Africa Archive

Australia’s conservative government on Wednesday repealed a contentious law that allowed ill asylum-seekers languishing in Papua New Guinea and on Nauru to travel to the country for medical treatment. The so-called “Medevac” law was passed in February, permitting refugee transfers from

Bangladesh is blocking hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children from accessing meaningful education, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, urging authorities to lift restrictions on schooling in refugee camps. In a report called “Are we not human?” Human Rights Watch accused

The opening ceremony started with COP24 President, Michal Kurtyka, handing over the leadership of the Conference of the Parties to Environment Minister Carolina Schmidt. Accompanied by UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa, Schmidt highlighted in her first speech as COP25 President that

Ghanaians have been urged to buy locally grown rice this Christmas, on other festive occasions and for everyday consumption in order to give greater impetus to the agriculture sector. Apart from saving Ghana millions of foreign exchange, increased patronage of locally

The United States ambassador to Zambia says local government officials have condemned him for saying he was “horrified” by the sentencing of a local gay couple to 15 years in prison. Ambassador Daniel Foote told reporters Monday he would not be