Nita Bhalla

Internet shutdowns doubled across Africa since 2016, with governments using blackouts to control information and suppress dissent

Ethiopia's giant new GERD dam promises power for millions - but downstream Sudan, Egypt fear a water crisis

Aid cuts led by Trump create "worst ever" food crisis in Kenya's decades-old refugee camps

Disruptions to PEPFAR under Trump have worsened HIV/AIDS care and stigma in East Africa, new research shows

Few expect the decades-old programme that has boosted economies across Africa to be renewed when it expires in September

Scores of Africans were killed in an airstrike in Yemen in April, spotlighting a dangerous, often overlooked migration route

One year on, young Kenyans are back on the streets: angry at a lack of jobs, high cost-of-living and police brutality

A year after Gen Z protests, rights group Access Now calls for repeal of Kenya's cybercrimes law as online crackdown intensifies

Trafficked, exploited and abused as maids in the Gulf, Ugandan women are rebuilding their lives

Five years after East Africa was hit by swarms of desert locusts, massive infestations may be coming to northwest Africa