Abuja, Nigeria — Nigeria has taken a dramatic step in its long struggle against insurgencies, launching one of the largest terrorism prosecution efforts in the country’s history. More than 500 suspects are now facing trial in 13 separate courtrooms simultaneously, under heavy security, in connection with a wave of attacks that have killed thousands across […]
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Africa — While the world focuses on wars, elections, and economic upheaval, a quieter catastrophe is unfolding across the African continent — one that already claims more lives than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the process by which bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve to defeat the drugs designed to kill them,
Mocimbo da Praia, Mozambique — The Mozambican military has admitted to killing at least 13 fishermen on March 15, when soldiers aboard a Defence Armed Forces of Mozambique (FADM) vessel opened fire on six boats sailing south from Mocimbo da Praia. The incident is the latest in a wave of lethal shootings at sea that
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Abuja, Nigeria — Nigeria has begun the mass prosecution of more than 500 individuals accused of involvement in terrorist attacks, in one of the country’s largest ever criminal proceedings, with hearings spread across 13 courtrooms in the capital Abuja. The trial, which opened this week, marks a decisive step by the Nigerian government to expedite
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More than 26 million people face acute food insecurity in eastern DR Congo as the M23 rebel crisis escalates, in what aid agencies are calling one of Africa’s most neglected humanitarian emergencies.
Deep in the savannahs of Sudan Kordofan and Darfur regions, millions of rural families make their living from the acacia tree. They score its bark, collect the sap as it bleeds out, and watch it harden into amber-coloured tears. Once processed into a fine white powder — known in the food industry as additive E414
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The arid mountains of Somalia Puntland region have become one of the Islamic State group most active theatres anywhere in the world — and the group is using its remote African stronghold to coordinate operations well beyond the Horn of Africa, according to regional security analysts and local officials. The semi-autonomous Puntland government has launched
Court and justice — Pixabay (Free to use) Nigeria has launched one of the largest terrorism prosecutions in its history, beginning the mass trial of more than 500 suspected militants at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The suspects, many held in custody for years without charge, face terrorism-related offences including aiding and abetting Islamist
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Fighting between DR Congo’s military and the M23 rebel group has reached a breaking point for civilians in North Kivu, with aid organizations documenting abuses that may constitute crimes against humanity.
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