Africa

A carbon offset pioneer who sold hundreds of millions of dollars in carbon credits has been charged with fraud by US authorities following an investigation by Channel 4 News. 

Celebrities often support aid agencies, but by recognising the role of regional powers in Sudan, Macklemore has done something more significant: he has identified the real cause of the suffering and called for action.

We spoke to Greg Ramm, Save The Children’s Democratic Republic of the Congo’s country director.

Last month was the world’s hottest February on record and the ninth consecutive month of record temperatures. We often see the impact played out through severe weather events and the death toll that comes with them, but there are other less visible consequences too. A recent report by the World Economic Forum estimates the health…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been visiting the site of a devastating fire in central Johannesburg which claimed the lives of more than 70 people, including at least 12 children. Tonight, Channel 4 News has been told that criminal gangs had partitioned the building using locked gates, preventing people from fleeing – part of an illegal…

Is Africa caught in a new Cold War?

We speak to the Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Denis Mukwege, who’s demanding the United Nations impose sanctions on Rwanda for its alleged support of the M23 rebels – accusations the Rwandan government denies.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an increasingly bloody conflict between the country’s armed forces and a Tutsi militia group has displaced hundreds of thousands, and threatens to bring chaos to central Africa. 

We spoke to Craig Mackinlay, the Conservative MP for South Thanet, about the Government’s proposed immigration policy to send people to Rwanda.

The government says it intends to “quickly” implement its controversial new plan to send people to Rwanda – announcing that anyone who’s arrived in the UK seeking asylum this year, may be handed a one-way ticket.

From harsh lockdowns that have exacerbated inequality to the struggle to get jabs in arms. 

Conflict over diminishing resources is driving jihadi violence in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Today, our International Editor Lindsey Hilsum reports on her recent trip to Niger.

“I’ve always been ambitious to change the way British art galleries are,” says the artist Lubaina Himid, the first Black woman to win the Turner Prize four years ago. 

While Ethiopia’s conflict rages in the north of the country, another enemy is looking to exploit the situation in the east. 

Africa Correspondent Jamal Osman tracks down the men who are risking their lives to work the cobalt mines, and the families living with the life changing consequences of those risks.