Africa

The UN rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday that it is deeply disturbed by security forces in Chad's use of live ammunition during recent protests after the death of former President Idriss Déby, on 19 April.

Three African students caught up in India's unfolding Covid-19 crisis share their views from the ground.

14-year-old Sierra Leonean Mabinty Mambu is using radio to empower and educate girls about teen pregnancy.

A “complex and unpredictable security situation” in Tigray continues to impede the delivery of life-saving assistance to Ethiopia’s northern region, the Deputy UN Spokesperson told journalists on Thursday.   

An unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar, an island State off the East African coast in the Indian Ocean, is forcing hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine at a scale “beyond belief”, a senior UN food agency official said on Thursday. 

Child displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR) has now reached its highest level since 2014, according to the latest estimates from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), warning of the mounting risks children face.

Poaching and habitat encroachment are threatening green turtles off the Kenyan coast.

The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) issued a statement on Tuesday, alongside international partners, strongly condemning an outbreak of violence in the capital Mogadishu and urging all sides to “exercise maximum restraint, resume dialogue, and avoid unilateral actions that may lead to a further escalation”.  

In spite of the challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Abyei with other agencies, continue to provide vital protection, humanitarian and recovery assistance to vulnerable populations, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Monday.

A recent spike in inter-community violence in the eastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening the plight of children there, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Monday, urging greater international support. 

A shipwreck off the Libyan coast has reportedly claimed the lives of 130 people, despite SOS calls for help, the UN migration agency IOM said on Friday. 

On behalf of GCAP Africa, we wish to welcome the new regional council members to the region. The new team begins their 3-year term effective 1st April 2021. The new team are already members of the regional assembly who are bringing diverse expertise and huge experiences of being in GCAP for many years.

Some commercial drivers in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region are calling on authorities to adjust the transportation fares due to the recent economic hardships that is battling them and their families.

The Savannah Regional Police Commander has appealed to traditional authorities in the region to assist the police service in the fight against armed robbery on the roads and highways on Wednesday. According to DCOP Enoch Adutwum Bediako, most of the robberies committed on the roads and highways in the region are carried out by Fulani herdsmen.

As part of efforts to support Muslim communities as they mark this year 39;s Ramadan month-long period of Muslim fasting, the Member of Parliament for Salaga South Constituency, Hon Hajia Zuwera Ibrahimah, has donated 300 of the 50kg sized bags of Sugar to be distributed to Muslims in her constituency.

Whenever YOU read a poem, what comes to mind? Do you think and think and think of the reason behind? Do you often live in it or do you see something it seeks to remind? All we do is for souls to live either in fast forward or even in rewind.

The UN and international partners have welcomed significant progress towards advancing an inclusive and comprehensive political solution in Libya .

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underlined the UN’s solidarity with Chad following the death of the country’s leader, announced on Tuesday. 

Disturbing reports have continued to emerge of widespread abuse of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, nearly six months since conflict erupted, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

Recent fighting between government forces and rebels in northern Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 2,000 refugees into neighboring Chad over the past week, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.