Just Three of Tigray’s Six Women’s Cycling Teams Survived the War
Tigray’s cycling teams, including the women of coach Tadesse’s Mekelle 70 Enderta club, are competing on the road again, a small sign of the fragile normality that has returned after two years of devastating war. Hunger and insecurity persist in several areas but sport, at least, has resumed.Cycling officially resumed in Tigray in June 2023, […]
New Law Stops Zimbabwean Healthcare Workers in the UK from Bringing their Family Over
Britain has long used foreign workers, especially from English-speaking countries, to fill critical staff shortages in the healthcare system, as its ageing population increases demand. Brexit, which saw an outflow of European workers, and the Covid pandemic have exacerbated the need.But in the government’s latest attempt to clamp down on migration, overseas health and social […]
Benin Says Niger Won’t Benefit from Oil Exports Unless it Opens the Border
Two weeks after first drops of Nigerien oil gushed out at Sémè Kraké in Benin, Beninese president Patrice Talon says Niger will not use its port to export the oil. Talon claims his country exports large quantities of staples to Niger but because of the closed border on the Nigerien side, informal vendors profit when […]
In the African Savannah, Birds of Prey are Increasingly at Risk of Extinction
The sanctuary in the Soysambu reserve is one of the few places where the birds of prey are safe. A study published in January by The Peregrine Fund, a United States-based non-profit organisation, found that the raptor population has fallen by 90 percent on the continent over the last 40 years. Some species are shrinking […]
Igbo-Ora’s Multiple Births is a Genuine Subject of Study in Nigeria
The global average birth rate for twins is around 12 per 1,000 births, but in Igbo-Ora it is reported to be about 45 per 1,000. According to oral folklore, the village was founded in the 14th Century by an exiled prince of the Oyo Kingdom, who was told to make specific offerings to the Yoruba […]
Sudan: Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur
Thousands Killed, Half Million Remain Displaced Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces and allied militias in El Geneina, capital of Sudan’s West Darfur state, killed at least thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands as refugees. Committing serious violations that targeted the Massalit people and other non-Arab communities with the apparent objective of at […]
