Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir (left) and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo tour Darfur in 2017.
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The failure to hold the perpetrators of the Darfur genocide accountable has led to further instability in Sudan.
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By generating new high-resolution maps, researchers found cocoa plantations were causing far worse forest destruction in West Africa than previously thought.
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China’s population decline and intensive ageing will offer opportunities and risks to African countries.
Some African countries are seeking to replace orphanages with family-based care.
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Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.
Jordanians being evacuated from Sudan amid fighting between two factions.
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Sudan’s location and natural resources have attracted international partners keen to benefit either geopolitically or economically.
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Growing legumes could at once provide African farmers with fertilisers and food crops. However, researchers warn this is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
Women in parts of the world are victims of slavery.
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The voices and actions of women who were enslaved reveal how oppression works and what made a difference to those exposed to it
Nigerien police processing Emergency Travel Mechanism evacuees in Niamey, Niger in 2019.
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Plans by European states to outsource their asylum procedures to African states often fail and don’t offer political alternatives to asylum in Europe.
Sudan army soldiers are fighting a rival paramilitary group.
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Violence in Sudan threatens to throw the troubled nation into chaos. A scholar of the region explains what is going on and what’s at stake.
Stone obelisks stand tall in Aksum, Ethiopia. This city was once the capital of a kingdom spanning northeast Africa and the Arabian peninsula.
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DNA analysis sheds light on important societies within Africa that existed before colonialism.
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Slow growth of exports and tourism and a resurgence of global inflation have created dollar shortages in some African economies.
There have been substantial improvements in some areas of TB therapeutics.
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Less than half of the children aged 0-14 who have TB are diagnosed – so they never even start treatment.
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Aquifers are highly prevalent across Africa – but they’re not always going to be usable.
Nigeria has to step up biosecurity measures to check frequent bird flu outbreaks.
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Bird flu has been recurring in Africa since 2006 and Nigeria is heavily affected. High-level biosecurity measures are required to keep people and animals safe.
Street market and the Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali, which was designated a world heritage site by Unesco in 1988. During the pandemic, the town was hard hit by illegal excavations and looting.
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The Covid-19 pandemic will long be remembered for the lockdowns it imposed and the millions of lives it stole. A recent Unesco report reveals that it has also took a large toll on world heritage sites.
Footballers in Africa dream of a career in Europe
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Beyond the glamour and fan adulation, African footballers in Europe struggle with adjusting to a new environment.
Marburg virus spreads through close contact with infected body fluids.
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The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, currently has no approved treatments or vaccines to protect against it.
Pope Francis at Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in February 2023.
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Pope Francis’ papacy is anchored on what he calls a “revolution of tenderness”.
President Carter’s interest in southern Africa was crucial to keeping the peace.
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Carter’s work in Zimbabwe forms a significant and under appreciated part of his legacy
Foreign aid drives development in cities such as Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa.
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Gender parity in the top echelons of donor organisations is key, given that Africa’s cities rely on international aid for development.