‘Touched many of us’: South Africans mourn Desmond Tutu’s death
A number of memorial services have been organised across the country to pay tributes to 90-year-old anti-apartheid icon.
‘Moral giant’: How the world reacted to Desmond Tutu’s death
The archbishop’s legacy as an ‘anti-apartheid hero’ is remembered in South Africa and around the world.
Former ‘failed State’ Somalia on fragile path to progress: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
Somalia has been riven by decades of conflict and extreme weather events but, says Adam Abdelmoula, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, there are signs of progress amidst a host of ongoing challenges.
A Tense Libya Delays Its Presidential Election
The postponement risks further destabilizing the oil-rich North African country, which has been mired in divisions and violence in the
Exiled Strongman Looms Large Over Gambia Elections
Gambian voters will head to the polls on Saturday in the first presidential election in 27 years that does
Violence in Cameroon, impacting over 700,000 children shut out of school
Over 700,000 children have been impacted by school closures due to often brutal violence in Cameroon, according to an analysis released by the UN humanitarian arm, OCHA, on Thursday.
South Africa Feels Punished for Alerting World to New Variant
JOHANNESBURG — As the United States and European countries close their borders over fears over the recently detected coronavirus variant,
Students to Return to Class After Cameroon University Bombing
YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON — On Thursday, fewer than 2,000 of the 14,000 students enrolled at the University of Buea showed
South Africa’s Last Apartheid President F. W. De Klerk Dies
F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa’s last apartheid president
Ethiopia: Future of Tigray and Horn of Africa ‘in grave uncertainty’
A year-long conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has reached “disastrous proportions”, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Monday, warning of “grave uncertainty” surrounding the future of the country and stability of the whole Horn of Africa region.