A huge newly-built Ethiopian dam is cutting off the supply of water to Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, threatening the livelihoods of some 500,000 people in both countries, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The rights group released these satellite images showing the increase in water near the dam, and the receding coastline of Lake … Read more
Gambians have started stocking up food following the declaration of a 90-day state of emergency in that country by the outgoing president, Yahya Jammeh. Journalism trainer, Haddija Jawara told TV3 Tuesday “some people were going to the market to stock up their food supplies,” indicating the streets of the capital are empty. “Everywhere is empty … Read more
A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”. “People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they don’t know what is going to happen, he said. The Gambia’s Chief Justice has declined to rule on an application … Read more
A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”. “People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they don’t know what is going to happen, he said. Adama Barrow won the election and an inauguration is planned for … Read more
A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”. “People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they don’t know what is going to happen, he said. Adama Barrow won the election and an inauguration is planned for … Read more
Families of the Nigerian “Chibok girls” freed by Islamist group Boko Haram say they are being closely guarded and were not allowed home for Christmas. Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls in April 2014, but freed 21 of them in Octoberafter negotiations with the Red Cross. The freed girls have been in government custody since their … Read more
More than 20 Nigerian “Chibok girls” who were released by the Islamist group Boko Haram in October have rejoined their families for Christmas. It is the girls’ first return home since they were kidnapped from their school in Chibok in April 2014. The young women were freed in October after Switzerland and the International Red … Read more
The evacuation of civilians and rebel fighters from eastern Aleppo in Syria has come to a halt. Russia, which backs the Syrian government, says the operation to remove fighters and their families from the area is “complete”. But a Syrian military source told AFP news agency the evacuation had only been “suspended”. At least 6,000 … Read more
In the last rebel-held pocket of Aleppo, residents were bidding a tearful farewell to their battleground city, expecting to evacuate, only to be plunged back into a familiar nightmare. “Bombing is ongoing, no one can move. Everyone is hiding and terrified. The situation is indescribable,” activist Mohammad al-Khatib told AFP on Wednesday from inside the … Read more
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said a victory for his army in Aleppo would be a “huge step” towards ending the country’s five-year civil war. But he added that the defeat of rebel groups in the northern city would not end the conflict. The rebels called for a five-day truce to allow the evacuation of … Read more
Syrian government forces have captured a key part of eastern Aleppo, splitting rebel-held territory in two. State TV said government troops were dismantling mines and explosives and continuing their advance. A monitoring group says the rebels have now lost more than a third of the previously rebel-held areas of Aleppo. Thousands of civilians have fled … Read more
An air strike has hit a children’s hospital in Syria’s eastern Aleppo, forcing its medical staff to evacuate their patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators. The moment of the attack on Friday was captured by an Al Jazeera crew, including journalist Amr al-Halabi, who was reporting about survivors of a previous Syrian government … Read more
Air strikes and artillery have pounded rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo for a second day, killing dozens of people, damaging medical facilities and flattening residential buildings. Sources told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that more than 50 people had been killed and dozens wounded in the past 48 hours, as air raids launched by Syrian jets … Read more
Authorities of the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital at Akuapem Mampong in the Eastern Region say the hospital is cash-strapped; a situation that has forced them to suspend the provision of meals to patients on admission. According to the authorities, the Hospital is owed in 11 months arrears in unpaid health insurance claims by the National … Read more