Thursday, 30 October 2025

Mental health in Africa: the long term impact on the LGBT community

Added: 10.11.2021 15:18 | 182 views | 0 comments

Criminalisation, stigma and homophobia are just a few issues adding to the mental health struggles of LGBTQ people in Africa.

Tags: Africa , LGBT

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ethiopia conflict: Tigray aid lorry drivers arrested, UN says

Added: 10.11.2021 12:54 | 185 views | 0 comments

The UN is struggling to deliver aid to millions of people in the war-torn north.

Tags: Arrests

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Tigray crisis: Britons urged to leave Ethiopia over fears conflict may escalate

Added: 10.11.2021 10:21 | 175 views | 0 comments

The UK Government's warning comes amid rising tensions between the Ethiopian government and rebels.

Tags: Government , Rebels

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Cape Town's Day Zero: 'We are axing trees to save water'

Added: 10.11.2021 0:33 | 184 views | 0 comments

Cape Town, on South Africa's coast, was the first global city to come close to running out of water.

Tags: Fire

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Joel Embiid: Cameroon basketball star 'struggling' with Covid

Added: 09.11.2021 14:18 | 179 views | 0 comments

Cameroonian basketball star Joel Embiid is struggling after testing positive for Covid-19 according to Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers.

Tags: Basketball , Philadelphia

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Sierra Leone tanker explosion: Survivors try to rebuild lives

Added: 09.11.2021 10:27 | 188 views | 0 comments

Survivors are left wondering how to rebuild their lives after Sierra Leone's tanker explosion.

Tags: Survivor , Survivors

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Tigray Crisis: How the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia is hampering humanitarian efforts

Added: 09.11.2021 9:17 | 183 views | 0 comments

Ongoing fighting across several states in Ethiopia is hampering humanitarian efforts.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Tigray crisis: A year on, why is Ethiopia still at war?

Added: 09.11.2021 9:17 | 177 views | 0 comments

Here are three reasons why Ethiopia is still at war, a year since the conflict began in the northern region of Tigray.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Nigeria's Ikoyi building collapse: Anger and frustration grows

Added: 09.11.2021 8:17 | 180 views | 0 comments

At least 36 people are confirmed dead after a luxury apartment collapsed in Nigeria's biggest city Lagos.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes

Added: 09.11.2021 0:00 | 175 views | 0 comments

Rwanda's Ampersand wants motorbike taxi drivers to switch from petrol to electric.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Niger classroom fire kills at least 25 schoolchildren

Added: 08.11.2021 21:45 | 181 views | 0 comments

Many other schoolchildren aged five to six are injured during lessons in their straw-hut classrooms.

Tags: Fire

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Climate change in Africa: "Trillions of dollars needed" for adaptation

Added: 08.11.2021 18:42 | 188 views | 0 comments

African Development Bank's President Akinwumi Adesina on why he is still optimistic that Africa will receive the funds needed to adapt to the impact of global climate change.

Tags: Africa , Climate change , President

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

COP26: Kenya's president says Paris climate pledges remain unfulfilled

Added: 08.11.2021 17:19 | 180 views | 0 comments

Uhuru Kenyatta says he will ask world leaders at COP26 if promises made six years ago can be fulfilled.

Tags: President

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Why Gambians cannot sell their solar power

Added: 08.11.2021 17:19 | 174 views | 0 comments

Gambia's reliable sunshine allows some people to use solar energy to power parts of daily life.

Tags: Gambia

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Sierra Leone tanker explosion: Mass burial in Freetown

Added: 08.11.2021 14:35 | 177 views | 0 comments

The authorities have also made an urgent appeal for blood donations in the capital Freetown.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Meet Siny Samba, a Senegalese entrepreneur who makes baby food from local produce

Added: 08.11.2021 14:18 | 170 views | 0 comments

Siny Samba set up a baby food business in Senegal, using only unprocessed local produce.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Oscar Pistorius parole process to start in South Africa

Added: 08.11.2021 11:57 | 177 views | 0 comments

The ex-Olympian will first have to meet the parents of the woman he murdered, Reeva Steenkamp.

Tags: Fire , Murder , Oscars

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Athol Williams: South Africa corruption whistle-blower flees for his life

Added: 08.11.2021 11:12 | 188 views | 0 comments

Athol Williams says he has received threats since testifying in a corruption inquiry.

Tags: Africa , Corruption , South Africa

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New York marathon: Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir and Albert Korir claim wins

Added: 08.11.2021 2:18 | 182 views | 0 comments

Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir won the women's race at the New York City marathon as compatriot Albert Korir claimed the men's title.

Tags: Alberta , Korg , Marathons , New York , New York City

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah is hardly known back home

Added: 08.11.2021 0:35 | 184 views | 0 comments

Few of Abdulrazak Gurnah's novels are sold in Tanzania where reading fiction is not popular.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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