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What the rest of the world is publishing about the Horn of Africa — and what the Horn's own newsrooms are publishing about everywhere else.
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More than 80 percent of civilian deaths in Sudan at the start of this year were due to drone attacks, according to the UN. Also, Spain is trying to work out what to do with over 1,000 unaccompanied minors who remain in Ceuta as they cannot…
Bishii Luulyo, waxaa Garoonka Diyaaradaha Aadan Cadde ka dhacay dhowr wareeg oo wada-hadallo heer farsamo ah oo ku saabsanaa arrimaha doorashooyinka. Beesha caalamka ayaa kulahayd door dhexdhexaadin. Dowladda Federaalka iyo saddex garab oo…
A rare video filmed on July 21 in Sabha, Libya shows a woman accused of adultery being sentenced to 100 lashes. Shared on social media, it has sparked outrage for various reasons: Some are appalled by the fact that the punishment was…
Commonwealth Games chef de mission Godwin Kayangwe says he hopes the athletes will return home before their visas expire in October.
More than 70 people died after thousands of migrants tried to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. The crossings have been linked to misleading claims about a recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling.
Rwandan cinema has never enjoyed such a spotlight. Last May at the Cannes Film Festival, Ben'Imana by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo won the 'Caméra d'Or' – the first Rwandan feature film ever to do so. The achievement has lifted an entire…
Following almost a decade of extensive review, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an amended type certificate and updated Production Limitation Record for the Boeing 737 MAX-7. “The approval reflects years of…
The DR Congo is set to open its largest Ebola treatment facility. Construction is nearing completion as health authorities race to contain an outbreak that the World Health Organization has described as intensifying at an "exceptional"…
UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity About 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger before the end of next year by the rapidly developing El Niño…
Cameroon's President Paul Biya reshuffled senior military staff, promoting the head of the Presidential Guard to a brigadier general and replacing commanders in four of the country's five joint military regions, according to three…
Photojournalist Olaoluwa Olowu is documenting the lives of women in Ghana who choose to fight I took this portrait of Elizabeth Boakye, an amateur boxer, in the Abossey Okai neighbourhood of Accra, Ghana, in May 2026. While photographing…
Ghana's parliament passed a bill that could send cocoa farmers to prison for up to 20 years if they convert their farms to other uses without government approval. The new measure was passed on July 30, but the contents of the law were not…
In today’s newsletter: The past week shows how quickly images, rumours and right-wing political opportunism can eclipse the facts on the ground Good morning. Last week, an estimated 72,000 migrants began crossing into a tiny Spanish…
A wave of Kenyan elephant deaths has been blamed on pesticides, but experts tell the BBC they are doubtful.
People hope to see friends or relatives among those still returning as death toll from mass crossing nears 100 Hundreds of people have gathered in the northern Moroccan town of Fnideq, near the border with Spain’s Ceuta, flashing photos of…
Chad le Clos reveals his apartment in South Africa was destroyed by a fatal fire in a "heartbreaking tragedy" - the night after he became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history.
Cameroon’s 93-year-old president has not been seen for many weeks. The Guardian’s Eromo Egbejule and Giovanni Wanneh tell Annie Kelly how the country is managing without its leader, and why Cameroonians still have hope for the next chapter…
In tonight's edition: Ghana's parliament cracks down on the sale or repurposing of land used to grow the country's most important crop, cocoa. Also, DR Congo is set to open its largest ever Ebola treatment facility. Plus a deeply moving…
For millions across Africa and the developing world, the biodiversity crisis is not an abstract problem – it’s the soil that no longer yields bountiful harvests and the fish that no longer return to coastal waters.
Camille Knight is pleased to welcome Derk Segaar, IFRC Special Envoy for Sudan. Sudan's humanitarian crisis has become one of the defining yet least visible crises of the twenty first century. Segaar argues that the conflict can no longer…
Head coach Bubista leaves Cape Verde after reaching the last 32 at the World Cup while Ivory Coast reappoint two-time Afcon winner Herve Renard.
A Russian ship under US sanctions, the Mikhail Britnev, dropped off its cargo of military vehicles at the Port of Lomé in Togo on July 9. It’s the first time that Togo has been a stop for a Russian shipment of weapons to Mali, carried out…
Results may be months away, but efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday as deaths and cases rise in the largest…
The Winter Circus: A Memoir (2026) by Leo Zeilig is published by the Uganda-based Editor House Facility (EHF). A genre-defying work blending memoir, fiction, and political reflection, it explores what it means to live through personal and…
An upper-class Englishwoman falls in love with a worker on her uncle’s sugar plantation in this insipid adaptation of Romesh Gunesekera’s novel Here is a tale of love across the divide, based on a novel by Booker nominee Romesh Gunesekera…
HARARE – Zimbabwe recorded a trade surplus of 239.6 million U.S. dollars in June, rebounding from a 194.7-million-dollar deficit in May, official data showed Monday. According to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT), exports…
It was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment too The live streams are still running, training their cameras on the beach at Ceuta, where nothing is happening.…
Fuelled by TikTok and street dance battles, the coupé-décalé offshoot is latest expression of Côte d’Ivoire’s pop culture The 400-strong crowd, perched on plastic chairs and wooden benches in Abidjan’s Yopougon-Selmer neighbourhood, roared…
Nigerian Richard Itoro is one of tens of thousands who have abandoned their lives in South Africa.
An estimated 50,000 people attempted the journey to the Spanish territory in chaotic and dangerous scenes that resulted in dozens of deaths Border controls between Morocco and the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta appeared to break down in…