Amnesty International has condemned the arbitrary arrest and detention of Tesfalem Waldyes, Editor-in-Chief of "Ethiopia Insider", calling the incident emblematic of a "troubling new reality" in the ...

Rwanda's withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), on June 7, citing ongoing violations of the bloc's founding principles by DR Congo and its allies, "is no great loss ...

The organisers said the protest, scheduled to take off from Ikeja Underbridge at 7:30 a.m., will be peaceful and is aimed at highlighting worsening economic hardship, rising cost of living, and what ...

Pressure is rising against Uganda's new Electronic Penalty System as MPs and the public decry steep fines, inadequate signage, and concerns over a private company profiting from penalties.

The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has issued a chilling warning over the state of the country's public health system, describing it as a "national emergency" that is costing lives daily.

Mr Adesina, who serves out his second-term 10-year tenure at AfDB in September, was a 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.

Analysis - A new report from the International Labour Organisation outlines a set of propositions on how countries should go about formalising the informal economy. The report provides the basis for ...

At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the "catch of the day" wasn't a seabass or a red mullet - it was a figure: 35 per cent. That's the share of global fish stocks now being harvested ...

The RSF took over Khartoum at the outset of the war, and led a campaign of terror against residents. Thousands were held in detention centres, women and girls were raped, and homes were occupied so ...

Tanzania's strategy increasingly frames the ocean not just as an environmental issue but as an economic one. From fish exports to blue carbon markets and nature-based tourism, the sea is now seen as a ...

The cholera outbreak sweeping across Sudan has reached critical levels, with official reports confirming outbreaks in Khartoum, East Darfur, South Darfur, North Darfur, North Kordofan, and West Darfur ...

Kaveh Zahedi is the Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ...