Tanzania’s Hassan declared landslide winner in election that triggered violent protests
Rights groups cite pattern of enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings ahead of the polls
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Tanzania opposition party says 700 killed in election protests
Protests broke out after president’s key challengers were excluded from ballot
Roots and Branch: Alex Haley’s lesser known Irish heritage
The Roots author’s follow-up novel Queen traces five generations of a second branch of his ancestry back to a town in Co Monaghan
An 18-year-old girl was the first in Ireland to benefit from pain-free surgery
The celebration is both a tribute to the pioneers who revolutionised surgery and an opportunity to appreciate the silent guardians of the operating room
Colonialism still a puppet master of today’s extinction crisis
Decolonising entrenched patterns of power and thinking needed as part of response to environmental nightmare
At least 70 people drown as migrant boat capsizes off West Africa
Gambia says vessel carrying about 150 people sank off coast of Mauritania
Migrants detained in Africa ‘face torture, sexual abuse’, with EU policy blamed for adding to problem
Bloc has migration control deal with Mauritania, a common departure point for those trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands
US again detains Abrego Garcia with intention to redeport him to Uganda
Lawyers accuse Trump administration of trying to ‘coerce’ guilty plea from immigrant on charges of human smuggling
Bob Geldof: ‘I never read about myself. I can’t stand the stupid f**king things I say’
The singer and campaigner on how music is no longer a pillar of social protest and why it’s no surprise Live Aid sprang from the Irish community
Healthy environment is a human right, top UN court rules in landmark climate case
‘This is the start of a new era of climate accountability at a global level’ - Greenpeace
US to destroy almost $10m in contraceptives rather than send abroad for women in need
Supplies were almost certainly intended for women in Africa, two senior congressional aides says
Kenya: Most deaths during antigovernment protests caused by police, Amnesty says
Sixteen killed and hundreds injured as Kenyans mark since year deadly demonstrations
‘They love Irish whiskey there’: How one spirits firm is looking to Africa after Trump tariff threat
After tasting success in Nigeria already, Element Irish Whiskey is looking further afield in the populous continent
Anne Merriman obituary: Pioneer of palliative care renowned for her work in Africa
Attending to the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of patients became a hallmark of her work
‘They were Buncrana sons’ – the Co Donegal lives and tragic deaths of two immigrant teenagers
The town has rallied around the families of the two boys who came from Africa and made new homes and lives in Co Donegal
Irish-founded Tullow Oil faces $1.4bn refinancing headache amid falling crude prices
Shares in the exploration firm have slumped and are being sold off at rates not seen in five years
Africa mines the material, China makes the products, Ireland gets rich
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, the world is abandoning globalisation. How’s this going for Africa? Not great, to be honest
Patrick Freyne on Africa’s forgotten war
In the News podcast: The war in Sudan has resulted in a deadly humanitarian crisis
Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says
African country previously had deal with UK to take in deported migrants
DR Congo moves to lift ex-president Kabila’s immunity, accusing him of war crimes
Return to the country by Kabila could complicate US-backed bid to end the rebellion in east, which contains valuable minerals that Trump administration is keen to help mine
What high-end tourists get up to in Ireland: ‘You always have to make things happen. We do a lot of helicopters’
From Taylor Swift to millionaire CEOs, luxury travel agency founder Siobhan Byrne caters to the desires of the rich and famous who want bespoke Irish holidays
‘There were four girls raped in front of us. Their mother cried for their safety’
Rape and sexual assault are used as weapons of war in Sudan. A refuge in Adre in Chad offers ‘a safe space for women and girls’ where they can make handicrafts and talk
Sudanese refugees in Chad: ‘I still hear the sound of shooting in my ears’
Having escaped a war where murder and rape seem systematic, some 1.3 million people from Sudan struggle to meet their daily needs in Chad - while bearing physical and emotional scars
‘A lot of children die’: Patrick Freyne reports from inside Chad camps for Sudanese refugees
US cuts to foreign aid could be ‘a death sentence for millions of people experiencing extreme hunger and starvation’, says World Food Programme
Sobering consequences of rapidly declining birth rates
World sleepwalking towards social upheaval sparked by extended period of falling births, unless urgent action taken
More than 180 people missing after migrant boats capsize in rough seas off Yemen
International Organisation for Migration says all passengers and all but two crew members are feared dead
Wild beauty: In Botswana, the bountiful wildlife seems as chilled out as the humans
Sauntering giraffes, graceful leopards, perilously present lions and snoozing elephants: a visit to Chobe National Park sets the pulse racing
The African Revolution: A History of the Long Nineteenth Century by Richard Reid – An erudite and informed work
This is a big book from a skilful writer: clever, full of ideas and insights, stimulating and provocative
Clothes banks are overflowing as the ‘market for castoffs collapses’
Charity shops fear they will become dumping ground for poor-quality clothing if new EU law on textile waste is enforced fully
Widespread ecological damage from oil spills in Niger Delta revealed in international study
Scientists detail scale of devastation to mangroves using satellite imagery, AI and imaging techniques used in healthcare settings
Ireland should reimagine its relationship with Africa
An increasing number of ‘middle powers’ are stepping up their engagement in Africa in an effort to bolster their global influence
Belgium still coming to terms with colonial past
Europe letter: Veils shroud colonial depictions of Congolese in Belgium’s royal museum of Africa
Wars are fuelling antibiotic-resistant infections, threatening global health crisis
Governments, pharmaceutical companies and international organisations must co-ordinate a response before it’s too late
Sudan army nears biggest victory of civil war with assault on capital
Khartoum offensive comes as battlefield gains help turn tide of conflict in military’s favour
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