- 28 March, 2026
Congo heads into March 15 vote as turnout looms over Congo election
Days before Congo’s presidential election on Sunday, its streets were filled with campaign posters and banners urging the country’s 2.6
Burundi’s ex-Prime Minister provisionally freed on medical grounds
Burundi’s former Prime Minister General Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, serving a life sentence for conspiracy against the head of state, was provisionally
South Sudan: UN official concerned over human rights violations
As accounts of human rights violations in South Sudan pile up, the spokesperson for the UN high comisisoner of human
Egypt: Residents struggle amid price hikes
Egyptians are fretting over price hikes that have seen the cost of everyday goods surge. It comes after the government
Haiti: Human Rights Watch sounds alarm on drone strikes
According to Human Rights Watch, the Haitian government is using its security forces and contractors to launch drone strikes on
Residents of Ethiopia’s Tigray region start to flee amid fears of renewed civil war
Less than four years after a peace agreement ended the civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, conflict is looming once
Film: Dancing through resistance in Belleville
Under the theme “Resistance and Revolt: The Power of Images,” the 2026 Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human
Niger: Army repels attack on Tahoua drone base
A military drone base at the airport in Niger’s Tahoua was targeted overnight Sunday. Local authorities say the army fended
Guinea: Opposition reacts to dissolution of 40 political parties
Guinea’s main opposition figure, Cellou Dalein Diallo, accused President Mamadi Doumbouya of attempting to build a one party state, after
Egyptian artist takes on the male-dominated Sufi practice of whirling
An artist captivated a crowd in Cairo as she whirled to folklore music in a long red dress, leading a