Suspected jihadist attack kills dozens in northern Burkina Faso
Issued on: 28/01/2020 – 12:01Modified: 28/01/2020 – 12:01 Suspected Islamic extremists attacked a busy market in Burkina Faso and killed…
Millions of children living in fear in Sahel region, UNICEF warns
Issued on: 28/01/2020 – 11:54Modified: 28/01/2020 – 11:54 As UNICEF publishes its latest report on the impact of violence in…
UN says children are increasingly victims of brutal Sahel violence
Issued on: 28/01/2020 – 07:41Modified: 28/01/2020 – 07:41 Hundreds of children in the Sahel were killed, maimed or forcibly separated…
Taonga Tembo is putting Zambia's street kids on the global stage
Theatre director Taonga Tembo helps transform the lives of thousands of street kids in Zambia through the performing arts. Source:…
The woman bringing Nigerian creatives together
Source: CNN Africa
Fergal Keane, BBC Africa editor, steps down, suffering from PTSD
Keane had been “dealing privately” with the condition for “several years,” the British broadcaster’s head of newsgathering, Jonathan Munro, said…
World Bank to consider giving Tanzania $500 million education loan despite ban on pregnant schoolgirls
The revamped $500 million loan pledges to provide pregnant girls and new mothers with “Alternative Education Pathways” but falls short…
France warns US against pulling troops out of unstable Sahel region
Issued on: 27/01/2020 – 20:26Modified: 27/01/2020 – 20:26 French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly warned Monday that expected cuts to…
Ivory Coast tests first person in Africa for coronavirus
The 34-year-old student traveled from Beijing to the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan on Saturday and was coughing, sneezing and…
Erdogan to discuss Libya conflict on Algeria visit
Issued on: 26/01/2020 – 16:14Modified: 26/01/2020 – 16:15 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday visited Algeria for talks on…
Soldiers killed in attack on Mali army camp, militants suspected
Issued on: 26/01/2020 – 14:51Modified: 26/01/2020 – 14:51 Nineteen soldiers were killed and five wounded in an attack on an…
'Sex for grades' scandal in Nigeria
Source: CNN Africa
Locked up: Where attempting suicide is a crime
Source: CNN Africa
Why the 'giant of Africa' still struggles with extreme poverty
Source: CNN Africa
Growing up intersex in a country where it is believed to be bad luck
Born in Mthatha, a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, she says her family’s conservative nature made…
South African military deployed to help stop killings in Cape Flats
Violence in neighborhoods throughout Cape Town has left families devastated, South Africa’s military stretched thin and medics virtually helpless. CNN’s…
Mother to UN: Keep fighting for Chibok girls
Years have passed since terror group Boko Haram took hundreds of girls from their school in Nigeria. But the wounds…
CNN exclusive: 'Fake' refugees entering the US & Europe
Source: CNN Africa
Nine years after Egyptian revolution started, Tahrir Square icon languishes in jail
Issued on: 25/01/2020 – 14:09Modified: 25/01/2020 – 14:09 On January 25, 2011, demonstrations against police brutality to mark Egypt’s National…
Exclusive: Footage shows wild elephants locked in cages
Source: CNN Africa