Rapid Support Force rebels leave tales of horror in after attack on village in Sudan’s Kordofan region
In this photo released by the NGO Mercy Corps, Sudanese families displaced by RSF attacks in Kordofan take shelter in a football stadium in Kadugli, South Kordofan province, on May 27, 2025.
More sinned against than sunning: How Ogiek people’s quest for indigenous cultural and land rights is thorny legal issue for Kenya
The Africa Court mandated the establishment of a Community Development Fund within 12 months, into which all compensation funds would be deposited. This fund was to be managed with adequate representation from the Ogiek community to ensur that the reparations directly benefit those affected.
Building tabernacles in Nairobi explains why and how Rastafarian faith is rapidly gaining ground in Kenya
For Rastafarians, Ethiopia was a symbol of pride for its unbroken resistance to colonizers and Selassie was Jah, the deity.
New malaria drug Coartem Baby set for rollout in East and West Africa after successful trials in Uganda
Africa’s 1.5 billion people accounted for 95 per cent of an estimated 597,000 malaria deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the WHO. More than three-quarters of those deaths were among children.
In Uganda, an east African country of 45 million people, there were 12.6 million malaria cases and nearly 16,000 deaths in 2023. Many were children younger than five and pregnant women, according to WHO.
Busia got talent: Harambee Star’s mother praises son Boniface Muchiri’s never-say-die spirit and outstanding display
At the centre of interest a son born and brought up in Busia, one of the five counties in western Kenya that have contributed directly and indirectly more than 90 per cent of current Kenyan team that has shocked Africa’s football powerhouses like Morocco, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Angola and Zambia.
Released from prison in neighbouring Sudan, South Sudanese exiles feel lost when they return home
As a young man in the mid-1980s, Daud Mahmoud Abdullah left his home in Aweil in South Sudan and headed north. It was a time of war. South Sudan was still part of Sudan and was fighting for independence, in a conflict that would claim about two million lives. He...
Research: Uniquely Kenyan ‘nyama choma’ tradition and ancient butcheries date back 2.9 million years at Nyayanga in Homa Peninsula on Lake Victoria
Homo sapiens did not arise until much later, around 300,000 years ago. But the knack for seeking out the best raw materials to make simple technology dates back nearly three million years.
Jobless Ethiopian youth risk kidnappings, death in Middle East leaving behind distraught families
More than 1.1 million Ethiopians were classified as migrants who left their home country and were living abroad in 2024, up from about 200,000 recorded in 2010, according to United Nations figures.
Senegal’s ‘schools for husbands’ teaching ‘positive masculinity’ but men still wary of male doctors treating their wives
While maternal and infant deaths in Senegal have declined over the past decade, experts say it still has a long way to go. It recorded 237 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in 2023, while 21 new-borns out of every 1,000 died within their first month. The UN globally wants to reduce maternal deaths to 70 deaths per 100,000 live births and new-born deaths to under 12 per 1,000 by 2030.
South Africa starts a soul-searching ‘national dialogue’ on poverty and inequality and other issues
Some high-profile foundations have pulled out of this week’s opening convention, citing rushed timelines and logistical issues, but they have said they will participate in the rest of the program.
