Uganda enacts ‘world’s harshest’ anti-gay law including possible executions
An African nation has formally enacted anti-gays laws which are so repressive they are being described as the world’s harshest. Uganda announced on Monday that President Yoweri Museveni had signed…
Gorilla trekking in Uganda’s Bwindi National Park is one for the travel bucket list
Seeing gorillas in the wild – close enough to look them in the eye – feels like something only David Attenborough gets to do. But in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park…
Australian doctor Ken Elliott freed from west African terrorists
An esteemed Australian doctor held hostage in Western Africa for seven years has been freed, the Australian government has confirmed. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said Kenneth Elliott was “safe…
Family trapped in Sudan as country implodes before their eyes
Sudan in North Africa is on the brink of collapse as two forces loyal to different generals battle it out for control and the streets have been turned into a…
Penny Wong confirms 36 Australians evacuated from Sudan
Dozens of Australians have been evacuated out of “dangerous” Sudan overnight, as heavy fighting rages for the third week. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong took to Twitter on Wednesday morning…
Sudan conflict: Hundreds of prisoners run for freedom in mass escape
A mass prison break from Sudan’s capital saw prominent Islamist hardliners go free in wild footage shared to social media. Images showed the moment the incarcerated run, cheer and scream…
Sudan crisis: Thousands try to flee fighting between RSF and SAF in Khartoum
As Sudan entered its 16th day of fighting, residents desperate to flee the country were being charged up to $60,000 for buses to cross the border. Meanwhile, thousands of foreign…
Sudan: WHO issues dire warning after Sudanese fighters took over medical lab.
A substantial biological threat is currently lurking on conflict-ravaged Sudan’s doorstep after Sudanese fighters occupied a lab home to a number of life-threatening diseases. The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed…
Shakahola Forest: Police investigating Kenyan ‘starvation cult’ find 47 bodies
Kenyan police said they had found the bodies of another 26 suspected cult members in the east of the country, bringing to 47 the number of corpses linked to the…
Sudan conflict: Worrying images from burgeoning civil war as generals clash in capital city of Khartoum
Chilling satellite images have cast a grim light on the deadly turmoil that is bringing a nation of 45 million to its knees, as Sudan slid further into the abyss…
