Under Ghana’s President Mahama, Near-total Impunit

Millions Displaced In South Sudan

UNOCHA/Adedeji Ademigbuji: Children displaced by the recent violence in Jonglei State, South Sudan, sit outside a church, home to thousands of displaced people

Months of fighting and insecurity have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei State, triggering “one of the most severe conflict-relate ... Read more

Are Uganda’s Environmental Impact Reports Just A Box‑ticking Exercise? What A Study Of 108 Projects Reveals

Dr Mulumba M Agaba

Uganda’s environmental impact assessment system is meant to protect the environment from harmful development projects. For nearly 30 years, the law has required developers applying for approval ... Read more

‘We Are Catching Up’ – WHO Chief On DR Congo’s Ebola Fight

WHO Health workers prepare for work at a newly-opened Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, DR Congo

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is showing signs of progress – but significant challen ... Read more

Zimbabwe: Constitutional Change and the Fight for Succession

Zimbabwe is in the middle of a political and constitutional crisis. In February, the cabinet introduced Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3, commonly referred to as CAB3, which proposes sweeping changes ... Read more

Ebola Outbreak Follows Hunger And Displacement Crisis In DR Congo

A day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo an international emergency, top global disease transmission experts stressed ... Read more

DRC Journalist Detained Since January, Another In Hiding After Mining Impact Report

Journalist Stéphane Shisso (left) is in a military prison and Guelord Shamba is in hiding, after the pair reported on damage caused by erosion in Kolwezi, the world's cobalt mining capital. (Photo: Credit withheld)

Kinshasa, May 13, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to release journalist Stéphane Shisso, who was arrested in Jan ... Read more

Zimbabwe: Constitutional Change and

Zimbabwe is in the middle of a political and constitutional crisis. In February, ...
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‘We Are Catching Up’ – WHO Chief On

WHO Health workers prepare for work at a newly-opened Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, DR Congo

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the E ...
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Are Uganda’s Environmental Impact R

Dr Mulumba M Agaba

Uganda’s environmental impact assessment system is meant to protect the en ...
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Millions Displaced In South Sudan

UNOCHA/Adedeji Ademigbuji: Children displaced by the recent violence in Jonglei State, South Sudan, sit outside a church, home to thousands of displaced people

Months of fighting and insecurity have forced hundreds of thousands of people to ...
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Under Ghana’s President Mahama, Nea

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, a former journalist and newspaper columnist, visited state-owned Ghana Broadcasting Corporation on January 8, 2026, and promised to

When Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama took office in January 2025, pl ...
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