At least 70 killed after Canary Island migrant boat capsizes off West Africa
The incident is one of the deadliest in recent years
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The incident is one of the deadliest in recent years
Around 150 people boarded a boat in Gambia that was thought to have been headed for Europe. The boat capsized after traveling about 380 miles.
Coastguard reports boat carrying about 160 people capsized in sight of town 50 miles north of NouakchottSixty-nine people drowned when a vessel full of migrants overturned off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, coastguard officials said on Frid…
A new report has cast a harsh light on the Wagner Group’s three years in Mali, showing how the Russian mercenary group was a source of instability rather than a solution to the country’s security woes.
Exclusive: The ‘unthinkable’ losses put the lives of millions of children at risk, says Save the Children
An investigation has been launched after the animal was shown drinking from a can of beer
A young Comorian woman, Raanti A, has spoken to RFI about multiple rapes she alleges she was subjected to by a man she is related to, who she says also invited several other men to sexually abuse her – one of whom she claims is the Comorian minister o…
The sacred Mount Mulanje in southern Malawi was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July, a move that locals hope will promote eco-tourism while curbing illegal logging.
Exclusive: Richard Dannatt may have broken lobbying rules and claimed assistance was ‘in the UK national interest’A member of the House of Lords asked a senior British diplomat to help a Ghanaian goldmining venture in which he held shares, claiming tha…
As Kenyan police continue to exhume bodies from a mass grave discovered last week, authorities are linking these new discoveries to a starvation cult uncovered with the discovery of hundreds of bodies in a forest in 2023 – according to documents exclu…