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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…
Health officials have recorded 28 suspected cases and 15 fatalities so far in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, which has claimed thousands of lives in previous outbreaks in the Central African country.
DR Congo has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai province, with 15 confirmed deaths since late August. The country’s health ministry confirmed 28 suspected cases, including a pregnant woman as the first reported patient. This marks the country’s 16…
From 2008 to 2014, EU security operations in Africa revealed a clash between human security principles and members’ national interests, undermining the EU’s global role.
The jailing of Ibtissam Lachgar has incensed human rights groups
The US president has slashed nearly $600m in funding for contraceptives and the impact of the cuts could be deadly for tens of thousands of women, reports chief international correspondent Bel Trew from Uganda and Zimbabwe
Exclusive: At least three countries are already out of some contraceptive methods – with more set to follow suit – leaving women vulnerable to high risk pregnancies and unsafe abortions, writes Rachel Schraer
From detecting land mines to sniffing out tuberculosis
A Moroccan court sentenced feminist activist Ibtissame Lachgar to 30 months in prison on Wednesday for “offending Islam” over a T-shirt with the word “Allah” in Arabic followed by “is lesbian”. The 50-year-old psychologist and rights campaigner was al…
Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disruptedAid cuts in east Africa have led to cases of babies being born with HIV because mothers could not get medica…