Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Patricia de Lille has been appointed infrastructure development minister South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new cabinet in which, for the first time in the country’s history, half of all ministers are women. In another unexpected move, one of the women is from the opposition. He appointed […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Islamist militants have long operated in the Sahel and now have a foothold in Burkina Faso Recent attacks on churches in northern Burkina Faso are likely to be the work of jihadists whose activities are growing in the region despite a military operation to contain Islamist militancy. The country’s foreign […]
In July 2018, BBC Africa Eye investigated a viral video showing a group of women and children being blindfolded and shot in an unknown location. It was initially dismissed by the Cameroonian government as fake news, but the BBC team was able to find out where it happened and who was responsible. But what happened […]
Caster Semenya has won the Olympic 800m title twice and the world title three times Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya has filed an appeal to Switzerland’s federal supreme court in response to losing her case against restricting testosterone levels in female runners. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) had rejected the South African’s challenge […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Protesters came out on to the streets after reports of Kamel Eddine Fekhar’s death An imprisoned Algerian human rights activist, who had been on hunger strike for more than 50 days, has died. Kamel Eddine Fekhar was arrested in March for “undermining state security” and put in pre-trial detention. His […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Protesters came out on to the streets after reports of Kamel Eddine Fekhar’s death An imprisoned Algerian human rights activist, who had been on hunger strike for more than 50 days, has died. Kamel Eddine Fekhar was arrested in March for “undermining state security” and put in pre-trial detention. His […]
Image copyright Blaise Mabala Image caption Survivors gathered on the shore of Lake Mai-Ndombe after the disaster Wooden passenger boats that are more than five years old are to be banned from a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo where hundreds of people are feared to have drowned at the weekend. Some 45 people […]
Image copyright Blaise Mabala Image caption Survivors gathered on the shore of Lake Mai-Ndombe after the disaster Wooden passenger boats that are more than five years old are to be banned from a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo where hundreds of people are feared to have drowned at the weekend. Some 45 people […]
Image copyright Egypt ministry of defence Image caption Egypt has been battling militants in Northern Sinai for years Egyptian forces and militants in the Sinai might both be responsible for crimes against humanity, human rights campaigners say. Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses the government of carrying out enforced disappearances, killings, torture and other illegal acts. […]
Image copyright Egypt ministry of defence Image caption Egypt has been battling militants in Northern Sinai for years Egyptian forces and militants in the Sinai might both be responsible for crimes against humanity, human rights campaigners say. Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses the government of carrying out enforced disappearances, killings, torture and other illegal acts. […]
