Africa Archive

At least 26 people were rescued from a sinking plane that plunged into Lake Victoria due to bad weather in Tanzania early Sunday. The aircraft was reportedly carrying 43 people was due to land in the northwestern city of Bukoba shortly

Burkina Faso has been hit by confusion and uncertainty after suffering its second military coup in a year – with gunshots fired in the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday and protesters starting a fire outside the French embassy. Self-declared coup leader Captain

The Climate Justice Camp in Tunisia has concluded with almost 400 participants strengthening a movement of solidarity across more than 65 countries around the Global South, in the lead-up to the 27th UN climate summit, in Egypt. Led by dozens of

South Africa’s journey towards decarbonisation via the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) has been described as one of the major achievements of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26. The government announced a major U.S.$8.2

A United Nations tribunal in The Hague has opened the genocide trial of a Rwandan businessman captured two years ago after decades on the run, with judges saying the hearing must go on despite the suspect’s decision to boycott it from