Family of cancer survivor jailed over ‘Allah is lesbian’ T-shirt fears for her health behind bars
Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in Morocco on blasphemy charges
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Mozambique welcomes $6 billion electricity project from World Bank backing
Mozambique has won World Bank backing for a $6 billion hydroelectric plant
Jihadists kill scores in attack on town in northeast Nigeria
Jihadists killed at least 63 people, including five soldiers, in a town in northeastern Nigeria where residents had recently returned from a displacement camp, the state governor said on Saturday. Residents said dozens of fighters arrived on motorbike…
Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta
Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta.
Thousands displaced in northern Ghana as ethnic clashes spread
At least 31 people have been killed and thousands displaced in clashes between ethnic groups in north-western Ghana. The Ghana Red Cross has warned of a critical humanitarian situation for about 50,000 people forced to flee their homes.
Oil giants accused of dodging Niger Delta clean-up as UN panel intervenes
Oil giants stand accused of walking away from decades of pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta without cleaning up the damage. A UN-appointed panel of experts wrote to Shell, Eni, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies, warning the companies cannot sell off their …
‘We wondered what had happened’: how Malawi lost healthcare in US aid cuts
Clinics providing services such as antenatal checkups have begun to disappear in one of the world’s poorest countriesA blue, burgundy and white patterned wrapper hides the swell of Joanna Banda’s belly. At eight months pregnant, she has had just three …
Mali files ICJ case against Algeria over destruction of military drone
Mali’s transitional government says it has filed a case against Algeria at the International Court of Justice, accusing its neighbour of “premeditated destruction” of a Malian military reconnaissance drone in March.
At least 15 dead in new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, with 15 deaths and 28 suspected cases since the end of August.
Deadly land dispute in northern Ghana displaces nearly 50,000 people
At least 31 people have been killed and nearly 50,000 displaced following violent communal clashes in Ghana’s Savannah Region, sparked by a land dispute in the village of Gbiniyiri. The conflict, which erupted in August, has forced more than 13,000 Gh…