Sudan Nashra: ICC convicts 2003 Darfur war criminal | Food crisis worsens after floods amid inaction by Idris govt | RSF, military face accusations of chemical weapons use | PM on trip to Eritrea shows ‘goodwill’

As the war increasingly threatens to converge in Darfur, a region already devastated by decades of violence, a long-delayed measure of justice reached those who endured the atrocities committed there more than 20 years ago. The International...

Netsereab Azazi’s Book—Ona and Besekdira

I have written and spoken about Ona—a turning point in my life and among my peers. I thought that experience was as intense as life could get. Reliving those events shakes a person to the core; it is a deeply traumatic experience. What I saw...

Huge hubris: Who truly deserved Nobel Peace Prize in 2025?

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, announced last Friday, was awarded to Maria Corina Machado, leader of the opposition in Venezuela. There was significant public interest in the outcome before the announcement, largely because U.S. President Donald...

AFRICA/SUDAN - Sign language in Sudanese Arabic: Comboni missionaries' initiative for the hard-of-hearing people

Monday, 13 October 2025 mccj Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting inclusion, communication, and awareness in Sudan, particularly among teachers, families, and organisations that support communities of deaf or hard-of-hearing people. Father Jorge...

Prevalence and Determinants of Common Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women Presenting with Vaginal Discharge at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eritrea

Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) pose a significant public health challenge globally, with higher prevalence rates observed in developing countries due to limited access to treatment.1 In 2019, the World Health Organization...

Eritrean man wins block on removal from UK to France under 'one in, one out' deal

Dominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent and Helen CattPolitical Correspondent ShareSave An Eritrean man who arrived in the UK by small boat has won a last-minute legal claim to temporarily block his removal to France. The 25-year-old was due...

Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction

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Scientists have located a legendary Egyptian city that never appeared on maps

Experts have located a legendary lost city in Egypt that never appears on maps with the help of a mummy. Ancient Egyptians had an affinity for baboons thanks to their association with the God, Babi. Experts know that they were kept as pets in...

Over 2,500 students graduate at Hindustan Institute of Technology convocation

Over 2,500 students received their degrees at the 16th convocation of the Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS). Graduating students received their UG, PG degrees and Ph.Ds in multiple streams including engineering, architecture,...

Students ring in Ethiopian and Eritrean New Year on Beinecke Plaza

Students gathered at Beinecke Plaza to celebrate the Ethiopian and Eritrean New Year with food and dance. Kamala Gururaja 4:30 am, Sep 22, 2025 Contributing Reporter Kamala Gururaja, Contributing Photographer Students gathered Sunday to ring in...

Donald Trump Urges UK Military Action on Channel Migrant Crisis, Signs Historic Tech Deal

In a striking display of transatlantic diplomacy, US President Donald Trump concluded his two-day state visit to the United Kingdom with a bold call for Britain to deploy its military to tackle the escalating small boats crisis in the English...

Polio results to take fewer days in new Kemri laboratory - Ministry

WHO Country Representative Dr Abdourahmane Diallo, Acting Director General, Kemri, Prof. Elijah Songok, and Health CS Aden Duale, EGH, as they opened the extended Laboratory in Nairobi on Tuesday. Photo/X Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)...

How one young Eritrean may have driven a small boat through Starmer’s ‘one in, one out’ policy

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Kenya unveils Expanded Polio Laboratory to strengthen disease surveillance

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has inaugurated the expanded Polio Laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute’s Centre for Virus Research (CVR), a move aimed at strengthening disease surveillance. The state-of-the-art facility will...

Students ring in Ethiopian, Eritrean new year with celebration in USC

Over 70 students joined together in the University Student Center on Friday for a celebration of Ethiopian and Eritrean New Year, Enkutatash, hosted by the Ethiopian-Eritrean Students Association. EESA celebrated the start of 2018, as designated...

Africa could have some of the cheapest electricity in the world

Africa is more than twice as sunny as the Netherlands, has 90 times more people, and is nearly 800 times larger. But the continent’s total solar power capacity last year was less than that enjoyed by the Dutch. This year, finally, imports of solar...

Resource Minerals delivers high-grade gold and silver assays from Saudi rock chips 

Resource Minerals International Ltd (ASX:RMI) has confirmed high-grade gold and silver from rock chip sampling across its Shaib Marqan and Wadi Salamah projects in central Saudi Arabia, laying foundations for a maiden drilling program. Saudi...

KEMRI Announces Major Partnership With US Billionaire Bill Gates

The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has announced a Ksh516 million flagship project that aims to elevate women's health research on the continent. In a statement on Saturday, September 11, the institute said that the three-year Gates...

Ethiopia’s Purchase of Russian Su-35 Fighters Shifts the Power Balance in East Africa

Following the publication of leaked documents confirming that the Ethiopian Air Force will procure at least six Su-35 fighter aircraft from Russia, significant questions have been raised regarding the implications of the acquisitions for the...

Calvin geography professor awarded fifth Fulbright to Africa

Last week Johnathan Bascom traveled 7,500 miles southeast and arrived back in East Africa. “Fewer and fewer geographers focus on sub-Saharan Africa,” said Bascom, a longtime geography professor at Calvin. “The region is ‘drifting off’ our...