The World Health Organization says Africa has the highest rate of people dying by suicide in the world. In a statement, the agency said Africa is home to six of the 10 countries with the highest suicide rates globally. The continent is said to have one psychiatrist for every 500,000 inhabitants – 100 […]
Continue ReadingFlooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of a million people, the Civil Protection Service said, describing the toll as one of the highest on record. Rainy-season floods claimed 192 lives, affected more than 263,000 people, and destroyed more […]
Continue ReadingThe U.N. Human Rights Council voted Friday by a narrow majority to extend for another year a commission of experts tasked with investigating the human rights situation in conflict-torn Ethiopia. The text presented by the European Union was adopted by 21 votes in favor. Nineteen countries voted against, including all African members of the Human […]
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