Nigeria Lifts Twitter Ban
The social media site had been blocked after it deleted a post from President Muhammadu Buhari about secessionist groups that
Africa’s fourth COVID wave flattens out after six-week surge
After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave, which has been mainly driven by the Omicron variant, is flattening, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
WFP-backed challenge boosts food system in Rwanda and beyond
Supporting innovations in the food system in Rwanda is the goal of a UN-backed initiative launched in the capital, Kigali, on Wednesday.
‘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.
Many African countries are toughening pandemic restrictions in the face of a Covid surge.
NAIROBI, Kenya — In just the past three weeks, the percentage of Kenyans who tested positive for the coronavirus jumped
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
Can Europe’s right-wing parties be united?
Populist leaders meet in Poland to discuss the continent’s future.
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.