Closed camps displace thousands in Nigeria
NGO Human Rights Watch say those leaving the camps have not been offered a suitable alternative place to go.
A new report says that camps for displaced people in Borno State, Nigeria, are being closed – leaving tens of thousands with nowhere to go.
Health experts have raised an alarm about a mosquito detected in several African countries that is resistant to insecticides.
On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we speak to Âé¶¹Éç’s Bella Shegow who recounts her experience as a correspondent in Mogadishu, Somalia.
And the Khoi and San communities in South Africa will receive an annual levy on rooibos tea as part of a benefit-sharing agreement recognising the traditional knowledge of the two communities.
(Photo: A woman outside Bakassi IPD Camp. Credit: Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images).
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