Kenyan clinics provide health care to truck drivers, sex workers A clinic initiative in Kenya aims to provide health care to vulnerable mobile populations such as truck drivers and commercial… 11/28/2024 Aimaf
Amnesty International says Nigerian police killed 24 in crackdown on August protests Abuja, Nigeria — Human rights group Amnesty International on Thursday said its investigation into Nigerian authorities' crackdown on anti-government protests in… 11/28/2024 Aimaf
Thousands left queuing to vote in Namibia after scheduled polls close WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA — Logistical issues on Wednesday left thousands of Namibians waiting in queues to vote in pivotal presidential and legislative… 11/28/2024 Aimaf
Zambia’s civil society rejects proposed NGO bill LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — Civil society organizations in Zambia have raised concern over the government’s introduction of a bill that they say… 11/28/2024 Aimaf
Kenya drops on travel index ranking with new visa requirements Nairobi — A Kenyan government requirement that foreigners register online three days before traveling to the country has made the East… 11/27/2024 Aimaf
Democracy facing crossroads in Africa Ten years ago, 80% of Africans believed democracy was the best form of governance and would always choose it over… 11/27/2024 Aimaf
Morocco pushes to bring Central Sahel ‘out of isolation’ In a November interview, Morocco's foreign minister said his country plans to bring Central Sahel countries such as Burkina Faso,… 11/27/2024 Aimaf
UNAIDS: upholding human rights essential for ending AIDS HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, the U.N. has released a report saying that upholding human… 11/27/2024 Aimaf
Southern African countries in bid to fight UK anti-hunting bill GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Six southern African countries have voiced disappointment with new efforts by the British Labour Party government to introduce… 11/27/2024 Aimaf
Report exposes legal loopholes protecting rapists in Africa BLANTYRE, MALAWI — A report by the international NGO Equality Now says the definition of rape in 25 African countries has… 11/26/2024 Aimaf
Africa displacement triples, fueled by conflict, violence and disasters, new report states NAIROBI — A new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center says the number of people displaced in Africa has tripled… 11/26/2024 Aimaf
Death toll from Sudan’s brutal civil war far exceeds previous estimates, study suggests London — The number of people killed in Sudan’s civil war is far higher than previously thought, according to new research,… 11/26/2024 Aimaf
Death toll from Sudan’s civil war far exceeds previous estimates, study suggests The number of people killed in Sudan’s civil war is far higher than previously thought, according to new research. The… 11/26/2024 Aimaf
Migrant boat sinkings off Madagascar highlight desperation felt by many Somalis Mogadishu, Somalia — The Somali government says it will begin evacuating the survivors of two boats, carrying mostly Somali migrants, which… 11/25/2024 Aimaf
Namibia elections set for Wednesday Namibia is preparing for its seventh presidential and National Assembly elections since gaining independence 34 years ago, with the ruling… 11/25/2024 Aimaf
Horn of Africa forum opens in Djibouti amid Ethiopia-Somalia tensions Washington — Somali scholars, politicians and traditional leaders from across the Horn of Africa gathered in Djibouti on Monday for a… 11/25/2024 Aimaf
South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85 JOHANNESBURG — South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former white-minority government's apartheid policy of racial… 11/25/2024 Aimaf
Africa’s junta-led nations use music to push anti-imperialism drive NIAMEY, Niger — Thousands from the junta-led countries in Africa's Sahel region gathered this week in the Nigerien capital of Niamey,… 11/24/2024 Aimaf
As fast fashion’s waste pollutes environment, Ghana designers find a solution ACCRA, Ghana — In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana's capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search through piles… 11/24/2024 Aimaf
Nations at UN climate talks agree on $300B a year for poor countries BAKU, AZERBAIJAN — United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity’s fight against… 11/24/2024 Aimaf