Government

In a Nigerian leprosy colony, residents endure stigma and neglect
There are 64 leprosy settlements across Nigeria but most are in varying states of disrepair with little to no funding.
Published On 29 Jun 2022
Nigeria’s chief justice resigns on health grounds
The top judge cited health concerns for his resignation which comes weeks after a rare complaint by his fellow justices.
Published On 27 Jun 2022
New Somali president tests positive for COVID-19
President Mohamud returned to Somalia on Friday from a trip to the United Arab Emirates.
Published On 24 Jun 2022
South Africa’s Ramaphosa should have dug into Zuma graft: Inquiry
The inquiry was set up in 2018 to examine allegations of high-level corruption during predecessor Jacob Zuma’s tenure.
Published On 23 Jun 2022

The Parliamentary Budget Office has warned that campaign spending could lead to possible inflation in the country.

Instead of healing rifts, a 2018 truce between the president and his longtime rival opened up new faults.

The country is electing a different kind of president.

Opposition legislators are asking Ramaphosa to step down as president pending investigations into the Phala Phala scandal.

President Ramaphosa is at the centre of an international scandal involving the theft of $4m from his game farm.

West African heads of state agreed to keep sanctions on Mali unless the government proposes a new transition.

Ananthy searches for answers about the disappearance of her Tamil Tiger husband after the Sri Lankan civil war.

Uruguay’s former president discusses the state of the world.

Gay people in Kenya say they would rather try risky alternatives than suffer humiliation at public hospitals.

In April, both countries signed a controversial immigration deal to take those who enter the UK illegally to Rwanda.

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