2.7 million Zimbabweans need food aid as El Niño compounds a drought crisis, UN food program says
The USAID has estimated that 20 million people in southern Africa will need food relief between January and March
Africa’s Catholic hierarchy refuses same-sex blessings, says such unions are contrary to God’s will
The statement marked the closest thing to a continent-wide dissent from the declaration Pope Francis approved allowing priests to offer such blessings
Drought and mismanagement have left a French island parched. That holds lessons for the mainland
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In Mayotte, diseases like cholera and typhoid are on the rebound, and the French army recently intervened to distribute water and quell tensions over supplies
Minority Karanas in Madagascar lead clandestine lives with no citizenship
The island nation aims to end statelessness, but certain laws still marginalize an ethnic group with a history of discrimination
The ‘manual of repression’ shared by modern tyrants
Practices such as arbitrary detention, torture, or the use of artificial intelligence to control dissidents are common in most authoritarian regimes, according to activists gathered at the Oslo Freedom Forum
Cactus or nothing: One million people in Madagascar live on the brink of starvation
The southern region of the ‘red island’ was thought to be the first country that would experience famine as a result of climate change, but experts warn that the cause of this crisis is structural poverty
The history of the world’s most expensive road
Construction on a coastal link on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean has already cost more than $2 billion