Africa

At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their two boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the Tunisian coast guard said on Sunday. Separately, in the last four days,…

According to the most recent World Health Organization study, the drought in Somalia has contributed to the deaths of approximately 43,000 individuals. The primary reasons of death, according to the research, which was created in partnership with the Somalia Ministry…

The Washington-based International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) published a message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, marked 21st of March, calling on the International Community to deplore the racist policies practiced by major countries towards African…

A new analysis from the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, published on Mrach. 19 shows that some 190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and…

According to a new economic research, results show that between 1995 and 2005, soil aridification led to a global loss of approximately 1.7 million tons of corn, 81,000 tons of rice, 786,000 tons of soybeans and 430,000 tons of wheat,…

Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in “extreme jeopardy” and desperately need humanitarian assistance due to worsening violence, the United Nations said Friday. The figure is twice as many as in 2020, while a further four…

African countries are spending between 2% and 9% of their budgets to respond to extreme weather events, according to a report released by the United Nations on Wednesday. A committee of experts shared the findings at the annual U.N. conference…

Cyclone Freddy has killed more than 60 people and injured dozens in Malawi and Mozambique as it slammed into Southern Africa for the second time in a month. Freddy is one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Southern…

Rural Niger offers young men no way to make a living, forcing huge numbers to emigrate and others to turn to crime and extremism. In February, a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said the desire for employment…

Islamic extremists killed at least 25 fishermen during an attack in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state, the police told The Associated Press on Thursday. The rebels attacked the fishermen in the remote Mukdolo village of Borno where the years-long extremist violence…