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Effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease enters ‘last mile’
The final years of the eradication effort, led by the US’s Carter Center, will be the ‘most difficult’, expert says.
Published On 25 Jan 2023
Jailed Kashmir activist among winners of top human rights prize
Three campaigners from Kashmir, Chad, and Venezuela win the Martin Ennals Award with the jury hailing their ‘courage’.
Published On 19 Jan 2023
Chad says it foiled ‘destabilisation’ attempt by officers
A group of 11 officers, led by a human rights activist, was behind the attempt, according to a government statement.
Published On 6 Jan 2023
The good, bad, and the ugly: West Africa’s big issues in 2022
A recap of top issues in West Africa in 2022, including heated political campaigns and armed groups gaining ground.
Published On 22 Dec 2022

The migrants left a year and a half ago in a truck and are believed to have been lost in the desert and died of thirst.

The move comes a week after more than 260 people were handed jail terms of between two to three years.

A total of 401 people were put on trial in Koro Toro prison over anti-government protests that took place in October.

Presidency says at least 10 soldiers killed, but media reports suggest the number may be much higher.

President Emmanuel Macron announces end to Operation Barkhane after nine years of mixed results.

Floods have destroyed this season’s harvest and left farms submerged in parts of West and Central Africa.

Demonstrations against the extension of a transitional period before elections turned violent.

Demonstrators gathered in N’Djamena to mark the date when the military initially promised to hand over power.

The flooding has affected 636 localities in the country while swallowing up more than 465,000 hectares of fields.

Albert Pahimi Padacke’s resignation follows postponement of elections by two years to 2024.

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