‘TRIANGLE OF SHAME’: Niger Where Girls Are Still Bought Cheaply As ‘Wahaya’
Al-Husseina Amadou never forgets the day she was sold. Like her parents, she was born into slavery in southern Niger. ...
Tag: Global development
How jobseekers from Africa are being tricked into slavery in Asia’s cyberscam compounds
Within hours of landing in Bangkok from Nairobi last December to start a job as a customer service agent, Duncan ...
Ethiopia is becoming an unlikely leader in the electric vehicle revolution
When Deghareg Bekele, an architect in his early 30s, bought an Volkswagen electric car this year, he was a little ...
Exclusive Interview with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
The new president of Somaliland says his state, which broke away from Somalia in 1991, is on the brink of ...
UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths
The head of the global agency tackling Aids says she expects HIV rates to soar and deaths to multiply in ...
Lesotho activist arrested after video on unemployment rates angers Prime Minister
It took a single video complaining about Lesotho’s unemployment rate to turn Tšolo Thakeli into the prime minister’s enemy. Within ...
Ten dead in ‘brutal’ attacks by Isis-linked militants on Mozambique wildlife reserve
One of Africa’s largest protected areas has been shaken by a series of attacks by Islamic State-linked extremists, which have ...
If illegal logging starts again, Liberia could lose more than its beloved pygmy hippos | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
It is sad when a ruthless military dictator funds his government by destroying ecologically important rainforest, logging tropical trees and ...
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Shame on world leaders for neglect of displaced civilians in DRC, says aid chief
World leaders should be ashamed of their neglect of people whose lives were “hanging by a thread” at a time ...
Africa is proof that investing in climate resilience works – and that it makes good business sense | William Ruto and Patrick Verkooijen
Among the many shocks currently facing the international development community is the new direction of the US administration on climate, ...
Fears for spread of malaria in Africa as study finds resistance to frontline drug
Researchers have found “troubling” evidence for the first time that a lifesaving malaria drug is becoming less effective in young ...
Despair in Chad camps as violence and hunger in Sudan drive 25,000 across border in a week
Refugees and aid agencies have warned of deteriorating conditions in overcrowded and severely underfunded camps in Chad, as intensifying violence ...
Millions of teenagers in Africa have undiagnosed asthma – study
Millions of teenagers in Africa are suffering from asthma with no formal diagnosis as the continent undergoes rapid urbanisation, researchers ...
Global rise of populism causing more authoritarianism in Africa
The global rise of populism and “strongmen” has led to an increase in authoritarianism in Africa that is holding back ...
EU unable to retrieve €150m paid to Tunisia despite links to rights violations
The EU will be unable to claw back any of the €150m (£125m) paid to Tunisia despite the money being ...
British government apologizes to Peter Obi, as hired impostors, master manipulators on rampage abroad
Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market
Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane
‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax
Crisis echoes, fears grow in Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu State
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