Mali’s president urges dialogue after thousands protest
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita went on national television early Saturday, urging dialogue with his opponents just hours after thousands
Tanzania arrests 13 suspects over killing of gold processing plant employees
Tanzanian police said on Friday they had arrested 13 suspects in connection with last month’s killing of five employees of
Nigeria warns of floods in 102 local areas
The Nigerian government on Friday warned of possible floods in 102 local government-run areas across 28 states during this year’s
COVID-19 kills 36, infects over 5,000 S. African police officers
The novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of 36 South African police officers and infected over 5,000 others, Polic Minister
Famine: Yemenis on brink of starvation
In Yemen, fears of famine have resurfaced as UN humanitarians also warned on Friday that 360,000 severely malnourished children could
Nigeria’s anti-corruption chief suspended, accused of graft
The head of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has been suspended from office following corruption allegations against him. President Muhammadu Buhari approved
Finding hope in calamity: How UN humanitarians cope on the front-line
What does it take to help the world’s most vulnerable people, often in dangerous and unstable situations, and at considerable
COVID-19 can spur end of smoking: WHO chief
The COVID-19 pandemic can provide an unanticipated motivation for smokers to quit the habit, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General
U.N.: Illegal ivory trade shrinks while pangolin trafficking booms
The illegal global trade in ivory has shrunk while the trafficking of pangolins has soared, a U.N. report on wildlife
Kenyan museum, Mau Mau fighter shed light on British colonial abuses
Nearing 100, Gitu Wa Kahengeri clearly remembers the day when, as a prisoner of Kenya’s colonial occupier Britain, he wanted