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Amnesty calls for end to crackdown on journalists
Tanzanian authorities have suspended Talib Ussi Hamad, a journalist with the Daima daily newspaper, for six months simply for reporting on COVID-19, the latest in a string of attacks on the right to freedom of expression, access to information and Read more
Photo - FAO / Petterik Wiggers
Act now to prevent Desert Locust catastrophe in Horn of Africa
The infestation in Kenya is the worst in 70 years, while Somalia and Ethiopia are experiencing their worst outbreaks in 25 years, putting crop production, food security and millions of lives at risk. Read more
Picture: UNHCR / Modesta Ndubi
Long way home for displaced Sudanese as fears of insecurity persist
It’s been 15 years since armed raiders forced Rawda Yusuf’s family to flee to Chad from their village in Sudan’s North Darfur State. Since then, home has dominated her thoughts but returning has not been easy. Her ordeal began one afternoon during Read more
Ethiopians abused on Gulf migration route
Ethiopians undertaking the perilous journey by boat across the Red Sea or Gulf of Aden face exploitation and torture in Yemen by a network of trafficking groups, according to Human Rights Watch. They also encounter abusive prison conditions in Saudi Read more
Young Eritreans would rather risk death at sea than let their leaders take their freedom
I met 19-year-old Dawit (not his real name) in Italy. He was among the few Eritreans who escaped unscrupulous smugglers in Libya and reached Italy in 2018 in spite of its efforts to prevent new arrivals. He explained why he took the dangerous journey Read more