Africa

Africa faces a growing road safety crisis, with traffic deaths spiking by 17% from 2010 to 2021, reaching 226,100 fatalities. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the continent has the highest ratio of traffic deaths globally, with 19.5 fatalities…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced that flooding in South Sudan has impacted over 890,000 people, Xinhua reported yesterday. In an update from Juba, the UN revealed that approximately 226,000 individuals have been displaced…

Severe drought and a challenging post-war economic situation have led to a staggering 60% dropout rate among students in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Anadolu Agency reported citing Ismail Abdurahman, head of the Regional Education Bureau. The conflict that erupted in November…

More than 1,000 people have died and at least 740,000 have been displaced due to devastating floods across West and Central Africa, impacting over 5 million individuals in 16 countries, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday citing the United Nations. The hardest-hit…

The African Union’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has issued a stark warning about the ongoing mpox epidemic on the continent, Arab News reported yesterday. As of Thursday, the death toll from mpox has surpassed 800, with…

Archaeologists in Morocco have uncovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old farming society at the Oued Beht site, marking the oldest such discovery outside the Nile Valley, Live Science reported. This site, comparable in size to ancient Troy, reveals evidence of…

Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 individuals, including a prominent smuggler and his wife, following a tragic shipwreck that claimed the lives of 15 migrants off Djerba island, Arab News reported yesterday. The incident occurred on Monday when a boat carrying…

Africa, despite having the fewest roads and vehicles, suffers the highest rate of road fatalities globally, with 620 deaths daily, Arab News reported yesterday. A recent World Health Organization report revealed that the continent recorded a staggering death rate of…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on September 28, detailing civilian atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid military confrontations involving Rwandan forces and the M23 rebel group, Jurist News revealed. The M23, a Tutsi-led…

As global demand for minerals rises, advocacy groups in Africa are urging stronger protections for women and child laborers in the mining industry, VOA revealed yesterday. Women in Mining Africa organized a virtual meeting to promote gender equity and social…