The Guardian view on Ethiopia: change is welcome, but must be secured | Editorial
Ethiopians could be forgiven for their scepticism when their new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, promised sweeping reforms last spring. The...
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Djibouti: scores feared dead after two migrant boats overturn | Migration and development
Scores of people are feared to have drowned off the coast of Djibouti after two migrant boats capsized, amid new...
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Coronavirus border closures strand tens of thousands of people across Africa | Coronavirus
Tens of thousands of migrants are trapped in dangerous conditions at frontiers, mines, ports and in transit camps across Africa...
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Tiny elephant shrew species, missing for 50 years, rediscovered | Wildlife
A mouse-sized elephant shrew that had been lost to science for 50 years has been discovered alive and well in...
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‘I wanted this film to be 100% Somali’: the fight to make The Gravedigger’s Wife | Movies
“I am Somali and I made this film for Somali people to watch a film in their mother tongue without...
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The world on screen: the best movies from Africa, Asia and Latin America | Global development
IndiaThe Great Indian KitchenA leaking kitchen pipe is at the heart of this Malayalam language film, set in a relatively...
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A moment of mounting chaos: the Somalia of Mo Farah’s childhood | Mo Farah
When Sir Mo Farah was living on the Horn of Africa in the late 1980s and early 90s, it was...
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The Gravedigger’s Wife review – gentle, funny drama of man and his sick spouse | Movies
Somali-born film-maker Khadar Ayderus Ahmed (who lives and works in Finland, the country he came to as a refugee in...
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