Society & Culture

A proposed law that would label individuals and organisations receiving foreign funding as foreign agents is generating fierce controversy in Uganda, with civil society groups, rights activists, and sections of the business community warning it could stifle dissent, damage the economy, and undermine fundamental freedoms. The Protection of Sovereignty Bill would criminalise actions deemed to […]

Ghana’s rejection of a 109 million dollar US health aid deal over data privacy terms has exposed a fundamental tension in global health cooperation between donor requirements and data sovereignty.

Burundian refugees at a Tanzanian camp. Photo: AFP/File Tanzania has closed the Nduta refugee camp in its northwestern region, effectively ending the presence of one of the largest refugee communities in East Africa. According to human rights organizations and the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), approximately 3,000 remaining refugees were forcibly loaded onto vehicles and

In 2005, the world looked at Darfur. Satellite images of burning villages, reports of mass atrocities, hundreds of thousands of displaced people — the images compelled action, or at least the appearance of it. A UN peacekeeping mission was deployed, albeit slowly and incompletely. Celebrities wore blue wristbands. The word genocide was used, carefully, by

Tanzania has forcibly repatriated approximately 3,000 Burundian refugees from the Nduta camp, drawing condemnation from UNHCR and human rights organizations.

Mothers across Cameroon report dramatic improvements in children’s health since the RTS,S malaria vaccine rollout accelerated in 2024, with hospitals seeing fewer severe cases in young children.

Mothers across Cameroon report dramatic improvements in children’s health since the RTS,S malaria vaccine rollout accelerated in 2024, with hospitals seeing fewer severe cases in young children.

Mothers across Cameroon report dramatic improvements in children’s health since the RTS,S malaria vaccine rollout accelerated in 2024, with hospitals seeing fewer severe cases in young children.

Mothers across Cameroon report dramatic improvements in children’s health since the RTS,S malaria vaccine rollout accelerated in 2024, with hospitals seeing fewer severe cases in young children.

Mothers across Cameroon report dramatic improvements in children’s health since the RTS,S malaria vaccine rollout accelerated in 2024, with hospitals seeing fewer severe cases in young children.

UNICEF’s latest Child Alert warns that children in Darfur are again facing catastrophe two decades after the world first looked away, with 245 child casualties recorded in just the first 90 days of 2026.