Calm returns to Cheikh-Anta-Diop University in Senegal's capital Dakar

Calm has returned at Cheikh-Anta-Diop University in Senegal's capital Dakar. The University has been the place of unrest since early December. Students have been protesting a lack of financial aid from the government, leading to clashes with police. On Friday, the situation deteriorated again an…

South Africa to withdraw its troop contribution to MONUSCO

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed UN Secretary-General António Guterres that South Africa will withdraw its troop contribution to MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after nearly 27 years of involvement. South Africa currently has …

Oxfam warns of deepening crisis in South Sudan

Oxfam has warned of a deepening crisis in an already dire situation for people in South Sudan. Families are being cut off from food, clean water and urgent humanitarian support as fighting continues. Multiple health facilities and aid agencies have been looted which has led to the suspension of s…

Teen Suicide Prevention Week highlights the need to talk

Teen Suicide Prevention Week is a time to talk about mental health, look out for one another, and remind each other that help is always available. School pressure, social media, family issues, friendships, and the future can feel overwhelming and sometimes people hide how much they're struggling b…

Save the Children offices in South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state looted and burnt down

The offices of Save the Children in South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state have been looted and burnt down, and a healthcare centre has been destroyed. Escalating violence has displaced over 235-thousand people.  To tell us more about the situation in South Sudan Lulu Gaboo spoke to Chris Nyamandi, …

Wedding exhibition takes over SA mall in the month of Love

February is known as the month of Love, and to express this in its fullest, the Woodlands Mall in South Africa (SA) are ringing the wedding bells with an 'Ek's Verloof Wedding exhibition'.  The exhibition hosted by Bruidsgids and Wedding Guide, is taking over the mall for two days of inspiration, …

Humanitarian, public health crisis hits Mozambique

Severe flooding in Mozambique is escalating into a major humanitarian and public health crisis. The central and southern regions have been hardest hit. Critical health infrastructure has been damaged, especially in Gaza province. Access to safe drinking water is dire. The situation is further comp…

UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC to send its first team in  the coming days

The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Congo will send its first team to monitor a ceasefire between Congo's government and the AFC/M23 rebel group in the coming days. This is according to Qatar's foreign ministry following talks in Doha. Lulu Gaboo spoke to Didier Bayeye, a political ana…

Ghana has suspended citizenship applications for members of the African diaspora

Ghana has suspended citizenship applications for members of the African diaspora to review and improve the process, aiming to make it more accessible and user-friendly.  Since 2016, Ghana has allowed people who can prove African ancestry to apply for citizenship, a policy mainly designed for desce…

Drama at SA's AdHoc Committee, Madlanga Commission

South Africa's (SA) Ad Hoc Committee has decided that President Cyril Ramaphosa will, for now, not appear before the committee to answer questions regarding the establishment or disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team. Instead, Ramaphosa will submit a written response, however, the committe…