Humanitarian
Cape Town News
As the world celebrates the annual Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July, the man to whom the day is dedicated remains in a "critical but stable condition" at a hospital in Pretoria, the country...
Nairobi News
US embassy in Nairobi supports gay rights
The US embassy to Kenya hosted a gay pride event, thought to be the first of its kind in the country, at its base in Nairobi at the end of June.
The milestone event saw diplomats unite with local g...
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzania counts the toll of another ferry tragedy
As Tanzania mourns those drowned in the ferry disaster off the island of Zanzibar on 10 September questions are being asked once again about the safety of the country
Addis Ababa News
Measles vaccinations start in Ethiopian refugee camp
Measles has broken out in a refugee camp for Somalis in southern Ethiopia. In the Kobe camp near Dollo Ado in the south-east of the country 47 people were diagnosed with measles at the beginning of Au...
Arusha News
Tanzania to help drought victims
The Tanzanian government is to assist neighbouring countries affected by a severe drought by allowing them to negotiate directly with its ministry of agriculture to procure some of its 1.7 million ton...
Accra News
Over 5,000 refugees from the Ivory Coast have arrived in neighbouring Ghana due to the intensified fighting in the West African cocoa-growing country, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency (U...
Accra News
Ghanaians in Libya return to Accra
Thousands of Ghanaians are stranded in Libya following the outbreak of political unrest and violence in the north African state. Statistics from Ghana's embassy in Tripoli put the number of Ghanaians...
Cape Town News
Abandoned babies increase in Cape Town
Over 500 babies have been abandoned in Cape Town this year and the city
Cape Town News
Cape Town’s Desmond Tutu to retire from public life
Desmond Tutu, Anglican archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and 1984 Nobel peace laureate, has announced that he will be withdrawing from public life starting later this year in order to spend more time w...
Accra News
Severe flooding in southern Ghana
At least 14 people have died in southern Ghana as a result of flooding following particularly heavy rainfall on 20 June, media sources report.
The areas worst affected are the Central, Eastern Vol...
Addis Ababa News
NGO registration begins in Ethiopia
Local and foreign non-governmental organisations operating in Ethiopia have three months to register with the newly created Charities and Societies Agency (CSA) under the terms of a controversial new...
Nairobi News
Hunger crisis looms in East Africa
International aid agencies warn of a looming hunger crisis in east Africa due to a combination of poor harvests, prolonged drought, conflict and the high cost of food.
At the end of August the Wor...
Nairobi News
Canadian Suaad Hagi Mohamud leaves Kenya.
The Canadian citizen held in Nairobi for over three months for allegedly travelling on a false passport has finally been allowed to leave Kenya.
The Canadian government has received stinging criti...
