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Rescuers search to retrieve bodies from the water after a ferry overturned off the shores of Ukerewe Island on Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Photograph: Reuters

Tanzania ferry disaster: Captain arrested as death toll rises

September 22, 2018, 07:31

More than 130 people are dead after the ferry sank on Lake Victoria on Thursday

Patients wait to be tested for tuberculosis, at the TB Annex Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Photograph: Sally Hayden

TB in Liberia: ‘I thought it was African sun – meaning you’re cursed’

Sally Hayden
September 22, 2018, 05:00

Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis takes heavy toll on poor as UN seeks to curb disease

The upturned passenger ferry MV Nyerere in the water near Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania on Friday. Photograph: AP

At least 136 bodies recovered after ferry capsizes in Tanzania

September 21, 2018, 18:49

Scores more reported missing in disaster near Ukara Island, Lake Victoria

A Rastafarian and supporter of the legislation of marijuana light a joint in Johannesburg, as they celebrate after the Constitutional Court ruled that the personal use and growing of marijuana in South Africa is legal. Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

South Africa decriminalises marijuana in landmark court ruling

Bill Corcoran
September 18, 2018, 17:47

Drug may not be used in public, distributed or sold, or used by minors

A house partially submerged in flood waters in Lokoja city, Kogi State, Nigeria. Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters

‘At least 100 killed’ in floods across 10 Nigerian states

September 17, 2018, 21:27

National disaster declared in four states following worst flooding since 2012

A horse rears in the street as major crowds gather to welcome returning leaders of the once-banned Oromo Liberation Front in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Photograph: Mulugeta Ayene/AP Photo

Ethnic attacks leave several dead outside Ethiopia’s capital

September 16, 2018, 18:29

Attacks linked to land and resources not new in East African nation of over 80 ethnic groups

Pallbearers carry Kofi Annan’s coffin during the funeral of the former UN secretary-general in Accra, the capital of Ghana, on Thursday. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images

Ghana bids farewell to former UN chief Kofi Annan

September 13, 2018, 18:22

Former UN secretary-general hailed as force for good at funeral attended by 6,000

The stone flake discovered in Blombos Cave in South Africa. Photograph: Craig Foster/Handout via Reuters

Oldest-known human drawing discovered in South Africa

September 12, 2018, 19:04

Markings on small stone flake predate previous record-holders by at least 30,000 years

John and Susan Cooper, who died in a hotel in Egypt last month. Photograph: Facebook

E.coli was a factor in British tourists’ deaths, Egypt claims

September 12, 2018, 16:27

Public prosecutor releases statement on deaths of John and Susan Cooper at hotel

Illegal migrants sit inside the Ganzour shelter after being transferred from the airport road due to fighting in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, a week ago. Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images

‘Live free or die trying on the sea’: Limbo in Libya for unregistered refugees

Sally Hayden
September 12, 2018, 01:00

Lack of registration by UNHCR or authorities ‘makes it harder to ensure people are safe’

File image of Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed in July 2018. File photograph: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters

Ethiopia and Eritrea reopen border after 20-year standoff

September 11, 2018, 21:08

Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders cement stunning reconciliation following conflict

A survivor told MSF that ‘European rescuers’ had come by aircraft and thrown life rafts, but migrants remained in the water for hours. File photograph: Santi Palacios/AP

More than 100 migrants died in boat wreck off Libya coast

September 11, 2018, 13:16

Two vessels set out from on September 1st carrying scores of people from various countries

Firefighters and rescuers in front of the headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Company in the capital Tripoli on Monday. Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images

Two employees killed in attack on Libya’s oil corporation

September 10, 2018, 19:21

Gunmen storm Tripoli headquarters of crucial institution in war-torn country

Omar Hassan al-Bashir: the president says Sunday’s measure necessary to solve “the state of distress and frustration faced by the country during the last period”. Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

President dissolves Sudan’s government over crisis-hit economy

September 9, 2018, 22:38

Bashir’s shake-up includes cut in the number of ministries from 31 to 21

Tthe wreckage of a light aircraft that crashed into the Yirol River as local fishermen use canoes to help in the rescue and retreival efforts. Photograph: Radio Myraya/AFP

At least 19 killed in South Sudan plane crash

September 9, 2018, 16:35

Three children reportedly among 22 passengers on flight from Juba to Yirol

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe (94) in Harare: “It was an election and his victory cannot be disputed,” he said of Emmerson Mnangagwa. File photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Mugabe says he now accepts Zimbabwe election results

Bill Corcoran
September 7, 2018, 18:18

Former leader, ousted from power in military takeover last year, says ‘Mnangagwa won’

Giraffe attack: Katy Williams with her husband, Sam, and their son, Finn. Photograph: Handout

Mother and toddler critically injured after giraffe attack

Aamna Mohdin
September 7, 2018, 17:17

American scientist and three-year-old son trampled at wildlife reserve in South Africa

A Spanish rescue boat carries rescued migrants to the port of Almeria, southern Spain, on Sunday. Photograph: Carlos Barba/EPA

Sharp rise in proportion of migrants dying in Mediterranean, says UN

September 3, 2018, 13:43

One death for every 18 arrivals in Europe, says UNHCR, as numbers making journey fall

A Somali soldier walks near the wreckage of vehicles at the scene of a blast outside the compound of a district headquarters in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP

At least six dead in Somalia suicide car bombing

September 2, 2018, 13:01

Officials warn of more potential casualties as blast brought down nearby buildings

Jestina Mukoko: “We are talking about a citizenry that has been intimidated over years, these are people who are vulnerable.” Photograph: Gary Walsh

Human rights campaigner calls for restraint in Zimbabwe

Sorcha Pollak
August 31, 2018, 01:00

After witnessing intimidation during the election, Jestina Mukoko is looking to the future

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