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    Boko Haram jihadists kill 14 in attack on western Chad village

    18 Dec 2019

    The village is about 60 kilometres (35 miles) from the border with northeast Nigeria, the springboard for Boko Haram raids and kidnappings in neighbouring countries.

    VIDEO: Big Heart Foundation leads Emirati officials on a field visit to Kenya to assess humanitarian needs

    25 Nov 2019

    'Almost 40 percent of Kenya’s refugees and asylum seekers reside in Kakuma, and their humanitarian needs continue to rise due to the continued influx from the two main refugee producing countries of Somalia and South Sudan'

    Vaccine worries in Africa as India struggles

    12 May 2021

    Africa is watching aghast as India struggles with coronavirus, fearing a long-running shortfall in the Indian-made vaccines that it needs to help shield its people. Often dubbed the “world’s pharmacy”, India is one of the biggest suppliers of the AstraZeneca vaccine

    Why West Africans risk all to leave Tunisia

    04 May 2021

    Aminata Traoure survived a shipwreck in which she lost her baby daughter, her sister and her niece but she is determined to embark again on the illegal crossing to Europe. For the 28-year-old from Ivory Coast, the perilous Mediterranean crossing from

    Vaccine throws up glaring rich-poor divide

    27 Jan 2021

    The call from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to wealthy countries not to hoard surplus COVID-19 vaccine supplies merits mention. Ramaphosa has also urged that global productions should be shared more equally. Africa has been struggling

    Africa cannot be complacent about pandemic

    11 Jan 2021

    The pandemic scenario in Africa is taking on grim proportions as each day passes. Africa makes up about 3.3 per cent of the global total of confirmed virus cases, but this is believed to be just a fraction of the actual cases on the continent of 1.3 billion people.

    Africa faces hurdles to clean tech drive

    18 Jul 2023

    From Zimbabwe’s lithium-rich rocks to Democratic Republic of Congo’s cobalt, minerals critical for clean energy technologies are increasingly in demand from Africa’s trade partners as part of the global green transition from planet-warming fossil fuels. Yet on a continent long blighted by the so-called “resource curse”

    African leaders set to sign landmark trade deal at AU Summit

    07 Jul 2019

    In a "historic" moment for the 55-member bloc, according to its chairman Moussa Faki, heads of state will officially launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at the two-day summit in Niamey, the Nigerien capital.

    Djibouti's hidden rock art offers window to the past

    07 Aug 2021

    These masterful works, etched onto stone in northern Djibouti, are among the most important examples of rock art in the Horn of Africa, a region rich in archaeological heritage and the birthplace of humanity.

    Inaugural fellowship group of The Africa Institute announced

    23 Feb 2021

    The Institute offers both Masters and PhD programmes dedicated to training a new generation of critical thinkers in African and African diaspora studies, evolving a new model for academic research, teaching and documentation in the field.

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