
Closed camps displace thousands in Nigeria
NGO Human Rights Watch say those leaving the camps have not been offered a suitable alternative place to go.
A new report says that camps for displaced people in Borno State, Nigeria, are being closed – leaving tens of thousands with nowhere to go.
Health experts have raised an alarm about a mosquito detected in several African countries that is resistant to insecticides.
On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we speak to BBC’s Bella Shegow who recounts her experience as a correspondent in Mogadishu, Somalia.
And the Khoi and San communities in South Africa will receive an annual levy on rooibos tea as part of a benefit-sharing agreement recognising the traditional knowledge of the two communities.
(Photo: A woman outside Bakassi IPD Camp. Credit: Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images).
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