Construction is booming in Somalia's capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises…

At least 45 killed in central Nigeria raid

Officials say at least 45 people have been killed during an overnight…

Will Ross Will Ross

Congolese rebels want peaceful solution to crisis, UN says

The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of…

Nigeria pardons activist Ken Saro-Wiwa 30 years after execution

Nigeria's president has pardoned the late activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, 30 years after…

Wedaeli Chibelushi Wedaeli Chibelushi

Starvation alert as children fill Kenya refugee ward after US aid cuts

Hundreds of thousands of people are "slowly starving" in Kenyan refugee camps…

Anne Soy Anne Soy

Kenyan blogger was hit and assaulted to death, autopsy reveals

A Kenyan blogger who died in police custody was hit on the…

Wycliffe Muia Wycliffe Muia

Nearly 50 people killed in South Africa floods

At least 49 people, including several schoolchildren, have been killed in the…

Khanyisile Ngcobo Khanyisile Ngcobo

Protest hits Kenya after shock death of man held by police

Dozens of activists have staged a protest outside a mortuary in Kenya's…

Schoolchildren swept away as heavy floods and snow hit South Africa

A minibus carrying schoolchildren has been swept away by heavy flooding in…

Khanyisile Ngcobo Khanyisile Ngcobo