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Activist crosses Uganda on a motorbike to deliver suncream to people with albinism
- Africa
- June 2, 2020, 16:02
A Ugandan activist is riding a motorbike across the country to deliver sunscreen to people with albinism, while calling for them to be recognised as a(...)

Shifting rainfall patterns a growing threat to farming in sub-Saharan Africa
- Science
- April 23, 2020, 06:00
One of the more ominous indicators of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa has been the dramatic recent shifts in rainfall patterns. With rain-fed agr(...)

Ethiopia postpones elections as Burundi opts to continue with vote
- Africa
- April 8, 2020, 20:20
Ethiopia has postponed August elections due to the coronavirus pandemic but Burundi says it will go ahead with a vote scheduled for May 20th. The upc(...)

Coronavirus: Africa prepares for surge in cases and mass casualties
- Africa
- March 30, 2020, 20:51
As Africa prepares for a surge in coronavirus cases, the lack of intensive care beds and ventilators in many countries is becoming starkly apparent. (...)

Deaths of 64 migrants in Mozambique turns spotlight on intra-Africa smuggling
- Africa
- March 26, 2020, 21:02
After 64 Ethiopians were found dead in the back of a cargo truck in northern Mozambique on Tuesday, international focus has shifted on to intra-Africa(...)

Irish lawyer Fergal Gaynor appointed to top post on Cambodia inquiry
- Irish News
- March 18, 2020, 00:29
An Irish barrister has been appointed to one of the most senior prosecution positions at the Cambodia Tribunal in Phnom Penh, set up in 1997 to try le(...)

The tree whisperer who has helped plant a million native trees across Ireland
- People
- March 14, 2020, 06:00
Melanie Wrynn knows horses, and is beginning to learn about trees. When the horse trainer and her husband Neil moved to a 21-acre farm near Newcastle (...)

Most women live into their 80s. These women die in their 30s. Why?
- Health & Family
- March 4, 2020, 06:01
The average life expectancy of a woman in Ireland today is 84, but the average age of death for a single homeless woman in Dublin is just 38. So(...)

Cyclone Idai’s first anniversary highlights the cost of climate change
- Africa
- March 3, 2020, 19:42
In Beira, central Mozambique, locals sleep looking at the stars. Twelve months have passed, but many still can’t afford to replace what was washed awa(...)

African climate activists fighting to be heard . . . and seen
- Africa
- February 24, 2020, 20:00
In northern Uganda, at a music festival last year, a witchdoctor held up a smoking pipe to the grey, stormy sky. He was being paid roughly $50 for the(...)