Raped, injected with poison, entire family murdered: One woman’s story in CAR
IRIN Philip Kleinfeld Bangui, March 23rd, 2017 The first time the Séléka rebels captured Danielle* she was visiting the shallow grave where her husband, father, and brothers were all buried. Danielle had witnessed the rebels kill the men outside her home just a few hours earlier. When she returned to show her mother More...
Namibia, government issues 95,000 euro permit to hunt and kill a rhino
The Namibian Staff reporter Windhoek, December 31st 2016 Government last month issued a permit to a private farmer to shoot a white rhino bull as a trophy worth N$1,4 million (95,000 More...
Sex with minors, abortion, paedophilia impeach the Queen of Katwe blockbuster Disney
(La versione italiana di questa storia si trova qui) Our Special Correspondent and Editor Massimo A. Alberizzi Nairobi, 16th November 2016 A murky story, made of sexual advances, More...
Hypocrisies: Eritrean dictatorship supports the Ethiopian struggle for democracy
Special for Africa Express Saba Makeda Somewhere inside Eritrea, 31st October 2016 During the UN meeting in New York, Mr Yemane Gebreab – special advisor for the Eritrean president More...
Pregnant and homeless: South Sudan’s women refugees
Special for IRIN Sally Nyakaniyanga Adjumani, Uganda, 30th September 2016 Josephine Maziku arrived at Uganda’s Nyumanzi Transit Centre in June this year six months pregnant and More...
Has Algeria taken an anti-IS vaccine?
Special for IRIN Jenny Gustafsson Alger, 28 September 2016 As so-called Islamic State recruits members from across the world, one Muslim country has set itself apart. Despite its More...
Centrafrica, scuole occupate da gruppi armati: l’anno scolastico non comincia
Africa ExPress Bangui, 29 settembre 2016 L’UNICEF denuncia che migliaia di bambini e giovani non hanno potuto cominciare l’anno scolastico nella Repubblica Centrafricana (CAR), More...
Russia blocks UN report on Darfur gold trade
Special for Radio Dabanga New York, 5th April 2016 A UN Security Council (UNSC) panel report that links Sudanese militia leader Musa Hilal to vast gold sales in Darfur, has been put More...
AU Launches a Continental Passport while Brexit Closes Doors
Tonderayi Mukeredzi Addis Abeba, 11th August 2016 The image of Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Chadian President Idriss Déby proudly holding the first two copies of the newly More...
“There is no more Peace Agreement to Implement in Juba”
Africa ExPress Special Correspondent Saba Makeda Juba, 5th August 2016 On 8th July 2016, for the second time in less than three years, the compound occupied by First Vice President More...