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Haiti in-depth: Why the Kenya-led security mission is floundering

Features January 15, 2025

By Daniela Mohor, Dumas Maçon, and Nyaboga Kiage The Kenya-led security support mission to Haiti is, at present, unfit for purpose. More than six months after deploying to help police wrest back control, rampant gangs have gained...

Haiti in-depth: Why the Kenya-led security mission is floundering

Features January 15, 2025

Mozambique: the opposition leader returns home after post-election turmoil

Analysis January 9, 2025

Traditional weather forecasts: expert shares 5 ways Africa’s coastal residents predict floods

Environment January 8, 2025

Tears flow inwards. Post-traumatic stress in Burundi

Features January 4, 2025

Why Ituri’s war-displaced fear a UN peacekeeper pullout

Features January 1, 2025

Angolan prince started campaign to end Atlantic slave trade long before Europeans did – new book

Analysis December 29, 2024

960 million dirty diapers are a big waste problem – what can be done with them

Analysis December 28, 2024

The first Darfur trial ended at the ICC

Features December 25, 2024

Sudan Armed Forces are on a path to self-destruction – risking state collapse

Analysis December 22, 2024

African men most at risk of prostate cancer – new study flags genetic causes

Analysis December 15, 2024

How Sudan’s mutual aid groups are supporting out of school children

Features December 14, 2024

Rashid Vally: South African visionary whose indie record labels shaped the jazz scene

Biography December 11, 2024

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