Articles by Elsa Buchanan

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G7 leaders should pay their fair share of UN's famine appeal, Oxfam says

Collectively the G7 nations have provided $1.7bn so far – just under 60% of their fair share.

May 24, 2017

310,000 including Richard Branson call for release of students detained over Boko Haram joke

Pressure is mounting on Cameroon's President Paul Biya to release the three students.

May 23, 2017

Boko Haram

Will DRC minister Clément Kanku's alleged role in Kasai 'genocide' result in ICC probe?

ICC prosecutor warned that acts of violence in Kasai could constitute "war crimes".

May 23, 2017

DRC United Nations

Half a million refugees expected to flee Burundi crisis by end 2017

UN Refugee Agency warns refugees living in extremely tough conditions as aid funding dries up.

May 23, 2017

Burundi Uganda

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai tells President Mugabe 'leave or be prosecuted'

In spite of his age, Mugabe, who is 93, said he will stand in elections in 2018.

May 23, 2017

Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe

‘Barbaric’ Manchester explosion kills 22 and injures many more

African leaders 'stand with the UK' following terrorist attack in Manchester

At least 22 people were killed and 59 wounded when a suicide bomber struck at a pop concert.

May 23, 2017

Kenya Somalia

Police beat and evict 200 families from farm linked to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe

Police ignored court orders and went ahead with demolishing homes 'on behalf of Grace Mugabe'.

May 23, 2017

Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe Grace Mugabe

How Sudanese government and rebels are letting women and girls die amid aid block

Warring parties have obstructed humanitarian aid to the rebel-held Nuba Mountains for years.

May 23, 2017

Sudan

South Sudan President Salva Kiir declares 'unilateral ceasefire'

The announcement was made without a political deal with various ethnic militias fighting his troops

May 22, 2017

Concerns over arrest of journalist Antediteste Niragira in DRC on accusations of espionage

Deutsche Welle spokesman Christoph Jumpelt described the claims as "outrageous and baseless".

May 22, 2017

Why new changes to Burundi's criminal law could open the way to serious abuses

Draft reforms scrap the need for search warrants for serious offences and authorise night searches.

May 22, 2017

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

Zambia opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema

Zambian opposition leader's wife urges international community to help free Hakainde Hichilema

Hichilema has been in prison for 43 days on treason charges that carry the death penalty.

May 22, 2017

Former minister accused of inciting violence in DRC's Kasai after leaked audio recording

NYT says UN expert murdered in Kasai, Zaida Catalan, had collected the audio evidence on her laptop.

May 22, 2017

DRC United Nations

Health authorities in DRC step up efforts to avoid spread of deadly Ebola virus

Three died in the outbreak in an isolated area and families are fleeing.

May 22, 2017

DRC Ebola

Meet the 'ambulance taxi' drivers saving lives of thousands of Tanzanian mothers and babies

With 11,500 maternal deaths in 2015, Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.

May 22, 2017

Suspected Ebola cases in DRC rise to 29, WHO says

Three died in the outbreak in an isolated area where transport and communication networks are limited.

May 19, 2017

Ebola DRC

Around 60 inmates escape from DRC prison in second jail break in two days

Mass evasions come amid a surge in violence across a third of the Congolese territory.

May 19, 2017

Joseph Kabila DRC

'No army or police officer involved in UN experts killings' in Kasai, DRC investigation finds

Commentators accuse the government of framing Kamuina Nsapu militia group for the murders.

May 19, 2017

DRC

'Increasing international pressure' on Germany over Herero and Hama genocide in Namibia

The massacres of the Namibian tribes became known as the first genocide of the 20th century.

May 18, 2017

Cigarettes and football matches banned: How Jihadists are imposing Sharia law in Mali

Under Sharia, violating Islamic law requires punishment by whipping or stoning.

May 18, 2017

Mali

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