GOMA (DR Congo), At least three demonstrators were killed in an attack on a UN convoy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations mission in the country said in a statement.Militias have plagued the mineral-rich eastern DRC for decades,…
DAKAR, The leading factor driving people to join fast-growing violent extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa is lack of job opportunities, according to a new report released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).The report released on Tuesday entitled…
Malawi is experiencing the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history, say World Health Organization officials, who note that the disease has left more than 1,200 people dead and nearly 37,000 others infected since March of last year.The U.N. released a…
A rash of killings across Africa has renewed focus on the risks facing those working to expose wrongdoing.The killings of two journalists in Cameroon and a respected human rights defender in Eswatini, along with the suspicious death of a well-known edi…
