It came as more than 5,200 of the former rebel group’s fighters were disarming just weeks before a visit by Pope Francis and a national election that will test the resolve of the two parties to sustain the peace. Continue reading
The African Continental Free Trade Area aims to create a single unified market for the continent’s 1.3 billion people and to boost economic development. Continue reading
Djaffar Al Katanty, a camera operator from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has only been able to watch as his hometown has become the epicentre of the world’s second worst recorded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. He describes the scene as watching people die “day after day.” Continue reading
The attacks come months before an election and at the peak of a tourist season in which Tunisia. Continue reading
More than 500 African migrants were found walking in groups across the Rio Grande — more than double the total of 211 African migrants who were detained by the Border Patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2018 fiscal year. Continue reading
The first three months of 2019 saw 112,163 reported measles cases. The same period in 2018 saw only 28,124. Continue reading
A Regina woman is collecting hundreds of bras to help spark a conversation about women’s health with people in Africa. Continue reading
The cholera cases have been discovered in the port city of Beira, whose half-million residents and especially those in crowded, poor neighbourhoods are at particular risk. Continue reading
Police say the accused allegedly arranged and facilitated the transport of a woman from Africa to Canada in late 2018, when she was exploited for labour purposes in Halton. Continue reading
Tropical Cyclone Idai has killed more than 700 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe so far. Continue reading